2009
06/11/2009 - 2nd Annual IREO Renewable Energy Awards Gala
06/11/2009 - The Garden of Eden Art Show
06/10/2009 - Wildlife Conservation Society Celebrated New Home for Snow Leopards at Central Park Zoo
06/09/2009 - The American Fertility Association's Manicures & Martinis Infertility Prevention Series
06/09/2009 - Party for a Cause
06/08/2009 - Broadway at The Boathouse
06/08/2009 - The American Institute for Stuttering's Third Annual “Freeing Voices, Changing Lives”
06/05/2009 - Carousel in the Park - Casino Night
06/04/2009 - Fifth Annual Carnegie Hall Notables Event
06/04/2009 - MPP 4th Annual Party at the Playboy Mansion
06/04/2009 - The Right To Dream Academy Benefit First Annual Gala
06/03/2009 - The Association for Community Employment for the Homeless (A.C.E.) Awards Gala
06/03/2009 - The DecadesOut Inaugural Launch Benefit
06/03/2009 - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Fighting for Fashion
06/02/2009 - First Annual Literacy Associates Benefit with Caroline Kennedy
06/02/2009 - The Mental Health Association of NYC's 2009 Gala "Building Bridges to Health, Home and Families"
06/02/2009 - Repertorio Español’s 2009 Party
06/02/2009 - Solar 1’s Annual “Revelry By The River”
06/02/2009 - The Nature Conservancy's Soiree for the Sound
06/01/2009 - The Annual Workshop Performance Benefit of The School of American Ballet
05/30/2009 - Heal Congo's Women: Film, Panel, and Reception
05/30/2009 - HealthCorps Highway to Health Festival 2009 with Dr. Oz
05/28/2009 - WGIRLSNYC held their 3rd Annual Bachelor/ette Auction
05/28/2009 - Private Spaces/Private Access - The FLAG Art Foundation
05/28/2009 - Spirit of Helen Keller Gala
05/27/2009 - SEEDS OF PEACE ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER
05/23/2009 - Uniting Against Lung Cancer “Kites for a Cure”
05/18/2009 - UJA-Federation's 2009 Excellence in Theatre Award Dinner
05/14/2009 - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's A Diamond Celebration"
05/13/2009 - 2nd Annual Save The Eggs Benefit Cocktails 2009 Celebrates Women
05/13/2009 - The Nature Conservancy Premiere of “Design for a Living World”
05/13/2009 - Komen Greater NYC’s Seventh Annual Awards Luncheon
05/11/2009 - Literacy Partners 25th Anniversary "Evening of Readings" Gala
05/11/2009 - Lower Eastside Service Center's 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner
05/09/2009 - The 2nd Annual Christopher B. Elser Memorial Fundraiser
05/08/2009 - 2009 Pajama Program Awards Luncheon
05/08/2009 - 68th Annual Bal des Berceaux
05/07/2009 - 2009 Project Morry’s Young Professional Event
05/07/2009 - Education Through Music’s Eight Annual Children’s Benefit Gala
05/07/2009 - The American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Annual Gala
05/07/2009 - YAI Brighter Futures Society Spring event, “Royale!”
05/07/2009 - 2009 American Ireland Fund New York Dinner Gala
05/07/2009 - 9th Annual Taste of the Lower East Side
05/07/2009 - The Mount Sinai Medical Center’s 24th Annual Crystal Ball “Laughter is the Best Medicine”
05/06/2009 - Demos Celebration 2009: A Time for Hope & Action
05/05/2009 - Albert Einstein College Of Medicine's 55th Annual Spirit Of Achievement Luncheon
05/05/2009 - The Capital Grille Time–Life and Madison Square Boys & Girls Club
05/05/2009 - Ailey at the Apollo
05/05/2009 - An American Experience: Adeline Moses Loeb and Her Early American Jewish Ancestors Launch Event
05/05/2009 - 2009 NYU Violet Ball
05/04/2009 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renowned Costume Institute Benefit
05/04/2009 - Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon
05/04/2009 - ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S 2009 “GIFT OF MUSIC” GALA
05/03/2009 - FoundCare’s POP! Party On the Plaza
05/03/2009 - Cancer Research Institute's 27th Annual “Through the Kitchen” Dinner
05/02/2009 - Foster Care Month Inaugural Writer’s Workshop to Benefit the Rowell Foster Care Positive Plan
05/02/2009 - The Parrish Art Museum’s Spring Swing
05/02/2009 - 12th Annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women
05/01/2009 - UJA-Federation of New York’s Annual Fashion Luncheon honoring Karen Katz & Allen Sirkin
05/01/2009 - American Friends of PSRD's first fundraiser for 2009
05/01/2009 - La Mode Revient (The Fashion Returns), Traveling Atelier’s Launch in NYC
05/01/2009 - *MOVE: A Benefit for CARE*
04/30/2009 - 3rd Annual Design Cares Event for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
04/30/2009 - Weill Music Institute (WMI) at Carnegie Hall
04/30/2009 - Celebrating the Life and Legacy of John Lennon, National Dance Institute's 32nd Annual Gala
04/30/2009 - National Student Partnerships’ 10th Anniversary
04/30/2009 - GiveForward's First Annual Green Trivia Night
