Post Event Press Release:
Colorful Saris, camels, exotic Indian décor, fire breathers, Bollywood music and decadent Indian cuisine could all be found at a Coral Gables home on Saturday, March 26th for Sunil’s Home Orphanage’s Fourth Annual A Night In Bollywood 2011. The event was held to raise awareness of the plight of homeless children in India and more than $155,000 for Sunil’s Home Orphanage.
“100 percent of the revenues raised at A Night In Bollywood 2011 will help to maintain and expand Sunil’s Home Orphanage,” says Sunil’s Home Executive Director Matthew Meehan. “Each year we set a fundraising goal for an enhancement of Sunil’s Home. A Night In Bollywood has become the ‘don’t miss” event of the year, and we are delighted the success of this year’s event will allow us to add an additional building to house the older children at Sunil’s Home which will also increase the number of children we can serve.”
Event organizers estimate more than 1,300 attended A Night In Bollywood 2011 to enjoy all the sights and sounds of India including Hookah lounges; Bollywood dancers; silent and live auctions featuring more than 180 items; light shows and much, much more. A Night In Bollywood 2011 was sponsored by Bauer Financial; Southern Audio Visual; Caidal Indian & Moroccan Themes; Majestic Limousines; Catering the Event; Oberoi Hotels & Resort; Cox & Kings; Mandarin Oriental Miami; New Century Dance Company; Dance’Lates and Dance Culture Divas.
About Sunil’s Home
The orphanage’s namesake, Sunil Kumar, is a living testament to the benefits of being raised in a local orphanage. After earning a degree in Computer Science and starting a Computer Learning Center, Sunil was compelled to help orphaned children.
Help came from around the world. Sunil began seeking photo-editing projects over the Internet to support his ever-growing family of children he had rescued from the streets. Owners of a Miami-based photo retouching and developing business, Carlos and Sandra, hired Sunil. They learned of the children Sunil was working so hard to support, and spoke with their close friends, now Sunil’s Home’s Executive Directors, Matthew Meehan, Rod Hildebrant, and Lynn Bauer, who created an organization to help the orphaned children.
After four years of fundraising, Sunil’s Home Orphanage was proud to unveil the opening of its 6500 sq. ft. Educational and Housing facility in July of 2010. Sunil, along with his wife Kittu, and our social work volunteers, lovingly devote their lives to raising orphaned children at Sunil’s Home, the only facility of its kind in the area. More than a refuge for up to 90-orphaned children, Sunil’s Home is a source of nutrition for all the hungry and malnourished children in the village.
A truly unique nonprofit, Sunil's Home Orphanage has no administrative expenses. 100 percent of donations and proceeds from A Night In Bollywood go directly to caring for the children. The board members underwrite all administrative and fundraising expenses. Sunil's Home was established in 2005 to address the critical, increasing needs of orphans in India where one in five children dies before the age of five.
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