Corporate Social Responsibility Event

Grameen Foundation and Sing for Hope are co-hosting "Sing for Hope: A Musical Gala Benefiting Grameen Foundation's Children's Scholarship Program." Twenty-five exciting young artists from hit Broadway shows including The Lion King and leading opera companies including The Metropolitan, are donating their time and talent for this unique performance benefiting Grameen Foundation's scholarships for children in Bangladesh. To purchase tickets online, visit www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/213731.

Special musical guests include Asian rock icon Salman Ahmad of Junon and pop sensation The Green Children. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate and the founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, will also be the evening's featured guest speaker.

Friday, October 12, 2007
6.00pm to 7.00pm: VIP reception with Dr. Muhammad Yunus
7.00pm to 9.00pm: Performance

The Times Center at The New York Times Building
41st Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
New York City

Tickets are $50, $125, $300, $500, and $1000 (includes VIP reception)

Sing for Hope was founded by opera singers with a desire to use their music for social change and supports artists who create events that benefit humanitarian causes. Its motto is "Uniting Artists, Uniting Communities." It is led by founding director Camilla Zamora and co-director Monica Yunus, the daughter of 2006 Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. For more, visit www.singforhope.org.

Grameen Foundation's global network empowers the world's poorest people, mostly women, to lift themselves out of poverty through microfinance, a proven poverty reducing strategy. Since 1997, the GF network of microfinance institutions has impacted an estimated 18 million lives in 25 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. For more, visit www.grameenfoundation.org.

Event Location

The Times Center at The New York Times Building, 41st Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, New York City

Sponsoring Company/Organization

Grameen Foundation USA

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