Thank You to Guests and Supporters of the MCF Fashion Week Finale Party
On February 19, 2010, MCF held a Fashion Week Finale Party and runway show with proceeds going to the MCF Academy. Many thanks to sponsors Hans Humes & Greylock Capital, host Nolé Marin, designer Melani von Alexandria, and all of the guests and supporters who are making the academy a reality. More photos and a video coming soon.
It's not too late to make a donation toward the academy, which is opening this fall, and to change the lives of Liberian children:
Top: MacDella Cooper with Hans Humes of Greylock Capital
Middle: MacDella Cooper with Dolly and Barry Segal of the Segal Family Foundation
Bottom: Designer Melani von Alexandria and host Nolé Marin with models from Melani's exclusive runway show
As a result of MacDella and Tammy's November 2009 trip to Liberia, MCF has partnered with the Niapele Project in Liberia to provide hearty rice meals for 60 scholarship students in our program at the Action Faith Institute. The Niapele Project sources rice from Bong County, employs cooks locally, and consults a nutritionist from the University of Liberia, so that we simultaneously nourish our students and support sustainable agriculture in Liberia.
It only costs $100 to feed a child for a whole year.
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MCF Begins Historic Year with Two Awards
2010 is the big year for the opening of the MCF Academy! While construction begins on the ground in Liberia, MCF New York is already buzzing with excitement, including:
MCF receives a $500 grant from the Rockefeller Group Charitable Foundation!
MacDella wins the 2010 Humanitarian Award from her alma mater, The College of New Jersey! The award, first given in 2001, recognizes an alumnus/a who has shown exceptional public-spiritedness or concern for human welfare through philanthropic activities. There will be a formal ceremony at the College on May 1.
MacDella hosted the annual Christmas party for the orphans and abandoned children MCF supports on Friday, December 25th, at the Candlelight Academy campus in Monrovia.
Top: MCF Academy Assistant Administrator Michelle Quinn; Owner of GBS-Liberia, Mike Murphy; MCF Academy Administrator Sister Leonora Tucker; Mark Brilliant, Project Manager of GBS; Tom Jeffrey of GBS; MacDella Cooper; MCF Director of Operations, Tammy Tibbetts. Bottom: MacDella meeting Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Day 2.
Thank You to Guests of the 6th Annual Sharing the Light Gala
On November 6, the MacDella Cooper Foundation hosted its 6th Annual Sharing the Light Gala at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York, hosted by Cali Carlin and Lonnie Quinn of CBS. Proceeds from the event benefit the MCF Academy, designed by Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics, NYC. After a groundbreaking later this month, it will open in Liberia in Fall 2010. MCF thanks all of our guests for their support. View a photo gallery of the evening here; video is coming soon.
Above: Gov. Paterson & Barry and Dolly Segal of the Segal Family Foundation Below: MCF Academy architect Winka Dubbeldam & Lauren Brody of Glamour; hosts Cali Carlin and Lonnie Quinn Bottom: A group of MCF supporters, including Liberian Ambassador to the United Nations Nathaniel Barnes (center) and Hans Humes, owner of Greylock Capital (fourth from right)
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Reader's Digest Foundation Awards Grant to MacDella Cooper Foundation
The MacDella Cooper Foundation was recently awarded a $500 grant from the Reader's Digest Foundation. The grant funds will be used to purchase bed nets and vaccinations for the Liberian children that MCF sponsors. MCF is honored and deeply appreciative of this grant. Thank you, Reader's Digest Foundation!
Events such as the Hamptons Champions of Education Benefit and the Fashion Week After Party have provided a fantastic start to funding construction of the MCF Academy, which is designed by Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics, NYC, and will be the first tuition-free school of its kind for abandoned children and orphans in post-war Liberia. But you can also make a contribution toward the academy at any time by donating online or downloading and mailing in this credit card authorization form. Click here to learn how your contribution will be a personal legacy to the orphans and abandoned children of Liberia.
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MCF's Inaugural Hamptons Benefit: Night of Fashion and Fundraising for the MCF Academy
The MacDella Cooper Foundation celebrated a night of fashion and fundraising on July 25 in Southampton, NY. The evening raised $277,000 for the MCF Academy, opening in Liberia in 2010. The foundation's inaugural Hamptons event featured an afternoon at the Bridgehampton polo match, followed by red carpet arrivals, silent auction, dinner, and a fashion show showcasing Lalesso at Four Seasons Caterer. Click here to view more photos of the evening and afternoon polo match.
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MCF Academy Designs Unveiled!
Acclaimed architect Winka Dubbeldam, of NYC's Archi-Tectonics, first presented her designs for the MCF Academy at the Fashion Week After Party on February 20, 2009. A packed house listened as Dubbeldam clicked through her slideshow of cutting-edge designs and eco-friendly plans for the campus, set to open in 2010. The MCF Academy will be the first tuition-free school of its kind for 200 orphans and abandoned children in post-war Liberia. Learn more about the academy, view a slideshow of Dubbeldam's designs, and learn how you can contribute and leave your legacy on the MCF campus.
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Our Mission and Vision
The MacDella Cooper Foundation (MCF) is a 501c3 international charitable organization dedicated to providing youth, especially orphans and abandoned children, with an education and the basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter. Our vision is to give as many Liberian children as possible the chance to escape the poverty cycle and grow in the nurturing environment of an MCF Academy, so that they can lead Liberia toward an economically strong and politically stable future.
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