Syd
Mandelbaum honors MTV’s
Leslie Leventman. |
WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
Rock and Wrap It Up
Before the Apocalypse
By POLLY VAN RAALTE
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of the very last charity events held at the end of the social season
in June, at Windows of the World, atop the World Trade Center, was
the Rock and Wrap It Up benefit.
The organization is a volunteer food collection
service. It works with the music industry to deliver unused food
from concerts and industry events to the tables of families and
individuals in need.
Syd Mandelbaum founded this anti-hunger
crusade in 1994 in memory of his parents who used to tell stories of
the starvation they endured in the Holocaust.
Abby
Emerson Gilhooley honors
Dan Glickman. |
The evening, the first annual benefit, honored Leslie
Leventman, executive vice president of creative services,
special events and travel management at MTV Networks.
Tom Freston, chairman and ceo of MTV
Networks, was thrilled to present the Lena and Joseph Mandelbaum
Humanitarian Award to such a deserving woman.
Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan
Glickman received the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Award from Abby
Emerson Gilhooley, daughter of the late Bill Emerson.
Alicia Keys was a wonderful
treat at the benefit.
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Bill was a Republican and Dan a Democrat. Even
so, Abby said, their friendship was strong, and they worked together
to help the hungry.
J Records artist Alicia Keys treated us
to a great performance encompassing hi-hop, R&B and soul. She
told me Prince and Clive Davis inspired her.
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