NYC
(November 17, 2010) – Christina and Cary
Potter hosted a cocktail reception for AmeriCares
on Wednesday, November 17th at the
home of Alex Lari in Manhattan. The reception
featured a presentation by AmeriCares president
and CEO Curtis R. Welling, who has directed the
organization’s response to dozens of emergencies
including the cholera outbreak in Haiti,
devastating flooding in Pakistan, the earthquakes in
Haiti and Chile, the Gulf Coast oil spill, hurricane
Katrina and the Southeast Asia tsunami. Over cocktails
and hors d’oeuvres, Welling had the pleasure of
announcing that AmeriCares had reached a
significant milestone: since it’s founding in 1982,
AmeriCares has delivered and
distributed more than $10 billion in medical
assistance to 147 countries, including the United
States.
Guests and
supporters including Patrick Durkin, Bill and Cory
Laverack, Elizabeth and Jay Chandler, Joe Merrill,
Darryl Tookes, Wendy Reyes, Jack Radgowski, Tim O’Hara,
Curt and Angel Schade, Oscar Junquera, Mike and Sandy
McManus, Steve Weisman, Sophie Stenbeck, Barbara
de Portago, Michele Gerber Klein, Tom Brown, Daryn
Mayer, Elizabeth Kabler, John Bradley, Shawn Emamjomeh,
Dr. Hemali Ajmera, Jim Freeman, Sonomi Yamada, Joyce
May, Claire Potter, Jennifer Potter, John Wessels,
Linette and Matt Semino, Marianna Kulukundis,
Emily Henry, Samir Tahan, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Cindy
Guyer, Lisa Jackson, Brad Davis, Katie Welling
and Dr. Frank Bia were among those who joined the
Potters in raising awareness for this organization’s
important work.
AmeriCares
vision is to help many more people
live longer, healthier lives through its global health
and disaster relief programs. The organization’s medical
gift-in-kind model enables pharmaceutical and medical
supply manufacturers to donate essential products that
are delivered and distributed to a network of more than
2,500 hospitals, clinics and community health
organizations, improving access to medicines for
millions of people around the world.
AmeriCares
model is time-tested, cost-effective and experience
driven, and for donors, its value proposition is
unparalleled. Historically, for every $100 donated
AmeriCares is able to deliver more than $3,500 in
humanitarian relief to people in need, including
medicines, medical supplies, nutritional supplements and
other lifesaving aid.
For more information
about AmeriCares, please contact Peggy Atherlay at
203-658-9626 or visit
www.americares.org
.