We collected over $140,000 dollars in pledges and checks at the US Now fundraiser at Computer History Museum tonight!! Thanks to all the volunteers and orgs who participated. It was a great example of all the different organizations coming together and joining hands to contribute to the helping hand for the flood victims in Pakistan.

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 >>> If Not Us, Who? If Not Now, When? <<<

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We invite you to join friends and fellow philanthropists  on Saturday, October 29th 2011 for dinner and musical evening as we raise funds for and awareness of the plight of 9 million Pakistanis affected by the recently floods in Sindh, Pakistan

Listen to Todd Shea from Shine Humanity who will share details on all the wonderful work being done wrt relief efforts 

To reserve a spot at the event:

1. Simply donate to one of the organizations listed below

2. Send receipt of your donation (posted after Oct 03) to us@sarelief.com. That's it! No Tickets. No Overhead.

(3. Remember to Share this event page on Facebook.)

Join the Host Committee as a Patron or a Sponsor:

Patron Table: $5000 donation

Sponsor Table: $2000 donation 

$1000 (SOLD OUT)

If you cannot host a table, we would still love to have you as an individual donor:

Individual Donor Seats: 

- $100 (SOLD OUT) 

- $200 donation

Host Committee:

Patrons : Raghib and Kanwal Family Foundation

                Humera and Naveed Anwar

Sponsors:  Dr. Mubashar & Farah Rana, Abdulrahman Rafiq, Moazzam & Aifra Chaudry, Nabeela and Noor Lodhi, Umair & Zareen Khan, Adnan and Aruba Lawai (FOLIO3),  Idris Kothari & Saeed Kazmi, Nayeem Qureshi (AMANA),  Asghar & Noreen Aboobakar, Dr. Tanveer & Sophia Sattar, Dr. Shahid & Bushra Abbasi, Javed and Shaheena Khan, Junaid & Malika Quraishi, Zulki & Rebecca Khan, Babar & Shama Khan, Aaref and Fariha Hilaly, Sarim Siddiqui, Rehan and Mariam Jalil, MASHAL, Zain and Farzana Jeewanjee, Dr. Sabir Khan, Dr. Noor-ul-Ain & Dr. Shakeel Khan, Dr. Aslam Barra & Dr. Fayyaz Asghar, Shuja & Nayela Keen, Imran & Huma Qureshi

CAN'T MAKE THE EVENT? NO PROBLEM!

Be present in spirit: Just make a donation and email us the receipt to be part of Us. Now. 2011.

To reserve your seat or table, donate directly online to any of the following  organizations and email us the receipt:

- UNICEF [Pay Online at "www.unicef.org"]

- SA Relief [Pay Online at "www.help.pk"]

- ShineHumanity [“www.shinehumanity.org”]

- Islamic Relief [Pay Online at "www.islamic-relief.com"]

- APPNA [Pay Online at "www.appna.org""]

- Internatiional Redcross Federation [Pay Online at "www.ifrc.org/en/donation"]

- Hidaya Foundation [Pay Online at "www.hidaya.org"]

- Human Development Fund (HDF) [Pay Online at "www.hdf.com"]

- Save The Children  ["www.savethechildren.org"]

- UNHCR [Pay Online at "www.unhcr.org"]

- OXFAM [Pay Online at "www.oxfamamerica.org/"]

- Imran Khan Foundation [Pay Online at "http://imrankhanfoundation.org/]

- HumanityFirst [www.humanityfirst.org]

- Mercy Corp ["www.mercycorps.org"]

- Doctors Without Borders ["doctorswithoutborders.org"]

- Direct Relief ["http://www.directrelief.org/"]

Before donating online we encourage you to check if your company has a matching donation for any of the above organizations, and  let us@sarelief.com know.

Event Program:

6:30pm Check in & Reception

7:00pm: Dinner

8:00pm: Welcome Address by TOD SHEA of http://www.shinehumanity.org/

8:10pm: Update on Pakistan Floods

8:30pm: Presentation on Relief Work

9:00pm: Musical Programme 

Child Attendance/Care: 

Provided for 5yr - 14 year olds ($15 per child)

Supporters & Organizers:

Individuals: Sarim Siddiqui, Nabeela Khan, Shahid Abbasi, Abdulrahman Rafiq, Moazzam Chaudry, Umair Khan, Asghar Aboobaker, Shuja Keen, Tarim Wasim, Mobashar Yazdani,Shama Khan, Sadia Malik,  Shama Khan, Shahab Riazi, Mariam Ispahani, Paru Yusuf, Zainab Raza, Counsel General Riffat Masood, Anila Ali, and many more.

Organizations: OPEN SV, PACC, SA RELIEF, BWB, APPNA, HDF, DIL SF, WeDo Designs, Aesthetika Event Planning and Design, Mehrs CakeCorner, SRV Family day care, Shalimar, Mehran, AMANA, FOLIO3, MASHAL

Contact:

Questions? Reservation requests/receipt submission? Want to volunteer? 

us@sarelief.com (805-708-1976, 650-440-3771) 

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Corporate Matching:

Please help in initiating corporate response at the company you work for. This can effectively double the donations to the floods with very little effort. Use the following document on how to help out:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fGxibIT3Htrvw4eqJCXGVnbYAiVchXY258c3cM7g8Ic/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1

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Background information:

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Devastating floods in Pakistan have affected 8.1 million people so far and the condition is getting worse by the day.  The lip service media coverage coupled with ineffective government response is quickly turning this into a huge humanitarian crisis.

The families affected belong to the poorest population of the province and they have lost everything including their already meager sources of livelihood.

Many international aid organizations have launched their response and corresponding appeals (see below). Private donations to these organizations can help a great deal in alleviating the suffering.

Ignoring factors such as location, ethnicity, religion, inefficient government, political aspects and looking from purely a humanitarian perspective, this disaster deserves more help.

Scale of Disaster:

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8.1 Million people affected 2.7 million children according to UNICEF.

1.8 million displaced, 2 million sick.

1.5 million home destroyed

40,900 villages destroyed

6.6 million acres under water

2.2 million acres of crop damaged (i.e. 72 per cent of crops)

1.4 million houses destroyed

625,000 people in relief camps

367 dead

637 injured

Source: PDMA-Sindh Sept 19th, 2011

To learn more about the devastating floods in Sindh, Pakistan visit: http://www.sarelief.com/help/

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