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Saturday, April 24, 2010

All Stars Project Gala...raises $3 million! Rosie Perez attended!









The All Stars Project held its National Gala Benefit on April 12th at the David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center.

Titled - "Out of Crisis Helping the World's Youth to Grow" - the high-profile event raised $3 million dollars for After School Development.

The Gala was hosted by Diana Williams of ABC Eyewitness News.

Academy Award- nominated actress Rosie PĂ©rez attended.

The organizers announced the formation of  a $9.2 million expansion campaign for the All Stars Project of New Jersey which includes creating The Scott H. Flamm Center for Development Afterschool in downtown Newark.

The event also honored hedge-fund industry leader, Elliott Management Corporation.

Dinner co-chairs included Steve Alesio (Dun & Bradstreet); Scott B. Hill (Ernst & Young); Keith Horn, Elliott Management Corp.); Hunter L. Hunt (Hunt Oil); Charles MacDonald (Elliott Management Corp.); and T. Ross (Merrill Lynch).

The 2010 Bridge Building Awards for Leadership in Community Relations were presented to five countries for their exmplary leadership in providing aid to Haiti in the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake.

Haiti's Consul General of New York, Felix Augustine (along with youth leaders of the All Stars Project) presented the awards to Consul General H. E. Osmar V. Chohfi (Brazil); Consul General Daniel Sullivan (Canada); Ambassador Jorge Bolanos (Cuba); Consul General Phillippe Lalliot (France); and Consul General's Asaf Shariv (Israel).

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