The Giving Back Foundation Newsletter Vol 8

TO ALL OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS:
WELCOME TO THE GIVING BACK FOUNDATION SPRING 2013 NEWSLETTER

ITV Interview:
Please click below to watch the recent ITV television interview conducted in New York City with Meera Gandhi, CEO and Founder of the Giving Back Foundation. To all of our readers who attended the Loomba Foundation Widows’ Event in Mumbai, India on March 20th with the Honorable Cherie Blair and Indian Minister for Justice Ashwini Kumar, you will enjoy seeing this interview and its link with clips showing most of people at the event.

GBF Honored at Global Corporate Awards:
The Giving Back Foundation was pleased and proud to receive the 2013 Global Corporate Humanitarian Award for the Foundation’s outreach and its many grass roots global projects. The award was presented to Meera Gandhi at the awards ceremony and dinner held in New York on Saturday, April 27th.

Pearson College/UWC:
As a major supporter of Pearson College, and the United Colleges of Wales, Giving Back joined the famed international school and its Board at the school’s 50th Anniversary reception held on May 9th at the home of Priscilla Ratazzi Whittle, president of UWC Atlantic College’s U.S. Foundation in New York City. John Walmsley, Atlantic College’s principal, acknowledged the milestone anniversary and thanked the U.S. supporters for their loyal and sterling support. The school’s scholarships for high potential and deserving students who are future leaders, has led to the growth of a global education movement with Nelson Mandela and Queen Noor of Jordan.

Alison Akant, Principal at Diversity Research and former Assistant District Attorney for Narcotics in New York City, is acknowledged and presented with a framed photo of the 12th Century Donat Castle in the UK, which is the school’s home.

Left to right, Willem de Vogel, Atlantic College graduate who worked on the development of the RIB rigid inflation boat for the Royal Navy, and right, John Walmsley, UWC Atlantic College Principal.

Global Ovarian Cancer and Appreciation Walk:
On Saturday, May 11th, the Giving Back Foundation joyfully and gratefully participated in the Global Ovarian Cancer Appreciation Walk in Irvington, NY. The one or two-mile walks were held to raise awareness for ovarian cancer, which afflicts 250,000 women annually and is responsible for 140,000 deaths globally. Meera Gandhi and The Giving Back Foundation supported the walk in honor of ovarian cancer survivor and dear friend of the Foundation, Kim Panjwani of Mumbai and Irvington, New York and other supporters and friends of the Foundation.

Raju Panjwani, Kim Panjwani, Meredith Vieira, Anne Halliwell, Meera Gandhi, Deb Hargraves	Meredith Vieira, Anne Halliwell, Kim Panjwani
Meera Gandhi and participants	Meera Gandhi and participant

One-To-World Fulbright Awards:
Meera Gandhi with Mrs. Harriet Fulbright at the One-To-World Fulbright Awards Dinner in New York City, May 22, 2013. One-To-World, a long-time partner and inspiration to GBF, brings people from around the world together, face-to-face, to exchange perspectives and profoundly experience each others cultures in an open and engaging environment.

Mrs. Harriet Fulbright and Meera Gandhi

Women’s Education Project:
The Giving Back Foundation was delighted to sponsor and to be part of a very lively fundraising event bringing celebrity and fashion together to raise funds for students of the Women’s Education Project. The Project, known as WEP, is a non-profit organization helping young women who are living on less than $1 a day in India, to succeed in college and in their careers. On Thursday, May 23rd, Meera Gandhi joined designer Betsey Johnson, comedians Sandra Bernhard and Taylor Negron in a spirited Indian-themed evening of fashion, dance, comedy and spice at Orensanz in Manhattan.

Meera with designer Betsey Johnson	Meera with Aroon Shivdasani

A note from Meera Gandhi to our friends and supporters: Please remember that you can go towww.TheGivingBackFoundation.net and DONATE with a click of a button. We hope that you do choose to join us on our journey and make the world an inspired place in which to live! Any amount, big or small, will advance the Giving Back Foundation’s mission.

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