Share and Care Foundation

May we continue to shine a light on the paths of India’s forgotten children. Asha and Vijay Dalal Amrita, Yash, Yamini and Pranav Dalal Shraddha, Ravi, Sujan and Radha Munver Calamos Wealth Management is proud to sponsor the life-changing work of the Share and Care Foundation “We protect the wealth of our clients so that they – in turn – can improve the wealth of others.” -John P. Calamos, Sr. For information on how the team at Calamos can serve your wealth management needs call 1-888-857-7604 or E-mail [email protected] Share&CareFoundation_fullpage_v2.indd 1 4 | 33RD ANNUAL CHARITY GALA 8/24/2015 1:56:03 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS Gandhi’s Talisman 3 Education Through Skype 45 Table of Contents & Copyright 5 Aasha ki Kiran 46 Keynote Address – Deven Parekh 6 Fifteen Kilometers 50 President’s Letter 7 Women Empowerment (WE) 54 Share & Care Team 9 A Day in the Life 58 Tonight’s Sponsors 10 Nirmal Village Committee 61 Nepal Contributors 13 Healthcare to Unreached (H2U) 64 Media Sponsors 15 SCF & Kalanjiyam 68 Tonight’s Performers 19 A Nepal Update 73 Mission, Vision, & Core Values 21 Thank You 75 SCF Signature Programs 23 Gala Team 76 Progress Chart 25 Drop by Drop 79 Auditor’s Report 28 Health & Wellness Fair 87 Educate to Success (E2S) 32 The SCF Advantage 89 A Gift of Education 36 What Your Donation Can Do 91 Educate to Graduate (E2G) 40 List of Advertisers 94 Young Philanthropists 43 Questions or Comments? Please visit Shareandcare.org Or email us at [email protected] Copyright ©2010 by Share and Care Foundation All rights reserved Logo, “SCF” and “Share and Care” are registered trademarks of Share and Care Foundation, Paramus, NJ. 33 YEARS OF SHARING & CARING | 5 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Deven Parekh Deven Parekh is a managing director at Insight Venture Partners, and joined the firm in 2000. He manages investments in e-commerce, consumer internet, data, and application software businesses on a global basis. Deven is a global investor, actively working with investments in China, Latin America, Europe and Russia. He serves as Board Chair for eVestment, DrillingInfo, Turnitin, and Campaign Monitor. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Fanatics, Hayneedle, Syncsort, 1stdibs, and SR Labs. Deven represents the firms interests in Alibaba, Twitter, Despagar, JD.com, Automattic (Wordpress), Yext, SkyTap and Zenefits. Deven was selected to be on the 2014 and 2015 Forbes Midas list. He was also selected in 2014 by AlwaysOn as a Venture Capital 100 winner for his investments in Twitter and Chegg. In 2010 Deven was part of a US delega- tion of several investors, government representatives, and technology companies that visited Russia to explore investment and technology collaboration opportunities between the United States and Russia. He is a Member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which assists the Com- mission with developing informed technology policies supporting America’s competitiveness and job creation in the global economy. In 2006, Deven was named a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute, which seeks to develop the next generation of community spirited leaders. In 2014, President Obama nominated Deven to be on the Board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He is a Member of the Board of Publicolor (which he chaired from 2007 – 2012), a New York City based non-profit organization that focuses on inner city schools. He is also Treasurer and Member of the Board of Governors of the National Academy Museum. He is a Member of the Board of the Tisch New York MS Research Center. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Deven is a member of the Greater NY Partnership, which pairs business executives with non-profit executive directors. The Part- nership is an initiative of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. Deven is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as the Economic Club of New York. Deven received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 6 | 33RD ANNUAL CHARITY GALA PRESIDENT’S LETTER Celebrating Today’s Activists, Innovators, and Changemakers Dear Friends, On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Share and Care Foundation (SCF), welcome to the 33rd Annual Gala celebration! We take this time to celebrate and thank you – our donors, advisors, supporters, inspiration, and motivation. Millions of lives are saved, improved, or enlightened by passionate people who de- vote their valuable time, talent and resources to creatively advancing vital causes. Visionary ideas can combine the resources of doers with the resources of donors to create exponential social impact. That is why talented social entrepreneurs are fueling their missions with Share and Care Foundation (SCF). SCF has made a very significant investment in the philanthropic space. Thirty-three years ago, when we started as a simple clothes drive, it was about bringing friends and family together to raise resources for something we believed in – giving