Italian luxury fashion house Versace partnered with Starlight on a fashion/art-focused program called Art Unites, a global initiative aimed at providing needy children in the United States and China with the incomparable spirit, creativity, inspiration and solace that visual arts bestow.

As part of the Art Unites program Versace provided canvas and art supplies to 500 children from Starlight and 900 children from the One Foundation to create original drawings using the theme of “friendship.” Each child’s work of art was fashioned into a one-of-a-kind Versace canvas tote bag, which was sold worldwide at Versace boutiques, select retailers and the Gilt Groupe, a member’s only ecommerce site.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of the bags were donated equally to Starlight and to One Foundation.