On Thursday, June 14, from 5-7:30pm, Bellini’s Antiques Italia presents an open house to celebrate ten years in business and a new location. Complete with a ribbon cutting ceremony, the event will also honor the World of Children Award, and for the month of June, a portion of purchases will go to the charity. (858/509-9399, www.belliniimports.com)
The World of Children Award is a global recognition and funding program for people specifically and exclusively serving the needs of children. Now celebrating its 15th year of identifying and leveraging the efforts of those working on the ground to improve children’s lives, the World of Children Award has recognized some of the most effective child advocates worldwide and provided funding and visibility for their efforts.
Hailed as the “Nobel Prize for Child Advocates,” the World of Children Award program sets the gold standard in child advocacy, recognizing only the finest life-changing programs serving vulnerable children. The World of Children Award employs a world-class research, review, vetting, and selection process led by a committee of independent experts and professionals to find those individuals who are pioneering life-changing programs to benefit children. Then the organization invests, through cash grants, in those individuals with a demonstrated track record of success, honors them at an annual awards ceremony in New York City, and helps them leverage their World of Children Award recognition to raise additional funds and generate visibility and strategic partnerships for their programs. Leading philanthropies praise the organization’s extensive worldwide research and vetting of extraordinary individuals who are spearheading health and humanitarian programs. The World of Children Award has awarded more than $4.3 million in cash grants and program support to assist 90 changemakers for children working in over 100 countries. (www.worldofchildren.org)
