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2007 event: Siddartha Shah, Expert in Newari and Nepali Art, giving a talk
2007 event: Jackie Barnes with Dr. Rob McKersie (HHC Board)
2007 event: Dr. David Johnson (HHC president) with Dr. Kevin O'Keefe (HHC Board)
Lisa Gomer (HHC founding president) with Dr. Steven Zabin (HHC Board)
Dr. Shari Leipzig (HHC Secretary) with Mrs. Podukone
Each year we have a fundraising event in New York City.
This is a chance for the friends of HHC to get together, share stories, get a report on recent activities, and learn more about what we are doing. It also helps raise funds to support HHC's programs in Nepal.
The 2008 event is dinner on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 at 6:30 p.m., at the 3 West Club, New York, NY. Barbara Crossette will be the keynote speaker and Anil Parajuli will report on HHC work and Nepal. There will be SPIRAL envirornmental handicrafts on sale.
Click here to view the invitation. If you are interested in attending the annual dinner click here to view the reply form (to print) to send to us. You can also make payment directly by clicking here. If you would like to help organize the dinner please Contact us.
The 2007 event was a lunch on Saturday, September 15th at Indus Valley Restaurant. We were very please that Nepali artist Siddhartha V. Shah made a presenetation of his art. The 2006 annual dinner took place in May in New York City and featured presentations by Anil Parajuli, Dr. Robert McKersie, and the SPIRAL Foundation.
Previous dinners have featured guest speakers such as Professor Robert Thurman of Tibet House, who spoke on the subject of the "Tibetan View on Changing Ourselves, Changing the World," and Martin Scorsese, who spoke about the making of his film Kundun.
