Actress and Producer Tamara Tunie Visits Children's Aid Society Chorus in Anticipation of Sunday's Miracle on Madison Avenue

December 3, 2008

Event Chair Tunie to attend Opening Ceremony, Chorus to Sing at Sunday’s Annual Charity Shopping Event

WHEN:
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Photo-Op – 4:30 – 5:00 pm

WHERE:
The Children’s Aid Society’s Philip Coltoff Center at Greenwich Village
219 Sullivan Street, between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets

WHAT:
Tamara Tunie of Law & Order: SVU will visit The Children’s Aid Society’s Greenwich Village center to listen in at a chorus rehearsal in anticipation of Sunday’s Miracle on Madison Avenue, a major charity shopping event to support The Children’s Aid Society. The children will perform at the Miracle Opening Ceremony.

Ms. Tunie, who is Chair of this year’s event and is participating in her third Miracle, will join Honorary Chair Ivanka Trump and others at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Sunday.

Miracle on Madison Avenue takes place on Sunday, December 7 from noon – 5:00 PM. Approximately 100 retailers on Madison Avenue will participate by donating 20% of the day's sales to The Children's Aid Society's health services for underserved children in New York City. The Bank of New York Mellon returns for the fifth year as presenting sponsor.

CONTACT:
Sharon Schoenberg / Sharon@225strategies.com
2.25 Strategies / 212.319.0662

Emily Crossan/ emilyc@childrensaidsociety.org
The Children's Aid Society/ 917-286-1548

The Children’s Aid Society was founded in 1853. It is one of the nation’s largest and most innovative non-sectarian agencies, serving 150,000 of New York’s neediest children and their families with a network of services that includes community schools, neighborhood centers, camps, adoption and foster care services, teen pregnancy prevention, education, health and recreation. For more information, please call 212-949-4938 or visit www.childrensaidsociety.org.

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