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04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
03/01/2012 - American Cancer Society Honors Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes MD, Emily Sonnenblick MD
03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
02/25/2012 - GiGi’s PLAYHOUSE NYC, Down Syndrome Awareness Centers, opened its doors for the first time
02/25/2012 - CARON LIGHTS UP MAR-A-LAGO WITH “AFTER DARK” GALA
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02/07/2012 - 2012 Annual High School Counselor’s Breakfast
02/06/2012 - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s ® (BCRF) annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium
02/04/2012 - The 2012 Hope Gala
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02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
02/02/2012 - Cut 25 Flagship opening - an event to benefit Project Paz
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01/28/2012 - Girls Bite Out for the North Texas Food Bank
01/26/2012 - French Heritage Society’s New York ChapterKicked Off its 2012 Cultural Season
01/26/2012 - Annual Event to benefit The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
01/26/2012 - 2012 Plates for Pediatrics Benefit
01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
01/20/2012 - Silence! Silent Art Forms
01/19/2012 - UJA-Federation of New York Generosity Signature Event
01/19/2012 - JDRF Central Jersey Chapter Events
01/17/2012 - TIFFANY & CO. HOSTS CARON SUPPORTERS TO SPECIAL PREVIEW OF 2012 TIFFANY LEATHER COLLECTION
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01/13/2012 - "Cycle Without Limits" Specialized Bike Program
01/12/2012 - Salvatore Ferragamo Hosts and Evening of Shopping to Benefit the Paradise Fund in Support of St. Jud
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Met Temple of Dendur Setting for Children of Armenia Fund's Gala
12/16/2010 - By New York City, New York

Met Temple of Dendur Setting for Children of Armenia Fund's Gala

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, factories in Armenia screeched to a halt – leaving thousands in the newly independent republic’s villages unemployed and poverty-stricken.

Now thanks to the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), an organization established in New York a decade ago, these villages are experiencing a long-awaited revival. Through a program of sustainable development, focusing on education, health care and economic growth—all for the country’s most vulnerable population of children—COAF has benefited over 20,000 individuals. Its efforts are now recognized by the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme.

The organization held its seventh annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday evening, December 16. More than 300 guests gathered in the imperial Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing to show support for COAF’s mission. Every penny raised directly benefits the non-profit’s projects in Armenia.

COAF founder Garo Armen, a leader in the biotech industry, hosted the evening. Among the luminaries attending this noteworthy event were Carnegie Foundation president Vartan Gregorian, artist and designer Michael Aram, Emmy and Tony award-winning actress Andrea Martin, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans and his wife, Donna Evans, and the Met’s curator for Byzantine Art Helen Evans. Sotheby’s executive vice president C. Hugh Hildesley led the evening’s live auction.

COAF’s “Benefactor” and “Humanitarian” awards went to philanthropist Gerard L. Cafesjian and the late Paul L. Newman, whose foundation has supported technology programs in Armenia.

Photos By: Karine Abalyan


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