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Lady Gaga To Take Part In BGC Charity Day

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:30:00 -0000

BGC Partners, a leading international inter-dealer brokerage firm, will hold its fifth annual star-studded BGC Charity Day on Friday, September 11.

BGC is a leading inter-dealer brokerage firm affiliated with Cantor Fitzgerald, the company that suffered the heaviest loss of life during the Twin Towers tragedy in New York on September 11th, 2001. BGC is proud to continue its legacy of fundraising on behalf of a wide range of charitable causes, with proceeds this year going to charities such as the Wounded Warrior Project, Boomer Esiason Foundation, The Children’s Institute, Mercy Center, The Valerie Fund, Childhelp USA, Garden of Dreams, Jubilee Center, Bone Marrow Foundation, Coast to Coast Against Cancer and many more.

Every year, the event offers the chance for celebrities to act as financial brokers and help raise money by conducting real trades with BGC’s clients (the major banks and investment banks) over the phone from the trading floor (alongside a licensed broker). From these trades, worth millions of dollars in bonds, foreign exchange, derivatives and other products, BGC will aim to surpass last year’s total of $8 million globally, which brought the four-year total raised on BGC’s Charity Day to $23 million.

This year will see a host of stars take part, including Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony Edwards, Chace Crawford, Charles Grodin, Gary Sinise, Lady Gaga, Kathleen Turner and many more.

For a full list of benefiting charities around the world and more information, click here.

Stars Become Brokers For BGC Charity Day

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:30:00 -0000

BGC will hold its 4th Annual Global Charity Day on Thursday 11th September.

Consistent with its theme, “Working Globally – Giving Locally”, BGC’s offices around the world will raise money for charity as they commemorate September 11 by reaching out to help others.

In New York, London, Paris, Sydney and Hong Kong, celebrities from the worlds of music, stage, screen and sport will join the company’s brokers to help raise money for a number of selected charities. All of BGC’s global revenues generated from the day’s trading will be donated to charity.

Events will take place around the globe, with celebrities becoming stock brokers for a day. In New York, stars such as Tony Sirico, Donald Trump, Steve Buscemi, Regis Philbin, Matthew Modine, Leighton Meester, and Scott Gomez will become traders on Wall Street, while in London, Prince Charles will join Kevin Spacey and Jerry Hall in the City to trade on the markets.

Charities that will benefit from this year’s Charity Day will include: Barnardo’s, Breast Cancer Care, Scope, the Jodie Kidd Foundation, the Prince’s Trust, Baby Buggy, the Rainbow Trust, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the Variety Club, the National Down Syndrome Society, the Valerie Fund, the Wounded Warrior Project, Nordoff-Robbins, and many more.

The annual Charity Day has raised over $15 million for charities around the world. For more information about this year’s events, visit the BGC website.

Jon Bon Jovi To Headline Benefit Concert

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:17:17 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

The New Jersey shoreline will come to life a few days before Christmas, with a benefit concert featuring some of the best local talent, as well as one of the area’s favorite sons.

Singer Jon Bon Jovi will headline the Hope Concert III on December 21 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, with proceeds going to the Valerie Fund, an organization that helps children who suffer from cancer and blood disorders.

The concert is being organized by local hero Bobby Bandiera, the musical director of the previous Hope Concerts held in 2003 and 2006. Bandiera is a longtime member of Southside Johnny’s legendary Asbury Dukes, and also plays rhythm guitar with Bon Jovi.

The cause is personal for Bandiera, who organized the first Hope Concert in 2003 to help his son, a sufferer of cancer. Bandiera has been a staunch supporter of children’s cancer charities ever since, and is especially pleased to be involved with the Valerie Fund, an organization that serves over 5000 patients in the New Jersey area every year. Established in 1976 by Ed and Sue Goldstein in memory of their 9 year old daughter Valerie, the Valerie Fund provides support and treatment for young sufferers of a variety of diseases.

Jon Bon Jovi is also no stranger to benefit concerts, and appeared at the 2006 Hope Concert with Bruce Springsteen, a veteran of the first two Hope Concerts. Rumors are circulating that Springsteen, currently touring Europe until December 19, may appear unannounced at the concert.

Tickets for the show, which will also feature performances by Gary “U.S.” Bonds and Southside Johnny, range from $100 to $500, and are only available by phone or in person from the Count Basie Theatre Box Office – ph (732) 842-9000.

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