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Seattle Action Center
Background:
CRY America Seattle Action Center was founded in 1998. It is one of the oldest Action Centers of CRY in the United States. It is today comprised of more than a hundred enthusiastic volunteers, who are mostly professionals at Microsoft, Amazon.com and other companies in the area.
In 2008 CRY Seattle organized a number of successful and fun fundraiser events and raised over $400,000! Ina Mina Dika, CRY Seattle’s annual Bollywood concert celebrated its 10th year anniversary in style. It was sold out over 10 days in advance and helped raise over $20,000 through ticket sales and innovative fundraising techniques. Uphaar, CRY’s annual benefit dinner raised over $150,000 for child rights projects in India and the US. CRY Idol, a singing competition, also added dance to the list of competitions and was a huge success. CRY Seattle also partnered with other action centers of CRY America to organize a tour of Indian rock-fusion band Indian Ocean. Their concert in Seattle was a huge success, helping raise over $8000. CRY also participated in Microsoft’s Give campaign, organizing a poker tournament and a carrom tournament.
2009 is shaping up to be an exciting year! CRY & DREAMS organized “Desi Girl”, a Bollywood-themed dance drama. A sold-out performance of this helped raise over $15,000.
We have a number of exciting events coming up this year including our benefit dinner Uphaar and our Bollywood concert Ina Mina Dika. See below for more information, and tune in to http://www.cryseattle.org for more details closer to the event.
New volunteers are always welcome! Your involvement can make a huge difference in the lives of underprivileged children.
The team meets every Monday on the Microsoft campus.
Events in 2009
- "Give" Campaign: a month of Giving for charity
- DESI girl: Show by DREAMS and CRY America. February 8th, 2009 5:30PM at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton
- Uphaar 2009: Save the Date: May 9th, 2009
- Ina Mina Dika: Save the Date: May 30th, 2009
Events in 2008
Events in 2007
Events in 2006
- CRYcket - A 6-a-side cricket tournament
- CRY Volley - A volleyball tournament for charity
- Match Point - A tennis tournament for charity
- Indian Ocean concert (for the first time in Seattle!)
- "GIVE" Campaign - A month of giving for charity
- CRY Idol 2006: "Unleash the Singer in You!"
Contact Name: Rajesh Munshi
Role: Action Center Leader
Email: rajeshm@windows.microsoft.com seattle@cryamerica.org