NEW YORK (TIP): CRY (Child Rights & You) America Inc, a non-profit that works towards ensuring underprivileged children their basic rights, is hosting their Annual Gala Dinners across New York, Bay Area, Orange County, & Houston to create an opportunity to bring concerned people together for the cause of children’s rights.
This year, the CRY Gala Dinner in New York is being organized on Friday, June 9, 2017 at the Taj Pierre Hotel. First ever dinners are being organized in Bay Area on June 3 & Orange County on June 4, 2017. Celebrity guest Indian actor Arjun Rampal joins CRY America to support the cause & amplify the voices of underprivileged children. Speakers include Arjun Rampal, Shefali Sunderlal, President of CRY America and Dr. Rolee Singh, Program Director of Shambhunath Singh Research Foundation (SRF).
Apart from raising awareness for this worthy cause, plans include a live auction. Auction items featured are generous donations such as cricket bats autographed by Saurav Ganguly & Virender Sehwag, paintings by noted Indian artists Ramkumar, Badri Narayan, JMS Mani, Vrindavan Solanki, Anuradha Thakur, Vasudev, Vaikuntam, Joydeep Chatterjee, Vani Chawla and fashion ensembles by Ritu Kumar, Abu Jani- Sandeep Khosla, JJ Valaya, Manish Malhotra, Neeta Lulla, Tarun Tahiliani and an evening clutch by Sabyasachi.
Historic American Memorabilia up for auction such as a baseball signed by Barack Obama, Beatles Album autographed by Paul McCartney and Ringo Star, Apollo 11 Photograph autographed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, will go a long way in raising funds for CRY Projects across India.
Shefali Sunderlal, President says “CRY America believes that “YOU” have the power to change children’s futures and your support allows us to ensure that thousands of children are able to go to sleep educated, healthy and protected.Your participation in events like the CRY Gala Dinners is needed today, more than ever.” She appealed for people to join CRY America as donors, volunteers and supporters.