BEVERLY HILLS—Sunday, November 9, Green Acres in Beverly Hills hosted the 5th Annual Stand Up for SkateParks  event benefiting The Tony Hawk Foundation, raising over $1 million.  The Tony Hawk Foundation concentrates on raising money to build skate parks in under-privileged communities, to “focus on empowering youth… with producing tangible, ongoing, positive results,” according to the foundation’s mission statement.

Beverly Hills' Green Acres Estate hosted the 5th Annual Stand Up for Skateparks Fundraiser, raising over $1 million. Photo courtesy of Dub Magazine.

The event was held from 12-4 p.m. and included appearances such as vert skateboarding and BMX demo with Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Shaun White, Andy Macdonald, Kevin Staab, John Parker and Dennis McCoy.  Bam Margera, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, Jamie Lee Kurtis and Mia Hamm were also in attendance.

The entire family was invited to join, with tickets averaging $300 a piece and over 900 people attending the event.  Carnival games, music, food, silent and live-auctions and extreme sports demos were some of the festivities featured.  

Auction items included three custom Dub edition Jeeps totaling $142,000 during the auction, a Mexican vacation to Punta Mita, Tony Hawk Signature items, and guest visits to various TV show sets including “My Name is Earl” and “The Office.”

Another big ticket item raising $55,000 was the "Mia Hamm Experience."  This auction item included a soccer camp for 10 kids hosted by Mia Hamm, sports equipment outfitting provided by Sport Chalet and signed Nike soccer balls.

Emily Miller, a spokesperson for The Tony Hawk Foundation, said, "Our goal was $1-million, but we had concerns given the economy. So we exceeded our goal and couldn't be more thankful!"

Hawk hopes that the first portion of the earnings will go towards constructing a free skate park in his hometown, a small suburb of San Diego which houses mostly low-income military families.