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1 Organizacioni tim druge Srpske filantropske gala večeri 2 Petar Marković 3 Tamara Dragićević i Petar Benčina 4 Atmosfera je bila i svečana i vesela 5 Džordž Petković sa kabinskim osobljem Er Srbije 1 Organisational team of the second Serbian Philanthropic Gala evening 2 Petar Marković 3 Tamara Dragićević and Petar Benčina 4 The event had both a formal and joyous atmosphere 5 George Petković with Air Serbia cabin crew
AT THE HEART OF NEW YORK, FOR A SECOND TIME Glamorous Serbian philanthropic gala evening More than 70,000 dollars raised for free IT sector training in Serbia
Đuričko and Serbian Philanthrop- ic Association member Gordana Jelić. Guests in attendance from all corners of the world included actors Dragan Bjelogrlić, Tamara Dragičević and Petar Benčina, sing- er Davor Jovanović, First Lady of Serbia Tamara Vučić, acting Ser- bian Consul General in New York Olgica Vlačić and Consul Tamara Vujović, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Eastern American Irinej Dobri- jevic, energy expert Branko Terzić, consulting partner Lazar Krstić, in- vestor John Jovanović and numer- ous notable members of the Ser- bian diaspora. Air Serbia, which served as main organising partner, provid- ed assistance with logistical prepa- ration and promotional support. Guests had an opportunity to watch a short promotional film produced jointly by Air Serbia and the Tour- ist Organisation of Serbia, which invited them to tour our country. The Serbian Philanthropic Associ- ation also expressed its gratitude to all other organisations and indi- viduals who helped with the organ- ising of the gala evening through their support and donations. The gala’s music programme included the participation of fa- mous guitarist Nikola Stajić and the seven-member 2Funky band from Boston, together with young Serbian vocalists Nevena Đorđević and Ilija Mihailović. The culmina- tion of the evening was reserved for the New York acoustic guitar duo of Srđan & Vukan, while the gala was also enriched by the per- formance of dance couple Miro- slav ‘Miša’ Ranđelović and Dako- ta Pizzi, U.S. state champions in Latin American dance.
THANKS TO THE GENER- OUS DONATIONS OF ATTEND- ING GUESTS, the second Serbian Philanthropic Gala dinner, held on 12 th November in the ceremonial hall of New York’s historic Gotham Hall venue, resulted in $70,200 be- ing raised for the free IT Bootcamp school for IT sector retraining in Serbia. “This was a really spectacu- lar gala evening. We are proud of the results that serve to justi- fy the time, effort and emotions that we’ve devoted to this pro- ject. We provided people with an opportunity to get to know each other, to build relationships that will strengthen our community in New York, but also to jointly cel- ebrate Serbian culture and tradi- tion. We are particularly delight- ed with the turnout of 420 people who attended the event and donat- ed more than 70,000 dollars. The funds raised will enable free train- ing for 200 new attendees of the non-profit IT Bootcamp school. We
cijama i pojedincima koji su svo- jom podrškom i donacijama pomo- gli organizovanju večeri. U muzičkom programu uče- stvovali su poznati gitarista Ni-
kola Stajić i sedmo- člani bend 2Funky iz Bostona sa našim mla- dim vokalima Nevenom Đorđević i Ilijom Miha- ilovićem. Kraj večeri bio je rezervisan za njujorš- ki duo akustičnih gitara, Srđana i Vukana, a veče je uveličao i nastup ple- snog para Miroslava Mi- še Ranđelovića i Dakote Pici, američkih državnih prvaka u latinoamerič- kom plesu.
raised the most funds through the auctioning of items donated to us by our world-renowned athletes Novak Đoković, Nikola Jokić and Bogdan Bogdanović,” said Petar Marković, one of the co-founders and presi- dent of the Serbian Phil- anthropic Association’s Board of Directors. The gala’s guest hosts were famous Serbian actor Nikola
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