Reach the World: 2010 Benefit Dinner  
 
Reach the World: 2010 Benefit at the Boathouse, Central Park, NYC
Entertainment
R.S.V.P.
Benefit Committee
The Boathouse
Kids' Maps
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Spot Art - 2010 Benefit: Spanning the World
 
 
 
You are cordially invited to an evening of dining
and entertainment benefiting Reach the World
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6:00 PM to 9:45 PM
The Boathouse in Central Park
New York City
Cocktails  |  Hors d’Oeuvres  |  Dinner  |  Dessert
Silent & Live Auctions
Proceeds from the benefit will support the costs of Reach the World's online journey programs
for students and teachers in under-funded public schools.
ENTERTAINMENT
 
    Performance by Magician Steve Cuiffo
Steve Cuiffo is an actor and magician. His many theater and film credits include working as a magic consultant for David Blaine's television specials. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and has trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City and the British American Drama Academy in London. Steve is on the Board of Directors for the Conjuring Arts Research Center.		  
   

Guest Auctioneer Elyse Luray
Elyse Luray is one of four hosts on the popular PBS show “History Detectives”. Before working as a History Detective, Elyse spent eleven years at Christie’s auction house as an auctioneer and a Vice President of the Popular Arts Department. She was a former appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow and CBS’ The Early Morning Show.

  
 
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Benefit Committee   Board of Directors
Salla Alfieri
Michael Beer
Pamela Caffray
Celia Cheng
Cynthia Sin-Yi Cheng
Nancy Downey
Allan Forsyth
Heather Halstead
Wendy Hong
Liz Johnson
Regina Joseph
Tracy Laguerre
Shannon Lamb
Tonia Lovejoy
John McGill
Danielle Mulligan
Lillian Wang
Wen Yong		   Bob Altman - President, Altman International (Board Chairman)
Peter Criswell
Heather Halstead - Executive Director, Reach the World
Pat Hedley - Senior Vice President, General Atlantic LLC
Richard Hochhauser
Stuart Israel - Partner, Israel, Israel & Purdy LLP
Morgan McKenney - Chief Financial Officer, Global Transaction Services, Citigroup
Jeffrey Wiener - President, Dangerous Media
D. Grant Vingoe – Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Lilly Zhu - Associate, Morgan Stanley

Partners
Institute of International Education’s
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program
Communications, Computing and Technology in Education Department
Teachers College, Columbia University
National Geographic Society
Board of Advisors
Dr. Robert Ballard – President, Institute for Exploration at Mystic
Robert N. Downey – Senior Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Myles Gordon, Vice President for Education (Emeritus), American Museum of Natural
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Ed.D. – President, Curriculum Designers, Inc.
George Kalan – President, Orien Ventures, Inc.
Thomas Stark – Former Board Chairman
Clinton A. Vince, Esq. – Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Mark Zvonkovic – Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
 
 
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THE BOATHOUSE IN CENTRAL PARK
 
The Boathouse shuttle service will be available at approximately fifteen-minute intervals to take guests to and from Fifth Avenue and the Boathouse. Look for the red and green trolley. It will stop at the corner of 72nd Street and at 80th Street, near the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s garage. Look for the red and green trolley. It will stop at the corner of 72nd Street and at 80th Street, near the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s garage.
 
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R.S.V.P.

 
TABLES    
ADMIRAL’S TABLE   $10,000
CAPTAIN’S TABLE   $5,000
FIRST MATE’S TABLE   $2,500
TICKETS    
CAPTAIN’S TICKET(S)   $500
FIRST MATE’S TICKET(S)   $250
JUNIOR CREW’S TICKET(S)   $150
    Includes 1 ticket. Intended for supporters age 35 and under.
SPONSOR A TEACHER   $150
    Includes 1 ticket to the Benefit for a RTW teacher.
Please enter the total amount of your contribution or ticket price in the Donate box, below. You will be taken to a secure website to process your contribution. Please use the description field on the next page to tell us your guests' names and what type of tickets you are purchasing. For more information, contact our office using the information provided below or download a PDF version to reply by mail or fax.
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KIDS' MAPS
  These hand-drawn maps are examples of several thousand pre-program maps drawn by RTW students. RTW, along with researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University, has developed a pedagogy for teaching world geography that uses pre- and post-program map drawing as an assessment tool.  
 
 
 
 
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Reach the World: 2010 Benefit at the Boathouse, Central Park, NYC
329 East 82nd Street • Second Floor
New York, NY 10028
Tel (212) 288-6987 / Fax (866) 411-5090
www.reachtheworld.org