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It's just a couple of girls next door.


by Donohue, Michele
The Non-profit Times • Sept 1, 2008 • Who ... When ... Where ... How ... WHAT?

An event to raise money for children definitely wasn't kid-friendly at the Playboy Mansion. The "Cops and Robbers" event on Aug. 23 featured Playboy playmates, MySpace "star" Bobbi Billard, DJ Lady Tribe and undefeated Ultimate Fighter Daniel Puder, with a donation benefiting San Jose, Calif.-based Cops Care Cancer Foundation.

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Puder's company, Puder Productions, hosted the event and featured more than 300 of his "Knockout" girls.

"We've had mostly positive feedback," said Brian Simuro, president and founder of Cops Care Cancer Foundation. The all-volunteer organization is happy to benefit from the event, according to Simuro, San Jose Police Department detective and childhood cancer survivor. "We like to do non-traditional style fundraisers just because everybody seems to chase the same nickel in our area and the Playboy Mansion is really an iconic building. It's got history and it's more a strategic advertising tool."

Cops Care Cancer Foundation makes donations to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Stanford, Calif., and receives requests for personal assistance three to five times week from families with a child younger than age 18 who is battling cancer. Simuro said the donation would help fund a new Web site, complete with Spanish translation and an automated assistance request area.

Attendees traipsed through the infamous grotto and Hugh Hefner's personal zoo and watched a lingerie fashion show. What other kind of entertainment would you expect at the mansion?

VIP attendees started the party the night before in Los Angeles at an exclusive Wet T-shirt Wrestling League's (WTWL) debut pay-per-view performance. The girls participating in WTWL are originally from the Naked Women's Wrestling League, but donned tops for this special event.

Tickets were $750 and VIP tickets were $950--and police officers received a $100 discount.


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