ADA Benefit Spring 2023: DANCE FOR THE DREAM (March 6, 2023)

On March 6, 2023, after a five-year hiatus, the African Dream Academy Foundation (ADAF) held a Dance for the Dream fundraising benefit, welcoming the Rubix Kube Band and Ashley Gramins back to Watson Hall at The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York.  WCBS News Anchor, Cindy Hsu, served as MC and Auctioneer of the Benefit’s live auction.  A new film just created in the first few months of 2023, told the inspirational story of ADA’s ten-year journey, and ADA Founder and CEO, Rev. Samuel Enders, who was present at the Benefit, added further updates and expressed his deep appreciation for the Foundation’s support.  Guests at the Benefit danced to Rubix Kube’s dazzling Eighties music, which raised everyone’s energy level and contributed to a fun and very fruitful evening. The ADAF Board sincerely thanks all its donors who underwrote the event, bought tickets, bid at the auction, or raised a paddle. Thanks to you, the Dream continues…….

Planning committee:
Natasha Bergreen      Jackie Curiel      Heidi Leiser      Iva Mills      Alexis Moses      Viktoria Prigarina      Kathryn Smerling      Lydia Spinelli      Gracey Stoddard

Change Supporters:
Lydia and Walter Spinelli

Inspire Supporters:
Susie and Charlie Anderson        Katherine and Alex Harman        Robert & Fulvia McCrie        Gracey Stoddard

Hope Supporters:
Jennifer Coyle        Jackie Curiel        Claire Evans         Amandine and Steve Freidheim        Tuck Hardie        Cynthia Ketchum        Fred Larsen         Laura & Henry McVey        Iva Mills        Dick and Sandy Rippe        Whitney & David Schwartz        Oscar Sloterbeck & Caroline Ritter        Kathryn and Bob Smerling

Imagine Supporters:
Karen and Hamid Abada         Ashley & Elliot Blanchard        Alison Chace Brown        Joan Corey        Daryl Davis        Pam Dickson & Chris Thorpe         Joni Grossman         Svetlana Lee        Heidi Leiser        Michael & Terri Lindvall        Liza & Dan Oneglia        Amanda Moran        Mary Elaine Morris        Alexis & Oliver Moses        Noelle Penna        Jackie Pelzer        Carolyn and Ken Rye