Party For A Purpose
Thursday, February 11th, 2010I am so happy to announce that gospeedraser.com and Blu Frog Energy are co-sponsors of Cents of Relief’s Party For A Purpose in NYC!
Cents of Relief (501c3) was founded by my highschool buddy, Anup Patel and his fiance Rina Patel to help provide healthcare to women and children caught up in human trafficking / sex trade. Anup is one of the most brilliant, hard-working, and compassionate people I have ever come to know. He credits his fiance, Rina, as being the driving force behind the organization. She is such a strong, sweet, and dedicated woman. I’m happy to help such unselfish and deserving friends.
Anup co-founded Cents of Relief after working with women and children trafficked into prostitution. He has written and lectured about the health consequences arising from human trafficking at various conferences and universities and recently been cited in the New York Times bestseller book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.”
As plastic and reconstructive surgical resident at Yale University, he assisted in the establishment of annual burn missions through a partnership with the Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Operation Smile. Anup remains active in addressing and developing policy measures to reduce the surgical burden of disease through initiatives by Cents of Relief.
He obtained his undergraduate degress in economics, biochemistry, and molecular genetics from the University of Florida and his M.D. and M.B.A from Yale University.
Rina co-founded Cents of Relief with Anup in 2003 at the University of Florida. While Anup worked in India over the summer of 2002 he wrote to Rina about the women and children he was working with. Together Rina and Anup colloborated on ideas for projects to help victims of human trafficking and Rina began to develop the Cents of Relief website (new site launch on March 11th at Party for a Purpose). With a background in computer science, Rina also developed an e-mentoring program which Cents of Relief has had a pilot launch of in Kolkatta and hopes to fully launch this year.
Rina is currently working as a business productivity advisor for a software company out of Boston. She obtained her undergraduate degree and masters in computer science from the University of Florida.
If you live in New York City, or will be there March 11, 2010, we would love it if you came out to support this worthy cause. I mean it’s at Jay Z’s 40/40 Club and tickets are only $25 bucks in advance ($30 at the door). Not to mention there is a free vodka hour and free Aveda mini day spa included! Need I say more?!?! I’ll be there with some friends from Orlando and would love to throw back some Cristal with you!
HOVA! HOVA! HOVA!
You can buy tickets here
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