Two Charity Events for One Night: “Four Seasons of Hope” & “Project Migration”
It is a difficult time for everybody. Crisis, Disaster, Events at one corner of the world punch out global impact within no time, like the butterfly effect. We are living in a very strange world, if not wonderland, compared to many years ago.
During this turbulent time, it would be a good thing if there is anything to share, volunteer for and help with in any possible ways. Some people donate money. Some people donate time. Or anything they have, even text messages.
As far as I know, New Yorkers are not shy away from those activities. On Tuesday evening, I was invited to two charity events, one form of such activities New Yorkers love. One was “Four Seasons of Hope” and another was “Project Migration” The first one was a charity for children, hosted by Samsung at Cipriani in Wall Street. The second one was founded by Hilary Rowland, a savvy entrepreneur, to help single moms in East Africa through fashion business.
Of course, there was a big red-carpet moment, with many celebrity guests including, Bill Clinton, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Matthew McConaughey, Kathy Griffin, Wendy Williams, and many Sports Stars, and Super Models…
At Cipriani, I was sitting right next to an Olympic gold medalist, Sarah Hughes and had lots of fun conversations, completed by JLo and Marc Anthony’s performances. It was a glamorous and glitzy night of events, raising $1.2 million at the 9th annual Four Seasons of Hope and raising funds from auctioning for good-looking bachelors at the Project Migration. ^^
Going through the glamourous night, I felt a little disconnected from the events for some reason (maybe, because I didn’t do much to the causes and I was just present as an observer). Instead, I kept thinking about what motivates people to participate in these charities. Some might have pure-hearted passion to engage people for a certain cause. Some might have been motivated to do something meaningful in this world. Or some might feel simple gratification from participation. Some cynics might explain this psyche in terms of tax benefits, narcissistic interest or even publicity. Unfortunately, my floating mind couldn’t find an answer to my question that night.
While listening to what people were saying at the events, though, I found one expression popping up somewhat uncomfortable and annoying. The expression “for the less fortunate” came out and for some reason my mind was uncomfortably fixated on the words. These words came up to me in three different ways. I heard it as “less financial means (fortune)”; could also be “less lucky” (ouch); or could mean (at least sounds to me) that potential beneficiaries of the charities are in different social strata/classification/groups.
I don’t remember exactly who said these words, but I think we should wage a campaign against using this expression at any charity/social cause events. Ever. I think that we are all “Co-Benefitors,” if not “Co-Benefactors,” whether we give out or receives benefits through these charities. When it comes to charity, I think it’s not a one way street, but it’s mutually benefiting each other. Especially, one small act could spread out its global impact really fast. When I thought about what motivates people to come to these events and participate in any form of charity, I think those people also greatly benefit from doing something meaningful in their lives in any forms, whether it’s happiness or tax benefits.
Nothing is worse than taking somebody’s pride, self-confidence or dreams away from that person, by calling them and categorizing them as “the less fortunate,” based on their current ‘unfortunate’ circumstances. Nobody wants to be called to be less fortunate. We should not call people “the less fortunate” based on what they are CURRENTLY going through or what they CURRENTLY do not have.” We should see people in tough situations not with the eyes of sympathy, but the eyes of empathy. We should look to the future together through their eyes and should be able to say that “You, Co-Benefitors, Together Let’s Become the Fortunate. Let’s Be Strong! Let’s Create the Future and the Fortune.”
If you are interested in participating in these charities, please check out the following.
http://www.fourseasonsofhope.com/us/4seasons_hope/index.html
http://www.projectmigration.org/
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- At Cipriani
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- Bill Clinton giving a speech
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