Friends Helping Friends Annual Fundraiser Slated for August 25
Members of the Board of Friends Helping Friends with some guests at last year’s fundraiser. This year’s event will be held Sunday, August 25 at the same venue, Maggiano’s Italian Restaurant on Post Oak Blvd.
HOUSTON: Friends Helping Friends, a non-profit organization now in its 12th year, will hold its annual fundraiser on Sunday, August 25 at 6pm at Maggiano’s Italian restaurant on Post Oak Boulevard, which has become their standard location year after year for the event. About 300 people are expected to attend the event which allows FHF to fund many of their programs throughout the year.
As usual, a silent auction will be held with a number of items, and according to Board member Panna Bhatia, it will “include a few surprises” in addition to the usual items, ranging from jewelry to wines to dresses and paintings.
Through the power of persuasion, networking and building relationships, FHF has been able to connect deserving individuals with many of healthcare providers and convince them to provide services pro-bono or at heavily reduced fees. Each Board member reaches out to the people they know, with 75% of the physicians in this informal “network” being Indian, and they are able to plead their cause well. Most of those who reach out to FHF come from outside the 610-East loop in the South Houston-Clear Lake-Galveston Bay area.
Every year FHF helps on an average 40 people with medical needs, 100 women with free mammograms and 10 families with funeral assistance. For further information about the fundraiser, contact Panna Bhatia at 281-300-6140.