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Their Royal Highnesses Crown
Prince Alexander and Princess
Katherine, hosted Lifeline New York’s 7th Annual
Benefit Luncheon to raise funds for medical equipment for
children's hospitals in Serbia at Le Cirque on Wednesday,
October 25. Among the supporters were Prince
Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Ivana
Trump, Cheri Kaufman, Sharon Bush, artist Robert
Cenedella, Kick Kennedy, and Jean
Shafiroff.
The event kicked off with a champagne reception
where guests were served hor d'oeuvres. At the lunch, President
of the Board, David Hryck,
welcomed guests and introducing Event Emcee and Vice President Cheri
Kaufman who introduced HRH Crown Prince Alexander who
thanked his wife and attendees for their support.
Prince Alexander introduced guest of honor, Douglas
Jackson, PhD, JD, CEO of the Project C.U.R.E. Dr. Jackson,
who partnered with HRH Crown Princess Katherine to donate
1.4-million dollars of medical sterilizers, then said “You don’t
have to have money to change the world… do what you can do
today,” before receiving a special recognition award from
Lifeline New York.
Princess Katherine addressed guests and thanked
her husband and everyone involved with the Lifeline Foundation
saying “The last few months have been magnificent, and we raised
more than $1,730,000 in medical equipment donations. Thanks to
Dr. Jackson we were able to get new sterilizers for hospitals in
Serbia for Belgrade, Novi Sad and Kraljevo, which are valued at
1.4 million dollars.” She went on to thank the Stavros S.
Niarchos Charitable Organization for its donation of a
mammography machine to Clinical Center Nis in Serbia worth
$700,000. She then thanked the audience for all of their help
and efforts in helping Serbia and their people.
Artist Robert
Cenedella painted "Le
Cirque - The First Generation," in 1998 that was originally hung
at Le Cirque 2000, before the restaurant moved to its current
location. "Le Cirque - The First Generation" depicts the
elegance and spirit of one of the world’s most preeminent
restaurants in its original setting. It is a visual feast, a
family portrait including more than 100 celebrities and
political habitués over the years such as Henry
Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis, Philip
Roth, Paul Newman, Tony
Randall, Sophia Loren,
and Barbara Walters.
Lifeline New York works directly with the HRH
Crown Princess Katherine Foundation in Belgrade to provide
critically needed humanitarian aid to the people of Serbia
regardless of religion or ethnic origin, with a focus on aiding
physically and mentally handicapped children, orphans and
working with medical institutions to improve health care
throughout the country.
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