[ALBSA-Info] NAAC Dinner on June 8th - Please pass to your friends!

[Lukaj, Richard (Exchange)]

May 16th, 2001

Dear Friend:

I am writing to ask you to join us for our Fifth Annual Awards Dinner on
June 
8th at the renowned Windows on the World Restaurant in New York City (World
Trade Center), and to place an advertisement in our souvenir dinner journal.
Please print out the attached 
invitation, reply card, and journal ad form.  In addition, I have attached a
PDF file which includes the NAAC Annual Report and a recent letter we
received from Governor Pataki, who could not join us with Mayor Guiliani at
the NAAC hosted Celebrity Golf Tournament.

As you know, every year we honor a number of people who have made a 
difference in the lives of the Albanian people.  This year we will honor 
James P. Rubin and Bianca Jagger.

Jamie Rubin is the former spokesperson for the State Department.  During his

tenure in that office, he also served as a senior advisor to Secretary 
Madeline Albright.  Mr. Rubin played a pivotal role during the war in Kosova

in helping to unify the Western powers in a common mission to end the 
genocide.  He also directly engaged in talks that helped unify the Albanian 
parties and led to the end of the war.

Bianca Jagger is a human rights activist.  She was very active in calling 
attention to the suffering of the Albanian people of Kosova and adopted the 
prisoners issue as her own.  Shortly after the end of the war, she traveled 
together with NAAC to the region to assess the damage caused by the war and
to help focus attention on the plight of families whose loved ones were
still in prison.

In addition to presenting our honorees, we will also have a live artistic 
performance and a number of dignitaries join us.  The proceeds of the dinner

will support NAAC's mission to promote peace, democracy, and prosperity in 
the Balkans.

See the NAAC web site and affiliate web sites below:

http://naac.org/
http://www.hopefellowships.org/
http://www.handofhope.org/

Thank you in advance for your help.  I look forward to seeing you on June
8th.

Sincerely,

Richard S. Lukaj
Chairman
Board of Trustees
National Albanian American Council 


 <<e-mail invitation.doc>>  <<22201_NAAC_annual_report.pdf>>  
<<Scanned.pdf>> 


Effective immediately, we have engaged Cristina Gjomarkaj Verger to
contribute her skills and various talents to ensure another successful NAAC
event.  She orchestrated our recent successful Hands of Hope Golf Tournament
for those of you not familiar with her.

In addition, we have confirmed the performing artist Eda Zari who will be
performing for the first time in the United States.  She known
internationally as the Celine Dion of Albanian singers.  She is a superstar!
Don't miss the opportunity to see her.  See her web site below:

http://www.eda-zari.de/


Lastly, please see the attached photos from our most recent event, the Hands
of Hope Celebrity Golf Tournament:

http://www.handofhope.org/golf_photos-2001.html
____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________

National Albanian American Council

Washington Office

2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC  20036
(202) 416-1627    Fax: (202) 416-1628
Email: NAACDC at aol.com

New York Office

P.O. Box 1900
Murray Hill Station
New York, NY 10156

(212) 213-9789
(212) 685-4570 (Fax)
Email: Cristina.Verger at HandofHope.org



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