Savoy Foundation’s 23rd Annual Ball Hosts Virtual Event On December 12, 2020 Benefiting NY Foundling’s’ Children’s Developmental Disabilities Program


23rd Annual Ballo di Savoia
2020 Virtual Winter Charity Benefit

For the new challenges brought on by the COVID crisis, the Savoy Foundation has stepped in to provide extra support for The New York Foundling’s program for children with developmental disabilities.

In response to COVID-19 pandemic, the America Foundation of Savoy Orders will transition the in-person 23rd annual Ballo di Savoia to a “Virtual Gala,“ originally scheduled in the Metropolitan Club in New York City, to an online fundraising campaign on the evening of December 12, 2020. The evening will present a video presentation highlighting the Foundation’s work and past in-person galas. The prime charitable beneficiary will be The New York Foundling’s Community Habilitation Services For Children with Developmental Disabilities, in keeping with the Foundation’s mission – Chivalry For Children’s Causes.

All subscribers to the Savoy Foundation’s on line gala will be invited to view a very special virtual gala video presentation, highlighting the Foundation’s work, retrospectives of in-person galas and a unique video ball journal. The online giving event begins now and runs through December 31, 2020. To date $125,000 has been raised from our Patrons, Benefactors and Sponsors.

The New York Foundling provides habilitation and skills training for hundreds of children with developmental disabilities in the community every year. Skills therapists visit children in their homes and work with them and their families to help build independence. These therapists also help to advocate for the child with their school and teach important social skills. Throughout the pandemic, the NY Foundling has continued to provide $500 for 1 month of weekly skills training and therapy for a child with a developmental disability. The Savoy Foundation is asking its supporters to donate online now, perhaps in the amount they originally planned to give or spend on gala tickets at the Ballo di Savoia. Tickets for the 23rd anniversary gala can be purchased here. For more information about the philanthropic causes supported by the Savoy Foundation, please click here.

The Savoy Foundation is grateful to the following Patrons, Benefactors and Sponsors: Grand Patrons: Florentina and Daniel J. McClory, Carl J. Morelli, Esq., Janice and Thomas Pecora, Paula and Anthony Viscogliosi, Elizabeth and George C. White; Benefactors: Vivian Cardia, Gift of Sight NYSOSDIA Grand Lodge Foundation; Patrons: Anthony J. Cipriano, Richard A. Cuneo, Barbara and Frank J. Desiderio, Esq., Joseph Sciame; Grand Sponsors: The Hon. E. Wayne Bachus, Cecelia and Victor D. Cho, Brent Freeman, Kathleen and Joseph B. Giminaro, Esq., Prof. Eric J. Ierardi, Prof. Theodore H. Jacobsen, Anthony Schembri, Jr., Eniko-Mara and Dr. Stephen Somkuti, Dr. Catherine Stevenson, Larissa and John Van Duser, Esq., Andrea Ward; Sponsors: Andrea and Dr. William Caccese

ABOUT THE SAVOY FOUNDATION AND THE AMERICAN DELEGATION OF SAVOY ORDERS

The American Delegation of Savoy Orders, which includes the United States of America, is among 35 delegations of the Savoy Orders located throughout Europe, the Americas and Japan. The Dynastic Orders of the Royal House of Savoy are among the oldest orders of chivalry in the world. Their origins and their principles, traditions and humanitarian goals, like those of the Royal House of Savoy that has the hereditary right to confer them, date back a thousand years. The American Delegation of Savoy Orders through its charitable arm, The American Foundation of Savoy Orders, Incorporated, contributes to humanitarian, hospitaller and charitable projects and initiatives in the United States and abroad, particularly in healthcare and hospice care, disaster relief, education programs and children’s causes.

The American Foundation of Savoy Orders, Incorporated, a 501(c) (3) charitable organization headquartered in New York City, has supported local, national, and international charities focusing on medical, educational, social assistance and humanitarian fields, including philanthropy for hospitals, relief agencies, children’s causes and hospice care for the poor, infirm and elderly. The Foundation whose current mission is “Chivalry for Children’s Causes,” is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Roster Consultative Statues with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

For more information on supporting the causes of the American Foundation of Savoy Orders, see below.

CONTACT:

Larissa Van Duser, Executive Director, American Foundation of Savoy Orders

amsavoy@aol.com, +1 646 489-1242

For more information, visit https://www.savoyfoundation-usa.org/ballo-di-savoia-2020-virtual.html

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