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June 12, 2008 - Monday, June 16th
Lunch- Bowery Mission; Manhattan, NY
Lunch- St. James Social Services; Newark, NJ
Dinner- Oklahoma City Rescue Mission, Oklahoma City, OK
Tuesday, June 17th
Dinner - Love Kitchen; Manhattan, NY
Dinner- St. Lucy’s Shelter; Jersey City, NJ
Wednesday, June 18th
Lunch- St. John’s Bread and Life; Brooklyn, NY
Lunch- Goodwill Rescue Mission; Newark, NJ
Dinner- John 3:16 Mission; Tulsa, OK
Thursday, June 19th
Lunch- Love Gospel Kitchen; Bronx, NY
Lunch - Market Street Mission; Morristown, NJ
Friday, June 20th
Lunch- Eva’s Village; Patterson, NJ
Lunch- Boston Rescue Mission; Boston, MA
Dinner- NYC Rescue Mission; Manhattan, NY
For the thousands of people who frequent meal service centers, a pizza party is an extremely special occasion. These social events brighten up days that might not otherwise be so bright and bring joy to those who truly need it most. Started in June 2007, Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile Brings Hope aims to bring happiness to people who depend on shelters for sustenance, while underscoring the need to eradicate hunger in America. The guests will enjoy a pizza party while eyeBLINK volunteer musicians provide musical entertainment to create a truly wonderful ambience. Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile Brings Hope is completely funded by private donations. There are many levels available to support this wonderful cause ranging from a $500 Pizza Project Pillar to a $10,000 Pizza Project Expander which will feed all the shelters/kitchens in a small state.
Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile Brings Hope is the brainchild of Obaid Kadwani, a celebrity in the South Asian community, know to millions across America as host of numerous television shows about Bollywood as well as through his live emceeing work and funny commercials. Mr. Kadwani is the Business Manager of eyeBLINK, the non-profit that produces Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile Brings Hope. While Obaid helps many people in numerous fields on an informal basis, Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile brings Hope allows the opportunity to create a sea-change and focus attention on the problem of hunger in America. Obaid believes that there should be no need to for anyone to go hungry in the great country of America. Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile brings Hope creates the platform to "gently shake the world", as Gandhi once put it. Eventually, Pizza for the Homeless: A Smile brings Hope will grow to become a national week focused on removing the stigma often associated with needing immediate assistance and relying on a shelter.
Founded in 2003, eyeBLINK is a multicultural not-for-profit organization committed to promoting social change through theatre, dance, music and fashion. By producing and nurturing works that challenge traditions, preconceptions, and stereotypes, we strive to redefine entertainment and its role in our society. By drawing on various cultural experiences as well as personal struggles and triumphs, we believe that the creative art form's voice, integral to a society's consciousness, can bring together people of all backgrounds so that we may appreciate our differences. eyeBLINK acts as both an educational tool for the worldwide community about multicultural entertainment as well as a performance arena for established and budding multicultural performers
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