Monagesque treat in MERCY lucky draw
(Sunday Mail (Malaysia) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)LEGENDARY watchmaker and designer Gerald Charles Genta and local publisher Tell Media Sdn Bhd are making it possible for two lucky Malaysians to "have dinner in the presence of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco," as stated in the exclusive invitation.
The Royal Gala Dinner, to be held in London's Whitehall Palace on March 8, will benefit ChildLine and Mission Enfance, charity organisations based in Britain and Monaco respectively.
Both children's charities, the Countess of Wessex is the patron of Childline while Prince Albert is the honorary president of Mission Enfance.
The dinner will be attended by other members of the Monaco and British royal families.
Among A-list entertainment personalities who have confirmed their attendance so far are Ringo Starr and Sir Roger Moore.
Genta, whose wife Evelyne is the chairman of the Royal Gala Dinner committee, has invited local socialite and fundraiser Gilda Bejani to attend the dinner.
"At first, they just wanted me to have a look-see on how fundraisers are conducted there," said Bejani.
As it turned out, many of her society friends in Kuala Lumpur requested to purchase seats for the dinner.
"The organisers offered two tables to Malaysians, and all of the RM2,000 seats were snapped up immediately," said Bejani.
Tell Media Sdn Bhd, which bought a table, has offered two of the seats to be given away in a lucky draw.
The Gentas have offered complimentary business class return tickets to fly the winners from Kuala Lumpur to London.
To qualify for the draw, one needs only to make a minimum donation of RM500 to MERCY Malaysia, in aid of its Pakistani earthquake fund.
MERCY Malaysia president, Datuk Dr Jemilah Mahmood, will be conducting the draw at the MERCY office this week.
For more information, call Sharidah of MERCY Malaysia at (03) 4256-9999 or (019) 221-5759.
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