Happy Birthday Priyanka

Today Priyanka would have celebrated her 16th birthday. Read about her in today's Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/114841714.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU

Star Tribune features Sweet Sixteen event to be held on February 10, 2011

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/113198424.html

The Priyanka Foundation; Save The Date!

Please save the date of Thursday, February 10th for our big Sweet Sixteen Fundraiser. It will be held at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Minneapolis from 6-9 p.m. and should be great fun.

We will be celebrating what would have been the Sixteenth birthday of our inspiration Priyanka! We would love to have you join us for the celebration and fundraiser - watch for the invitation or contact us for more details.

Sincerely,

Beth Coleman
Executive Director



It's a Sweet Sixteen Celebration

With great joy, we are having our annual fundraising event on February 10, 2011, celebrating the Sweet Sixteenth birthday of our inspiration, at The Metropolitan Ballroom in Minneapolis. This event will raise money to send child life professionals from our partner hospitals, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and Children's Hospital of Oakland, California, to Manipal Hospital in Bangalore, India. These professionals will use their expertise to further train staff members at the Priyanka Child Life and Development program that we started there in 2007.
The Foundation is managed entirely by volunteers, and all money raised at this important event goes directly to support the programs and their operational expenses. A key part of our celebratory evening will be a globally-inspired silent auction, featuring a vast array of unique, desirable products, services, event tickets and vacations. We invite you to JOIN THE PARTY, and celebrate family, friends and life.


Event Info


Metropolitan Ballroom, Minneapolis, MN
Thursday February 10, 2011
6-9 p.m.
Music, food & Fun


A Word from Our Chairman and Global Director

Thanks for your help and support in 2010. Hope to see you all on February 10th to make our Sweet Sixteen event a rip roaring success! We look forward to your friendship and support in 2011!


Leela Rao


Statistics on our Program

We kicked off our services in Bangalore, India at the Manipal Hospital in January of 2009Since that time we have served 341 Patients which equates to 1306 Child Life Sessions with these children. That's a lot of children to assist in the early stages of our program with very little staff. We hope with your help and support to grow the staff and be able to serve more children!


Please feel free to contact us at 2730 W. Lake Street, Suite 401 Minneapolis, MN 55416 or Beth@ThePriyankaFoundation.org

Holiday Fundraiser

Hello! It's hard to believe it's November already and the holidays will be here in just a matter of days. This of course means gifts to buy, gifts to wrap, parties to attend and hostess gifts that are needed.


We have a terrific way to help you with all those things while you at the same time help the Priyanka Foundation. We are now a part of Good to Go Fundraising which is a terrific website that sells hundreds of gift items, wrapping papers, candy and much much more. Yet a large portion of the proceeds go to charity.


I have attached the link for the website below. All you have to do is go to the website and click on the tab to choose a fundraiser and choose the Priyanka Foundation. Then shop away! You will get the items you need and you will also help us raise money at a critical time.


Please also feel free to share this with your friends, colleagues and put it on your facebook page. As always thanks so much for your support.


The link to go to is: http://goodtogofundraising.com/index.cfm


Thanks so very much.

Beth Coleman
Executive Director.

Its a web event and we need your help now!!!!

The Priyanka foundation is the culmination of: A child’s dream, a mother’s love all to help chronically ill children half a world away.

We are at a critical point in the deployment of the Priyanka Child Life Services in Bangalore, India. We’ve made great strides in two years & need to raise $60,000 by June 30th & fund the following:

1) Two Priyanka Child Life Center trainers and complete their onsite training at the Manipal Hospital in Bangalore this summer;

2)Our Priyanka Child Life Center therapist, working at the Manipal Hospital

Thank you for supporting our mission to deliver emotional concierge services, and smiles, to the chronically ill children of India. We’re grateful for your donations

What can you do to help?

Please go to http://www.thepriyankafoundation.org & donate or mail your tax-deductible contribution. On behalf of the many needy & chronically ill children in India – THANK YOU!

Happy Birthday Priyanka!!!

My darling daughter Priyanka would have been 15 today. Another year gone by...hard to believe she's gone...and life goes on.

So our journey to bring this priceless program to India continues. The culture although unaware is ready, yet limited monetary resources keeps us from moving forward at a faster pace.