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UNICEF Snowflake, brightening the world for children

Help Launch This Year’s Holiday Season With The Spirit Of Hope, Peace And Compassion For Children Around The World

WHO: Host - Liv Tyler  
 Special Guest - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
 Master of Ceremonies – Barry Bostwick
 Entertainment:
 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
 The Boys Choir of Harlem
 Kathy Brier, Star of HAIRSPRAY, with the Dynamites
 Judy Collins, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador 
 Irish Tenors, Razor & Tie recording artists
 Brian McKnight, R&B vocalist
 Kelly Rowland, R&B vocalist
        
WHAT: The annual “UNICEF Snowflake” lighting ceremony.

The illumination of the unique snowflake that has graced the intersection of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue for the past 18 years will kick off the 2003 holiday season.  This event is open to the public.

WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 2003, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

WHERE:  Press check-in is required and will take place on Plaza Road/59th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues in front of The Plaza hotel.
 
The “UNICEF Snowflake” is anchored above the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street by four of New York’s most prestigious retailers: Tiffany & Co.; LVMH & Louis Vuitton; Bergdorf Goodman; and The Crown Building. The Snowflake was donated to UNICEF in 2002 by The Stonbely Family Foundation.  

This evening of entertainment and holiday spirit on behalf of the world’s children is made possible in part by the generous contributions of sponsors, including Town & Country and Hearst, CBS 2 and Parfums Givenchy.

BACKGROUND:
Founded in 1946, UNICEF helps save, protect and improve the lives of children around the world through immunization, education, health care, nutrition, clean water and sanitation. UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority.

CONTACT: 
Marissa Buckanoff, U.S. Fund for UNICEF,
212.922.2485, mbuckanoff@unicefusa.org

Craig Causer, U.S. Fund for UNICEF,
212.922.2517, ccauser@unicefusa.org