back to our home country. This one event inspired hundreds more, to help countless nonprofits solve problems in India. President Clinton often says, “There can be a big difference between the headlines and the trend lines.” The trend lines show that Share and Care Foundation is changing millions of lives. We’ve seen incredible stories of social innovation, human perseverance and generosity that transcend borders, race or sexual orientation. These successes inspire us to keep going, to keep building and to keep dreaming up new ways to help them grow. But as amazing as these stories are, the financial and operational challenges that nonprofits face have only increased over the past several years. Not only that, the way in which people give is changing, fast. The stakes are higher than ever before for nonprofits and social enterprises on the front line of some of hu- manity’s greatest challenges, like disease, poverty, gender equality and hygiene. It’s imperative that we continue to help navigate these trends, secure funding and empower local NGOs so they can continue providing these vital services. So, while today’s announcements are milestones by themselves, it’s what they will enable us to do over the long- run that is most exciting. To think that we can play even a small role in helping to accelerate solutions toward India’s social challenges is not only gratifying, it’s motivational. We speak for every person at SCF in saying that we are fortunate and proud to be part of this team, doing what we’re doing, helping who we’re helping and shaping the future together. And that includes you too - our donors, our partners, our beneficiaries, our advisors and our friends and family. Anything truly impactful started with at least one believer, and we are forever grateful for your belief in us as we continue to turn our shared vision into a reality. We are more determined than ever to continue work that’s generating life-changing solutions, but we can’t succeed without you. We’re humbled by and grateful for your support. For you and the people whose lives you have changed, we pledge to keep striving to reach our goals. Thank you for being by our side for the past 33 years. We count on YOU! Arun Bhansali President, Share and Care Foundation 33 YEARS OF SHARING & CARING | 7 With Best Compliments From Contract Coating, Inc. 161 Beech Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Tel: 201-343-3131 * Fax: 201-343-3512 & Genavite, Inc. 235 Clifton Blvd., Cliftoon, NJ 07011 DAKSHA PATEL BHARAT PATEL 8 | 33RD ANNUAL CHARITY GALA SCF TEAM Board of Trustees Shah, Sharad -- Chairman Bhansali, Sudha Desai, Manoj Gandhi, Darshana Jain, Subhash Parikh, Jayu -- Secretary Nanavati, Nita Palkhiwala, Bharati Patrawalla, Kanan Management Committee Bhansali, Arun -- President Patrawalla, Shirish -- Treasurer Advisory Board Doshi, Amit Doshi, Leena Mehta, Navin Parikh, Sudhir Patel, Mahendra Patel, Purnima Shah, H. R. Soni, Girish Parikh, Rajiv, Legal (Hon.) Committee Chairpersons Annual Gala Mehta, Varsha Disaster Shah, Sharad Donor Advisory Project Bhansali, Sudha Educate to Graduate – E2G Parekh, Suresh Educate to Success – E2S Kothari, Ajit & Parekh, Suresh Education & Social Uplifting Patrawalla, Shirish Healthcare to Unreached – H2U / Medical Palkhiwala, Bharati Humanitarian Shah, Amar Nirmal Village Committee Shah, Sharad Women Empowerment – WE Shah, Ketki Souvenir Bhansali Sudha, Dalal, Asha & Parekh, Suresh Senior Operations Manager Parekh, Tejal Comptroller Jatania, Jyotindra Growth & Development Strategist Subramanyam, Ambika Members Barai, Chandu & Usha Jain, Subhash Patel, Manu & Kokila Bhansali, Arun & Sudha Joshi, Alka Patel, Suresh & Mardavi Dalal, Asha Kothari, Ajit Patrawalla, Shirish & Kanan Dalal, Ujval & Sonali Maniar, Kishor & Jyotsna Satyadeo, Rashmi Desai, Ashwin & Aruna Mehta, Madhu & Varsha Shah, Hemlata Desai, Manoj & Saroj Nanavati, Shirish & Nita Shah, Amar & Jyotsna Devi, Shruti Palkhiwala, Arun & Bharati Shah, Sharad & Ketki Gandhi, Dinesh & Alpana Parekh, Suresh & Malini Shah, Mahendra & Lila Gandhi, Bipin & Darshana Parikh, Dilip & Jayu Shah, Rajendra Gandhi, Anant & Jyotsna Parikh, Saumil & Saloni Shah, Nitin & Shilpa Gor, Hetal Parikh, Shaila Thakkar, Nitin Gurunathan, Victor Patel, Aruna Shroff, Jayant & Yogini Venkataramanan, Venkat Young Professional Committee Parikh, Purvi Shah, Shimul North Carolina Chapter Patel, Manu & Kokila Agarwal, Sampada Girglani, Swati Kamath, Rajeev Patel, Ketan Patel, Piyush 676 Winters Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652 E: [email protected] T: 201.262.7599 Tax Exempt Number: 22-2458395 W: www.shareandcare.org F: 201.734.6153 33 YEARS OF SHARING & CARING | 9 SPONSORS COMPASSION IN ACTION – TONIGHT’S EVENT SPONSORS Visionary Sponsors – $100,000 & over Anonymous Shah, Gunavantrai Grand Sponsors – $50,000 & over Anonymous Doshi, Nitin & Leena Platinum Sponsors – $25,000 & over Anonymous Doshi, Amit & Kalpana Javeri, Kumar & Nita Merali Foundation Gold Sponsors – $15,000 & over Accurate Diagnostic Labs, Inc.

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