Past Event 2018

EVENT

The event was highly attended and amazingly structured to the extent that the guests at the event were so excited about attending the next event. The event was held within the Glasscock Family Ballroom at the Student Center of the Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.

At the event, Ms. Nichelle McCall Browne, CEO of Bold Startups; Mr. Joe Cimperman, President of Global Cleveland; Mr. Kenneth J. Kovach, President of the Kenneth J. Kovach Company; and Dr. Valarie J. McCall, Chief of Government and International Affairs for Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, were awarded the 2018 LEDI International Life Changers Awards. This honor is the highest award that is presented by LEDI to individuals that have demonstrated a commitment to community empowerment to benefit disadvantage individuals.

This event brought together a host of community leaders and other professional leaders within Ohio, Texas, Minnesota, and Indiana. At the end of the event, some funds were raised to carry on the next phase of the LEDI ongoing library construction, which takes place in December 2018.

These altruistic individuals will receive LEDI’s highest honor for their remarkable and exemplary service to humanity.

The evening begins with a networking reception, a unique silent auction collection, multi-course dinner, and culminates with live entertainment, including a breathtaking, African musical and dance extravaganza. The ceremony will climax with the celebration of four extraordinary philanthropist. The fundraising dinner supports LEDI’s students scholarship fund to brighten the horizons of countless youth and the unfinished state of the art public library being constructed in Gbarnga, Bong County, Liberia -the first ever public library built in that part of Liberia. It is LEDI’s expectation that such laudable initiatives will be massively supported to enable the organization to complete these worthy projects that serve as a beacon of hope for the people of Liberia.

For more information about this event, including sponsorship opportunities and ticket sales, contact events@ledinow.org or the official event website, www.ledifundraiser.org. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

About LEDI

Liberia Economic Development Initiative (LEDI) is a US-based 501 (c) (3) tax exempt nonprofit organization, with an international focus, founded in 2007 to reduce poverty and increase the economic capacity of the severely marginalized and disadvantaged people of Liberia, West Africa. For more information about LEDI, visit www.ledinow.org.