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Exclusive Opening Night
Heart
Strings
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Creating connection
to the world's children
Created by
Produced by
Presented by
Thursday, March 21, 2024
POST Houston
401 Franklin Street Houston, Texas
Heart Strings celebrates UNICEF’s work for children and emphasizes the power of youth voice in our communities both locally and around the world.
With your generosity, we raised more than $1.35 million during our opening night celebration. UNICEF empowers communities and amplifies youth voices to save children’s lives, defend their rights and fulfill their potential. Thank you for joining us in the relentless pursuit of this mission.
6:00 PM Reception
7:30 PM Dinner and Program
Ribbon Cutting Celebration
Attire: Suits and Boots
Co-Chairs
Sippi Khurana
Amy G. Pierce
National Sponsors
As of June 25, 2024
Presenting Sponsor
Visionary Sponsors
Sippi and Ajay Khurana Family Foundation
Seed Funders
and Kasim & Wasam Alfalahi
Susan Littlefield, Martin Roper and Family
Melody Wilder Wilson & David Wilson
Local Sponsors
As of March 25, 2024
Houston Sponsors
The Alkek and Williams Foundation
Champions
Susan and Dan Boggio
Habiba and Ali Dhanani
H-E-B
Ann and Tod Holmes
Amy and Rob Pierce
Advocates
Olsa Alikaj-Cano and Preity Bhagia
Rania and Jamal Daniel
Fugro
Gabbanelli Accordians
Houston Methodist
Eileen and Kase Lawal
Sneha and Nick Merchant
Taligens
Hallie Vanderhider
Advisory Chair
Maryellis Bunn
Supporting Partners
As of March 25, 2024
Tzu Chi USA
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Rotary International
Zonta International
Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America
Together for Girls
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About Heart Strings
With Heart Strings, UNICEF invites vou to an interactive experience that brings people together to meet - and listen to - young people, while celebrating their amazing potential. In children's smiles and cries, their hopes and hardships, we find the threads that connect us all.
Houston Experience:
March 22 - April 7, 2024
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Why UNICEF?
Over eight decades the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has built an unprecedented global support system for the world's children. UNICEF relentlessly works day in and day out to deliver the essentials that give every child an equitable chance in life: health care, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF USA advances the global mission of UNICEF by rallying the American public to support the world's most vulnerable children. Together, we have saved and meaningfully improved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization.
For more information, visit unicefusa.org.
By attending, I agree to be bound by the terms of UNICEF USA's Child Safeguarding and Participation Policy, Diversity, Racial Equity & Belonging Commitment and Photo Release Policy.