THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME SUNDAY NIGHT AND MADE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS!
Here are the videos featured in last night’s event.
Imran Khan’s Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Staj4wXghNc
Videos:
“Water” - Flood Devastation Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQOOrfPetw
Pakistan Flood - Stats and Suffering Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21S7M35GFY
(Courtesy Carbonated TV)
Relief Effort Montage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTZSYOB7lg
“Pakistan Then and Now” Montage:
http://www.sarelief.com/2010/08/pkfloods_then_now/
Beautiful Pakistan and Relief Effort Combined Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7czen-ObiiE
Feel free to distribute far and wide. Powerpoint Presentations to follow. My thanks to Niveen for all her hard work on these videos.
Press:
KQED and CBS radio both ran segments on the fundraiser.
KQED Clip:
http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/R201008301204 (audio available)
Google, AP Agree on Licensing ... Fundraising for Pakistan
Fundraising for Pakistan Flood Relief
Local philanthropists are raising money for flood relief in Pakistan. Several nonprofits teamed up to hold a fundraiser for flood relief last night in Mountain View, attracting more than 350 attendees. In addition to money, they hope to raise awareness of the crisis. (
www.kqed.org)
Several local Pakistani American Media Outlets also covered the event.
Allvoices.com also covered the event and their coverage was picked up by Google news.
Comcast TV’s “Upside Show” has asked to do a segment
>>>>>>>>>> THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! <<<<<<<<<<<
Our sincere thanks to everyone for their generosity
"I will never forget the destruction and suffering I have witnessed today. In the past I have witnessed many natural disasters around the world, but nothing like this." – Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General.
If Not Us, Who?
If Not Now, When?
Join us on Sunday August 29th, at an Iftar and Dinner Gathering as we raise funds for and awareness of the plight of 20 million Pakistanis affected by the worst floods in the history of our nation.
The event will feature an exclusive conversation via video with social worker, politician, and cricketing legend, Imran Khan.
This event is sponsored and supported by Bay Area Organizations including OPEN SV, SA Relief, APPNA, Mashal, TCF, DIL, HDF, Your DIL, PACC, Central Asia Institute, Shalimar Catering, NEDIAN SV, and SV-PAK.
Program:
7:15pm: Check-in & Welcome
7:45pm: Iftar & Dinner
8:15pm: Opening: "Yours Gratefully" – Faruk Abdullah, MC
8:30pm: What is Needed from Us Now – Imran Qureshi, IMANA
8:45pm: "Then and Now"
9:00pm: "A Conversation with Imran Khan" - Moazzam Chaudry Reporting from Islamabad (Via Video)
9:20pm: Closing: "What Each of Us Can Do Now" – Shuja Keen & Umair Khan
9:30pm – 10:30pm: General Gup-Shup and Total Chill.
Donations:
- 100% of your donations (with NO deduction for event costs) will benefit a relief organization of your choice from the following:
- Relief International [Pay Online at
www.ri.org]
- UNICEF [Pay Online at "
www.unicef.org"]
- HumanityFirst [Pay Online at "
www.humanityfirst.org"]
- Islamic Relief [Pay Online at "
www.islamic-relief.com"]
- APPNA [Pay Online at "
www.appna.org""]
- American Red Cross [Pay Online at "
www.redcross.org"]
- The Citizens Foundation USA (TCF) [Pay Online at "
www.tcfusa.org"]
- Hidaya Foundation [Pay Online at "
www.hidaya.org"]
- Developments in literacy (DIL) [Pay Online at "
www.dil.org"]
- HOPE USA [Pay Online at "
www.hopecharityusa.org"]
- Human Development Fund (HDF) [Pay Online at "
www.hdf.org"]
- Naya Jeevan [Pay Online at "
www.njfk.org"]
- HelpingHands [Pay Online at "
www.hhrd.org"]
- IMANA [pay Online at "
www.imana.org"]
- Imran Khan Flood Relief Fund [Pay Online at "
www.imrankhanfoundation.org"]
Date: Sunday August 29th, 2010; 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Location:
Computer History Museum
1401 North Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 810-1010
Hosts and Donors:
We invite you to join the Host Committee by commiting to host a table:
Patron Table: $5000 SOLD OUT
Sponsor Table: $2000 SOLD OUT
If you cannot host a table, we would still love to have you as an individual donor:
Individual Donor Seats:
- $50, SOLD OUT
- $100 SOLD OUT
- $200 SOLD OUT
Child Attendance/Care:
- Children 11 and older may attend on a paid seat alongside parents.
- Babysitting services will be provided at $15 per child for the evening for children 3 years - 12 years old from 7:30p - 9:30p
- All babysitting payments will be donated to Flood Relief by our wonderful volunteers. We will finalize this by Monday August 23 after which we will accept reservations.
Host Committee:
Patrons: Rehan & Mariam Jalil, Haroon & Reema Khan, Zia and Paru Yusuf, Ayesha & Omar Khan, Shameela & Hasan Rizvi, Raghib & Kanwal Hussain, Safwan & Ginni, The Lodhi Family, Faysal Sohail, Johnson & Johnson, LifeScan,SAPNA, Farzana & Zain Jewanjee, Asad & Ambreen Jamal, NEDians, APPNA
Sponsors: Danyal & Khadija Mirza, Malika & Junaid Qureshi, Salima & Naeem Wahab, Raffia & Aamir Jamil, Bonnie & Usman Sheikh, Nahid & Kamal Ahmed, Zakia & Sulaiman Rahman, Idris Kothari, Nayela & Shuja Keen, , Mariam & Rehan Jalil, Zareen & Umair Khan, Zia Syed, Nadir Ali, Irum & Bilal Musharraf, Salma & Dilawar Syed, Qualcomm Employees, Ellahie & Farouqui, Faisal & Sadia Chughtai, Asghar Aboobaker, SV-PAK, VSI, Central Asia Institute, Homes A Lot, QUALCOMM, Anonymous Benefactors.
Sponsors, Supporters, Organizers:
- Individuals: Moazzam Chaudry, Idris Kothari, Razi Mohiuddin, Javed Khan, Omar Khan, Zain Jewanjee, Rehan Jalil, Hasan Rizvi, Raghib Hussain, Amra Tareen, Paru & Zia Yusuf, Safwan Shah, Umair Khan, AR Rafiq, Shahab Riazi, Sarim Siddiqui, Usman Sheikh, Fawad Zakariya, Aurangzeb Agha, Zia Syed, Shuja Keen, Faisal Haque, Adil Haque, Bilal Musharraf, Imran Khan, Haroon Khan, Mobashar Yazdani, Faisal Haq, Ambreen & Asad Jamal
- Organizations: OPEN SV, SA Relief, APPNA, Mashal, TCF, DIL, HDF, Your DIL, PACC, SV-PAK, CAI, Shalimar Restaurant, Shalimar Catering (510 742 8888)
Contact:
Questions, Reservation Requests, or to Volunteer:
- Call us: Umair Khan (510 377 4457); Laiq Chughtai (408 431 4750)
- Email us:
umair@secretbuilders.com;
laiq_chughtai@yahoo.com
