Our Noteworthy New Yorkers are the amazing people that make this city the best place in the world.

Recap: GlamourGals Foundation Hosts Illuminate 2012

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Alicia Keys says that, “The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside.  That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.”  GlamourGals Foundation truly embraces that quote [...]

Noteworthy New Yorkers: Operation Smile

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Phyllis Diller said, “That a smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”  The heartbreaking truth is that every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft and that one in ten will die before their first birthday.  For those children who do live, the condition leaves them unable to eat, speak, socialize or [...]

Recap: The Wild Bird Fund Fundraising Event At “Birdie” Mansion

A Client of the Wild Bird Fund (Photo Credit: www.wildbirdfund.com)

On April 3rd, 2012, The Wild Bird Fund held their inaugural fundraiser at “Birdie” Vanderbilt’s Mansion, 60 E. 93rd Street, New York, NY.  The event took place from 6:30P.M. to 9:00P.M. and was a spectacular success! The Wild Bird Fund, which takes care of injured New York City birds, currently relies solely on its volunteers and [...]

Recap: Night Of A Thousand Gowns

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On Saturday, March 31st, 2012, The Imperial Court of New York held its 26th annual Night of a Thousand Gowns fundraising event.  The event displayed regal glamour and an opportunity to celebrate the LGBT community and in particular, the colorful cross-dressing part of that community.   This very special evening was held in The Broadway [...]

Noteworthy New Yorkers: The Wild Bird Fund

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Henry Van Dyke said, “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”  New York City may not be the woods but with over 355 species of birds that either migrate through this city or live here, many of them are unfortunately injured [...]

Noteworthy New Yorkers: The Imperial Court Of New York

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On Saturday, March 31st, 2012 The Imperial Court of New York will host its 26th annual Night of a Thousand Clowns fundraising event.  This fun, star-studded and glamorous event will be held in The Broadway Ballroom of The Marriott Marquis Hotel, at 1535 Broadway, New York, NY.  Dress is creative formal, black tie festive or [...]

Interview With Children’s Book Author Carol Guchek

Author Carol Guchek (Photo Credit: www.mycentraljersey.com)

Back in 2009, I had the brilliant idea to publish my own children’s book.  I quickly found out that the gap between writing your own book and having that book published was less of a gap, and more of a canyon.  A deep, wide, lurid canyon that was pretty scary to conquer alone.  That’s why [...]

Noteworthy New Yorkers: FACE Africa

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In 1746, Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanac wrote, “When the well is dry we know the worth of water.”  Today, nowhere is the well more dry than in the country of Liberia.    However, since 2009, FACE Africa has been working to provide access to clean and safe drinking water to millions of Liberian [...]

The Power Of “Your” Light

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Brene Brown says that “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.  Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” The students at The LearningSpring School have the awesome opportunity to have an educational [...]

The Dream Project Builds Dreams

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  The Dream Project is all about fulfilling dreams and helping take Dominican children and their communities in The Dominican Republic ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’.  On February 29th, 2012, Hotel Americano, located at 518 West 27th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenue), New York, NY, will host The Dominican Dream Independence Day Fundraising Celebration.  The [...]