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The following events have marked BrazilFoundation's short but intense history and have contributed to our development.

If you are interested in participating, please write to newyork@brazilfoundation.org  for an invitation to our events.

2008 schedule

BRAZILFOUNDATION'S VI ANNUAL GALA IN NEW YORK
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Past Events

BRAZILFOUNDATION BENEFIT RECEPTION IN LOS ANGELES

To support Social Programs throughout Brazil
and to celebrate The First Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival

2007 program

BRAZILFOUNDATION'S V ANNUAL GALA IN NEW YORK

2006 program

BRAZILFOUNDATION'S IV ANNUAL GALA IN NEW YORK

BENEFITING SOCIAL PROJECTS IN BRAZIL

Special benefit performance of the play "A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop" with actress Amy Irving

On Tuesday, April 25, 2006, BrazilFoundation was pleased to invite you for a special benefit performance of the play A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop, by Marta Góes, featuring the OBIE winning and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated actress Amy Irving and directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. Ms. Irving played the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Elizabeth Bishop, a woman whose profound passion for art and beauty produced four volumes of poetry, numerous short stories, and a near 20-year romance with the extraordinary Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.

2005 program

Breakfast Talk with Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, President and CEO of the Gerdau Group.

In a speech entitled "Sustainable Development, Ethics, and the Formation of Values in Society", Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, President and CEO of the Brazilian steel company, the Gerdau Group, the largest long steel producer in the Americas. Gerdau addressed an audience of about 55 yesterday morning in the JPMorgan Chase Auditorium. The Breakfast Talk, sponsored by BrazilFoundation and JP Morgan, followed an event at the Waldorf-Astoria the previous night in which the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce named Mr. Gerdau the Brazilian 2005 Person of the Year. Gerdau's speech centered on the critical importance of social responsibility in an increasingly global business world. In defining sustainable development, an essential element in his 104-year-old company's longevity, Gerdau said sustainable development "seeks to reconcile social, economic, and environmental needs without compromising the future of any one of these." Gerdau believes corporations must strive to improve individual means, in turn improving the whole and people's sense of citizenship and being a true citizen in a society. In his view, improving the quality of life of the global population is "in our hands to construct."

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BRAZILFOUNDATION'S THIRD ANNUAL GALA

Beatriz Milhazes, "Serpentina" 
(Screen print auctioned at the event)

BrazilFoundation Reception in Miami

BrazilFoundation has been chosen for a Brazilian Press Award. To receive the award and to introduce the work of BrazilFoundation to the Miami community, Romero Britto, Co-Chair of BrazilFoundation’s Third Annual Gala Benefit, host a reception on May 11, 2005 in Britto Central, Miami Beach.

2004 program

HOLIDAY RAFFLE - December 7th

BrazilFoundation celebrated its 4th anniversary on December 7th with a Holiday Raffle of wonderful prizes. More than 150 participants helped raise $9,730, which will support the opening of the foundation's new office space in New York. The office will allow BrazilFoundation to host events, operate longer hours, include more volunteers and, generally, be more efficient in accomplishing its mission to contribute to a better Brazil.

Click here to see a list of the winning raffle tickets

BrazilFoundation's Second Annual Gala In New York

The objective of our BrazilFoundation Second Annual Gala is to increase our revenue base to support a greater number of projects in Brazil in 2005. With offices both in New York and Rio de Janeiro, we can closely monitor the projects that we support with resources raised at our events.

Click here to read more about the BrazilFoundation's Second Annual Gala.

2003 program

Ceremony for grant recipients for 2003.

BrazilFoundation awarded grants to 17 social projects in Brazil during a ceremony on August 7, 2003 at the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP) in São Paulo. Around 200 people attended, including not-for-profit representatives, friends of BrazilFoundation, executives and the press.

The foundation would like to thank those made this important occasion possible. Special thanks to FIESP, for donating the space; Máquina da Notícia organizing and publicizing the event; and TAM airlines for providing airplane tickets to visit the projects.

Click here to see details on the projects selected in 2003.

BrazilFoundation's First Annual Gala In New York

With the festive presence of politicians, artists, fashion designers and models, BrazilFoundation threw one of the largest parties ever held in Manhattan to benefit social projects in Brazil. With its first annual gala, the foundation raised $170,000 from 370 guests to distribute to social projects in 2004. In addition, an auction of items donated by artists and fashion designers raised more funds: a painting by artist Romero Britto sold for $6,100 and a multi-color chiffon dress designed by Carlos Miele sold for $3,000.

Click here to read more about the BrazilFoundation's First Annual Gala.

Fashion designer supports BrazilFoundation
		The Brazilian fashion designer, Tufi Duek, known for the brands Forum and Triton, dedicated a day of sales from his spring/summer collection to BrazilFoundation. (Abril/2003) photo: Antonio Haslauer da Costa, VP of Marketing for Tufi Duek, with Cecília Ishitani and Flávia Gomes dos Santos.

2002 program

Women Brainstorming for Brazil.
Ruth Cardoso, a sociologist and Brazil's former first lady, met with 36 women professionals in New York to mobilize for action to benefit BrazilFoundation.
(April 2002)

Grupo Corpo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Exclusive reception to raise funds raised to the 2003 Campaign focusing on cultural projects in Brazil.
(October 2002)

Reception in honor of Milú Villela.
President of Instituto Faça Parte, BrazilFoundation and Gelson Fonseca, permanent representative of Brazil to the United Nations (UN), hosted a reception in honor of Ms. Villela.
(November 2002)

2001 program

BrazilFoundation is introduced to the corporate and foundations communities in New York.
With the presence of sociologist Ruth Cardoso and other members of Advisory Board BrazilFoundation is introduced to the corporate and foundations communities in New York
(November 2001)