For Immediate Release

Contact: Rev. Father Constantine Lazarakis
frconstantine@kimisishamptons.org
646 483 5378

On August 30, 2014, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church will host the fourth Annual Blue Dream Summer Gala.  Each year, the host committee selects a deserving charity to honor and benefit with the Blue Dream Gala.  This year, Blue Dream will be held in honor of Amani Global Works Founders, Dr. Jacques Sebisaho and Mimy Mudekereza, R.N.  The the gala will benefit the mission of Amani Global Works, to Care, Cure and Make Whole by providing healthcare to the most impoverished and forgotten areas of Africa.  Regardless of tribe, religion, family name, or origin, Amani Global Works increases the health of a region by providing preventive and emergency care for a community in need.  Amani Global Works offers accessible healthcare for all communities on the island of Idjwi by focusing on maternal healthcare, child healthcare and malnutrition as well as other factors that contribute directly to the region’s health crisis such as education and transportation.

The Blue Dream honorary chairs are Matt Dillon, Arianna Huffington, and George Stefanopoulos.  NPR’s Soterios Johnson will serve as master of ceremonies, while the Chair Women of the Event are Angela Giannopoulos, Karen Mehiel, and Olga Palladino.   Father Alexander Karloutsos, commenting on the event said, “For us at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church, it is an extraordinary honor and privilege to lead the East End community in this philanthropic initiative.  With Blue Dream, we don’t only have the Greek Orthodox Community working for a charitable cause, we have, instead, the Greek Orthodox Community bringing leaders from the broader East End and metropolitan New York community together to support Amani Global Works.  Blue Dream is attended and supported by people from a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds for the greater good.”

Proceeds from the event will be shared between the Amani Global Works and the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church, with a 70% majority going to Amani.  In previous years, Blue Dream has benefited the Children’s Tumor Foundation, and Warrior Fighter Sports, a joint program of the Wounded Warrior Project and Disabled Sports America.  To date, The Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons has has given over $200,000 to the charities supported by Blue Dream.

The event will be held for the first time in the newly opened Muses at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton.  Blue Dream will begin at 6:30 PM with cocktails followed by  dinner, and dancing.  Some four-hundred guests are expected.