On December 6th, 2009 members and friends of the American Chamber of Commerce gathered together at the traditional charitable AmCham Christmas Gala event.
Event was a huge success - more than 260 guests attended and close to 15000 Litas of proceeds were raised for the AmCham Scholarship Fund to support gifted students.
The Guests of Honor of the Gala were H.E. Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius and Mrs. Rasa Kubilienė. H.E. Mrs. Anne E. Derse, U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania, with her spouse Mr. Hendrickson also participated at this event.
During the Gala new AmCham Scholars were introduced to the audience. According to the decision of AmCham Board, the AmCham Scholarships 2009/2010 are granted to Kotryna Vaidžiulytė, student of Vilnius University, Faculty of Chemistry; Gintautas Valantis, student of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Faculty of Mechanics; and Sandra Mikuckytė, student of Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanics and Mechatronics. All Scholars are the first grade students, active and granted participants of various local and international olympiads and competitions. They were selected with the cooperation of the Mstislav Rostropovich Charity and Support Foundation, the Nacionalinė moksleivių akademija and leading universities of Lithuania.
The Gala featured an excellent musical program and dances provided by superb Kauno Bigbendas, elegant sit-down dinner, superb entertainment provided by talented young musicians of Balys Dvarionas School of Music - Baroque music group „Lirum", under the leadership of professor Auksė Stankevičienė; and the duet of brilliant singers Vaida Genytė and Vladas Kovaliovas.
The traditional fundraising lottery featured number of fantastic prizes - exclusive jewelry, round trip air tickets to Paris and Prague, accommodation at wonderful hotels, air balloon trip, brand new mobile phone, exclusive tea and tea degustation ceremony, preventive health check, collection of refined cosmetic, official basketball of Euroleague with basketball club "Žalgiris" Kaunas players' signatures and basketball club "Žalgiris" Kaunas jersey, the newest keyboard and more.
We would like to sincerely thank all the sponsors for their support, contributions and prizes donated for the charitable ruffle: Fabrikant, Ūkio bankas, Strategic Staffing Solutions International, Radisson SAS Astorija, airBaltic, Verslas ir poilsis, Grand SPA Lietuva, Omnitel, Reval Hotel Lietuva, Mr. Audrius Sakalauskas, Auksinė dovanėlė, Best Western Hotel Vilnius, Hertz, Audimo manufaktūra, Baltic-American Medical & Surgical Clinic, