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The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, commonly known as the Al Smith Dinner, is an annual white tie dinner in New York City to raise funds for Catholic charities supporting children of various needs in the Archdiocese of New York. [1] Held at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on the third Thursday of October, it is hosted by the ...
The annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie charity event in New York City, is known for prominent political figures poking fun at one another and the issues of the moment.
Hosted by KCA co-founder Alicia Keys, this event takes place in New York and has raised over $18.5 million since 2004. The evening features a cocktail party, seated dinner, live auction and unique musical performances and collaborations. The Black Ball is held annually in New York City and has been produced by Empire Entertainment.
The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. The organization also administers a relief fund for disasters in the New York City area. In 2010, a key supporter gave every family with children on welfare in New York State $200 to buy school supplies. [6]
Thursday night’s Al Smith dinner, a major fundraising event hosted by Catholic Charities of New York, served as a kickoff point for a weekend with events targeted at religious groups, including ...
The Concert for New York City (2001) October 20, 2001 – The Concert for New York City was a benefit concert organised as a tribute to the heroes and survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York. It was initiated by Paul McCartney and produced by a team including Harvey Weinstein and Jann Wenner. The SARS Benefit Concert (2003)
That year, the New York event collected over $1000 worth of food which was donated to local food pantries. [5] In 2015, New York had 300 participants who collected 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) of food, including a dozen turkeys and 600 jars of baby food. [6] In 2019, there were 112 events held in 42 states as well as in the United Kingdom and Canada.
The Gift of Chess was founded by Russell Makofsky, [1] Tyrone Davis III and Ryan Rodrigues during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide 10,000 NYC public school students access to their own chess set to help them reconnect physically in their own communities during a period of extreme isolation. [2]