Dear Friends, We invite you to join us on the evening of November 18th for a fundraiser benefiting the survivors of the South Asian Earthquake and featuring Imran Khan, former Test Cricket Captain, Founder of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital, and Member of the Pakistan National Assembly. As you know over 80,000 lives have been lost, 3.3 million people have been made homeless, and over 100,000 lives are at high risk as the Himalayan winter arrives in the devastated region in just weeks. The most important needs by far are shelter and medical supplies. The aim of the event is to raise funds for specific relief and rehabilitation initiatives launched by Imran Khan and the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital (founded by Imran). The two focal points are: 1. SHELTER & FOOD - Tent Cities have been established in Mansera, Dader, and Muzafarabad - Approx 800 tents in total in the above cities have been already set up. - In addition to the above, 400 tents have been distributed in other areas. - Another 1200 tents have been ordered and are planned to be deployed in these tent cities - Food for all residents of the tent cities for the next 2 - 3 months - Permanent housing will be developed in these areas as soon as the weather permits. 2. MEDICAL AID - Surgical/medical teams from Shaukat Khanum are already working in Abbottabad with planned follow up stints in collaboration with other hospitals - A Primary care hospital is to be setup near Bagh for six months. - Plans are underway to open more hospitals in other areas as well. The event is being sponsored and organized by HDF (Human Development Fund), TCF (The Citizen's Foundation), TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), ICC (Indian Community Center), and OPEN (Org. of Pakistani Entrepreneurs): Date and Time: Friday, November 18, 2005 7:30pm - 10:30pm Venue: Corinthian Room at the Silicon Valley Capital Club and Athletic Club 196 N. Third Street San Jose, CA 95113 www.sanjoseclub.com Evening Program: - Arrival of Guests: 7:30 - 8:00pm - Dinner: 7:50p - 8:30pm - Welcome & Presentation: 8:20pm - 8:40pm - Video: 8:40 - 8:45pm - Speech by Imran Khan 8:45 - 9:15pm - Fundraising: 9:15 - 9:45pm - Imran Khan - Meet and Greet: 9:45 - 10:45pm Event Goals:
1. Fundraising - All donations will be tax deductible i.e. will go to a 501C3 organization - Corporate Matching will go to the corporations' approved charities not to Imran Khan Project - Funds collected at event (excluding corporate match) will go to the Imran Khan Foundation for Shelter and Medical Relief for the South Asian Earthquake - ALL money raised (net event cost) will go to South Asian Earthquake Relief. 2. Raising awareness of the Earthquake among the broader Silicon Valley community 3. Enabling Local Media Coverage of the South Asian Earthquake Tickets: Individual Guest: $100 Corporate Table: 10 seats for $2000 Patron Table (Individuals buying a table): 10 seats at $2000 Online ticket purchase is available. Payment can also be made by check and/or cash: Go to www.opensiliconvalley.com for details; email Asiya Merchant with any questions: Asiya.merchant@citigroup.com About Imran Khan: Imran Khan is seen as Pakistan's finest ever Cricket all-rounder and, along with Garfield Sobers, Kapil Dev, and Ian Botham, one of the greatest of all time. He made his Test debut against England at Birmingham in 1971 at the age of 18 In the same year, he made his ODI debut also against England at Nottingham. He captained his country for 48 matches. In first-class cricket, he took more than 1000 wickets at an average of 22.32 runs per wicket. Khan went to school in Lahore and then attended the Royal Grammar School Worcester and Keble College, Oxford where he was also Captain of the Oxford University Cricket team in 1974. He comes from a cricketing family with two of his cousins Javed Burke and Majid Khan also having played test cricket for Pakistan. Since retiring from Pakistani Test cricket, Khan has been devoting most of his time to the Shaukat Khannum Memorial Hospital, a state-of-the-art charitable Cancer Hospital that he established using donations in Lahore. He has also started a socio-political movement in Pakistan known as 'Tehrik-i-Insaf' or 'Movement for Justice' and ran for office in the National Elections. He became a Member of Parliament for Mianwali in the October 2002 elections. Amongst his honors include being awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 1993 by the Pakistani government, Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford and Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1983. He captained the Pakistani cricket team to victory in the 1992 cricket World Cup. http://www.opensiliconvalley.com OPEN-SV (www.opensiliconvalley.com) is the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs and Professionals (OPEN). OPEN is a voluntary not-for-profit association dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional success in the Pakistani-American community.
