HCW's Annual Bo-Tie Gala
"Be the Light" and join us for Helping Children Worldwide's Bo-Tie Gala Dinner and Silent Art Auction on Friday, October 19th, 2018 at the National Press Club in Washington DC. You won't want to miss this elegant event, and the opportunity to join friends and supporters to celebrate our shared mission to transform lives in Sierra Leone.
Business Attire Requested, Bo-Tie Optional.
All proceeds go to benefit Helping Children Worldwide and the programs at the Child Rescue Centre and Mercy Hospital and the Missionary Training Centre. Please note that a portion of your purchase is the value of goods and/or services provided, and therefore, is not deductible as a charitable contribution. Please review the file below before purchase.
Business Attire Requested, Bo-Tie Optional.
All proceeds go to benefit Helping Children Worldwide and the programs at the Child Rescue Centre and Mercy Hospital and the Missionary Training Centre. Please note that a portion of your purchase is the value of goods and/or services provided, and therefore, is not deductible as a charitable contribution. Please review the file below before purchase.
| 2018 Gala Tax Deduction Descriptions |
Opening Prayer from Bishop John K. Yambasu
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Helping Children Worldwide is excited to welcome Bishop John K. Yambasu of the Sierra Leone Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to the 2018 Bo-Tie Gala.
In the fall of 1999, Reverend John Yambasu of the Sierra Leone United Methodist Church traveled to the US with a fervent hope of finding help for children who were orphaned or abandoned during the long civil war in his country. Rev. Yambasu received an outpouring of generous support from Floris United Methodist Church of Herndon, Virginia, when he spoke to the congregation just before Christmas. Bishop John K. Yambasu was born in southern Sierra Leone and studied at United Methodist mission schools. He was ordained a deacon in 1987 and an elder in 1990. He served churches in Moyamba and Freetown until he began to focus on Christian education and youth ministry. A graduate of Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Yambasu taught in many schools, including the denomination's Harford School for Girls in Moyamba. He also was the Sierra Leone Conference's director for Christian education and youth ministries and founded the Child Rescue Centre in Sierra Leone, serving as its executive director until he became a regional missionary in 2000. |
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Welcome Keynote Speaker Dr. Shaun Casey
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Helping Children Worldwide is thrilled to introduce Dr. Shaun Casey as the 2018 Bo-Tie Gala Keynote Speaker!
Dr. Casey is a senior fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University and a professor of the practice in the School of Foreign Service. He previously was U.S. special representative for religion and global affairs and director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs. He has also held positions at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., the Center for American Progress, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Casey has written on the ethics of the war in Iraq, as well the role of religion in American presidential politics. He is the author of "The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960" (2009) and co-editor of "The Oxford Handbook of Political Theology" (forthcoming, with Michael Kessler); he is writing a book on ethics and international politics tentatively titled "Niebuhr’s Children." |
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KanKouran West African Dance Company
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Helping Children Worldwide is excited to welcome the KanKouran West African Dance Company to the 2018 Bo-Tie Gala!
KanKouran was formed in 1983, in Washington, DC, by Artistic Director Assane Konte and former Director of Music, Abdou Kounta, who grew up together in Dakar, Senegal. KanKouran is home to three performing companies: the Senior, Junior, and Children’s groups. The company, whose members were born in the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, is dedicated to preserving and sharing the culture of Africa. KanKouran has established itself as an organization offering a wide range of educational and cultural programs. The company’s outstanding reputation has spawned numerous alliances/collaborations with organizations and institutions throughout the United States and abroad. On the local and national levels, these include: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution, National Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, California Center for the Arts, Howard University, Model Secondary School for the Arts at Gallaudet University, American University, George Mason University, University of Pittsburgh, and Virginia Technical Institute. On an international level: Silesian Dance Theater and the Dance Festival Krakow in Poland; Maui Dance Council, Hawaii; Japan Cultural Arts Center, Tokyo; the Island Center for the Performing Arts, St. Croix; as well as the Emancipation Day Committee of Trinidad and Tobago. |
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Scenes from last year's gala dinner:
