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Lifeline New York Hosts Benefit Dinner in New York City
Dinner benefited children’s hospitals in Serbia with half of the proceeds helping Ukrainian refugee children
Lifeline New York hosted their benefit dinner at Il Postino Ristorante in New York City. The dinner benefited children’s hospitals in Serbia, with half of the proceeds also going towards helping Ukrainian refugee children. Lifeline Humanitarian Organization is an international humanitarian organization that was founded in 1993 in response to the tragic situation in the former Yugoslavia, which was plagued by conflict and sanctions. Lifeline's mission is to alleviate and relieve the suffering of physically and mentally disabled children, orphans, and the elderly, as well as to improve medical facilities throughout the country.
Some notable attendees included: Lifeline New York president David Hryck, Lifeline New York vice-president Susan Gutfreund, Lifeline New York vice-president Cheri Kaufman, Lifeline New York treasurer Peter Pizzino, Lifeline New York executive director Tijana Ibrahimovic, Dragana Djuknic, Kyle Wool, Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly, philanthropist Jean Shafiroff, Bill Sclight, Michael Weatherly, Melissa Tomlin,Dr. Jelisaveta Sanja Rolovic, Nicole Steinthal, Alexandra DeBourcy, Tory Kolbjornsen, Blair Friedensohn, Jon Zhang, Julia Zhang, Olga Ferrara, Frederico Wasserman, Denise Schwartz and Bernard Schwartz
A special thank you goes out to Mr. Zarko Bogojevic, BZ Consortium LLC from Wisconsin, importer of the high-end Serbian alcoholic beverages, including the Perun brand, who donated beverages for the benefit and Dr Jelisaveta Sanja Rolovic who conductade a very succesful live auction.