04/30/2009 - Jumpstart's Annual Scribbles to Novels
04/30/2009 - HealthCorps® Green Garden Gala
04/30/2009 - SIGNETTE Charity Fashion Show at Nikki Beach
04/30/2009 - The Carter Burden Center for the Aging's 2009 Annual Spring Benefit Wine Tasting Event
04/30/2009 - Lilian Small's Birthday Celebration to Benefit the BrazilFoundation
04/29/2009 - Happy Hour Parties Benefit for American Foundation for Disabled Children
04/28/2009 - Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City’s 30th Annual Sidewalks of New York Gala
04/27/2009 - American Friends of the Israel Museum Spring Luncheon
04/27/2009 - The New York Pops 26th Birthday Gala
04/24/2009 - Spring for a Cure with the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation's Millennial Society
04/24/2009 - GlamourGals Hot Pink Party!
04/24/2009 - St. George’s Society’s English Ball
04/23/2009 - Hispanics in Philanthropy's 25th Anniversary
04/23/2009 - History Starts Now 1st NYC Launch Party to Combat Child Trafficking
04/23/2009 - 12th Annual ASPCA Bergh Ball
04/23/2009 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s Annual Gala
04/23/2009 - Jeffrey Modell Foundation Spring Ahead Gala ‘09
04/23/2009 - UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK HONORS DOUG HERZOG AND COMEDY CENTRAL
04/23/2009 - JASA GALA 2009 (Jewish Association for Services for the Aged)
04/21/2009 - Food Bank For New York City’s 6th Annual Can-Do Awards
04/21/2009 - Soane Foundation Gala Dinner
04/21/2009 - NEW YORK CITY OPERA’S SPRING LUNCHEON
04/20/2009 - Care on the Fairways
04/20/2009 - The Ballet Hispanico Black Slipper Ball
04/18/2009 - The Education Through Music Wine Tasting Crawl of Union Square
04/18/2009 - The 25th Anniversary of The Benjamin School's BASH A Success
04/16/2009 - Opportunity Network Spring Soiree
04/15/2009 - Bloomingdale's Fifth Annual Spring & Summer Fashion Show and Luncheo
04/15/2009 - The Drawing Center 2009 Gala
04/14/2009 - “ORGANIC FOOD FROM FARM TO FAMILY” to Benefit Northeastern Organic Farming Association of New York
04/09/2009 - 10th Annual East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2009 New York International Auto Show
04/07/2009 - Something to Share Dress for Success
04/06/2009 - UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK HOSTS AN EVENING TO STAND WITH ISRAEL AT RALPH LAUREN
04/06/2009 - The Rose Ball
04/04/2009 - Illuminations LA 2009
04/03/2009 - Tickled Pink! A Benefit for the Greater NYC Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
04/03/2009 - Boys' Towns of Italy Sixty-fourth Annual
04/02/2009 - youngARTS In The Studio
04/02/2009 - Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services Gala Benefit
04/01/2009 - PENCIL Annual Spring gala
04/01/2009 - Project Morry's Spring Blast
04/01/2009 - The Honeysuckle Foundation for Children with Cancer Cocktail Party
04/01/2009 - UJA-Federation of New York’s annual fashion luncheon honoring Karen Katz Fashion Luncheon
03/31/2009 - The Leake and Watts Young Professionals Committee's First Spring Happy Hour
03/31/2009 - Kuleba Exchange Second Annual Cocktail Party
03/30/2009 - Shared Interest-Ninth Annual Gala
03/30/2009 - Dressed to Kilt
03/28/2009 - March Madness Slam Dunk for NAC Kids
03/28/2009 - The Young Leaders Council of the United Way First Charity 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
03/27/2009 - The American-Scandinavian Foundation Annual Gala Dinner
03/27/2009 - Birthday Party to Benefit charity:water
03/26/2009 - American Museum of Natural History's Museum Dance
03/26/2009 - The Young Patrons of the American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (AFTAM) Cocktail Reception
03/26/2009 - Faces of Indego Africa: An Evening of Art & Social Enterprise
03/26/2009 - DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 2009 DINING BY DESIGN Tour
03/26/2009 - 1st Annual A.E.R “Walk with Style Event” hosted by The Tesla Group
03/26/2009 - American Friends of the Open University of Israel Annual Gala
03/25/2009 - Center for Creative Education’s (CCE’s) Spring Luncheon
03/21/2009 - Rockstar Birthday Party to raise money for the charity, Safe Horizon
03/19/2009 - FIT and The Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries Annual Benefit Gala
03/16/2009 - National Association of Women Business Owners - NYC-Signature Awards
03/13/2009 - New York Cares "Get Lucky"
03/12/2009 - Annual American Ireland Fund Young Leaders St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
03/10/2009 - Young Leadership Friends of the IDF's Purim Party
03/10/2009 - MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL WINTER BALL
03/10/2009 - Purple Day USA
03/09/2009 - Seventh Annual A Taste of Greenwich House
03/09/2009 - The School of American Ballet Winter Ball
