Liesewiesje: Leighton Meester & Vera Wang light The Empire State Building

Friday, April 29, 2011

Leighton Meester & Vera Wang light The Empire State Building

12:30 AM | Geplaatst door Liesewiesje |

Leighton Meester and Vera Wang did a great thing on Thursday evening for a good cause. They switched the lights from the Empire State Building to red and white to raise more awareness to leukemia and other blood-related cancers.

The event was sponsored by the Coty-DKMS Linked Against Leukemia partnership. Coty is the maker of Vera Wang's new fragrance and Leighton Meester is the face of that fragrance.

Leighton said this during the time of the event:

"I am glad to join Katharina, Bernd, and Vera in their fight against leukemia and to celebrate the 5th Annual DKMS Gala. The Empire State Building will shine red and white tonight to honor the thousands of patients awaiting life-saving bone marrow transplants and inspire anyone eligible to get swabbed with DKMS and save a life!"

And these were some of her tweets (you can follow her on http://twitter.com/itsmeleighton ):

" On another note:) I'm headin to NY to light the Empire State Building(ESB) #redandwhite tmrw morning, raising awareness for @dkmsamericas"

"ESB will shine #redandwhite tmrw night to honor the thousands of patients awaiting life-saving marrow transplants. Support @dkmsamericas"

"On my way to light the ESB #redandwhite to support @dkmsamericas. Join me and help save a life. Go to www.getswabbed.org"

"THANK YOU! It was an honor RT @katharina1603: @itsmeleightonThank you for helping us fight leukemia @dkmsamericas. You are a sweetheart"

"Joining @VeraWangGang @katharina1603 & @dkmsamericastonight at the 5th Annual DKMS Linked Against Leukemia Gala."

I really think it's great that celebrities like her put effort into good causes. And of course here are some lovely photos of Leighton Meester (doesn't she look gorgeous? She was wearing a printed wrap skirt and tan-colored top):