03/09/2009 - The 5th Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel
03/07/2009 - Children of Chernobyl’s Purim Masquerade Ball
03/06/2009 - The Nanubhai Education Foundation 5th Year Anniversary
03/05/2009 - 2009 NEW YORK CARES ‘Cirque De Soiree’
03/05/2009 - 4TH ANNUAL STAND-UP COMEDY EVENT ‘A TOUCH OF LAUGHTER’
03/05/2009 - Location One 10-Year Anniversary Benefit Gala
03/04/2009 - Developments in Literacy
03/04/2009 - Literacy Partners 25th Annual Evening of Readings Kick-Off event
03/04/2009 - Generations Against Genocide’s Wine Reception and Private Tour of the New York Tolerance Center
03/03/2009 - Paul Taylor 2009 New York Season Gala
03/02/2009 - Women's Project 24th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Gala
03/01/2009 - The Cerebal Palsy International Research Foundation Celebrate “Families of Distinction”
02/28/2009 - The Young Leadership Committee at the Jewish Children’s Museum First Masquerade Ball
02/28/2009 - Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
02/27/2009 - 2009 Caron Renaissance Gala
02/26/2009 - One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City 29th Annual Benefit Gala
02/26/2009 - The Young Fellows Ball hosted by The Frick Collection
02/26/2009 - First Annual Odyssey Award Gala
02/26/2009 - ARTEXPO NEW YORK 2009
02/25/2009 - BrazilFoundation's "Shake off the Winter Blues"
02/25/2009 - Fran Drescher's Cancer Schmancer Movement
02/25/2009 - 11 Annual Benefit Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)
02/24/2009 - America Cancer Society Mothers Of The Year Luncheon
02/24/2009 - New Yorker for New York Awards Gala
02/24/2009 - The Paley's Center Annual Gala Evening
02/21/2009 - Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC's Young Professionals Committee "Big Night Out"
02/20/2009 - The MacDella Cooper Foundation Hosts Fashion Week Fundraiser for Liberian School
02/20/2009 - Giving Opportunities to Others’ Annual Winter Gala "Crystal Ball: Betting on a Brighter Future"
02/20/2009 - Peace Market for Seeds of Peace
02/19/2009 - Tropics in February
02/19/2009 - Children's Burn Foundation's 14th annual Giving New Hope Benefit
02/14/2009 - 25th Anniversary at the Annual Be A Voice Have A Heart Gala
02/13/2009 - "The Zebra Ball - Stars for the Stripes" Promoted Carcinoid Cancer Awareness
02/12/2009 - Lorenzo Jackson Foundation Hosts 2nd Annual Speed Dating Charity Event
02/12/2009 - Young Leadership Associates’ Annual Winter Gala
02/11/2009 - Special Event at Tory Burch's New Store to Benefit Joan's Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer
02/10/2009 - The International Women’s Health Coalition Celebrates 25 Years of Progress
02/10/2009 - 10th Annual Valentine Salon Luncheon "Every Day Heroes"
02/09/2009 - Stars "Give" LOVE - A Benefit for WET's 10th Season
02/07/2009 - Norton Museum of Art Hosts 33rd Annual Bal des Arts with Joie de Vivre
02/07/2009 - Lupus Foundation of America's Annual Butterfly Ball
02/07/2009 - The Human Rights Campaign's Annual Gala Dinner
02/06/2009 - Skating Under the Stars Party
02/06/2009 - The 54th Annual Viennese Opera Ball in New York
02/05/2009 - Young Professionals' Council for Choice's Second Annual I Heart Pro-Choice Valentine's Party
02/05/2009 - GO RED and raise a glass of RED with The American Heart Association Young Professionals Event
02/05/2009 - The American Cancer Society, Asian Initiatives' 1st Annual Young Professional Gala for Hope
01/30/2009 - Benefit Concert for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation
01/29/2009 - Winter Antiques Show's 10th Annual Young Collectors’ Night
01/29/2009 - UJA-Federation of New York’s Annual Generosity
01/29/2009 - 12th Annual Fundraising Gala of the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies
01/29/2009 - 2009 Generosity to benefit UJA Federation
01/29/2009 - A Comedy Benefitting the Children's Health Fund
01/29/2009 - Young Shipping Professionals of New York host a Pre-Release viewing of Super Yachts
01/23/2009 - 2009 Penn State University Hope Gala
01/22/2009 - Youth Renewal Fund's 5th Annual Young Leadership Winter Benefit
01/22/2009 - In the Company of Dancers & Friends Held to Celebrate Miami City Ballet’s Manhattan Debut
01/20/2009 - The American Antiques Show's Benefit for the American Folk Art Museum
01/17/2009 - TLC's "All in to Win for Kids Poker Tournament"
01/15/2009 - Preservation Resource Center's 2009 New York Fundraiser: Jazzed in January
01/15/2009 - Annual Kids Are People Too! Show
01/14/2009 - Global Kids Winter Benefit
01/08/2009 - Haiti: Hunger and Hope Exhibition by World Renown Fashion Photographer Nigel Barker
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Worldwide Orphans Foundation 4th Annual Gala
11/07/2008 - By Cipriani Wall Street

Worldwide Orphans Foundation 4th Annual Gala

Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) paid tribute to two outstanding individuals and the Canadian company, RBC Dexia Investor Services, for their extraordinary contributions toward improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children at its

Fourth Annual Benefit Gala on Monday, November 3, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. WWO is dedicated to transforming the lives of orphaned children around the world.

WWO raised more than $1.3 million at the gala, according to Dr. Jane Aronson, founder and CEO. In a surprise announcement that evening, an anonymous donor pledged to match all donations made at the benefit gala – raising the pre-gala donations by approximately $240,000 that evening.

WWO saluted the leadership and work of The Honorable Dr. Samuel Assefa, Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S., for Ethiopia’s support of WWO programs and services. It also honored Lois Whitman for her work as Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, Children’s Rights Division, in advocating for the rights of vulnerable children. The Canadian-based financial company, RBC Dexia Investor Services, was recognized as WWO’s first Corporate Honoree for its generous financial support that helped to launch WWO Canada, the organization’s first chapter outside the United States.

The 2008 Gala theme was “Every Child Ought to Know: What Love Is, What Health Is, What Childhood Is,” and the event was co-chaired by Janet Kagan, WWO’s Board Chair, and Brittany Levinson.

Special Guests Mary-Louise Parker, Tony-award winning actress and star of TV’s Weeds, presented the award to RBC Dexia Investor Services; and Brooke Smith, star of Grey's Anatomy presented the award to Ethiopian Ambassador Dr. Samuel Assefa. Actress Naomi Watts was also in attendance at the benefit gala. Actor Liev Schrieber narrated the WWO film highlighting programs and the children served.

Photos: Kelly Campbell/WWO, Amelia Panico/WWO, Stuart Tyson/WWO


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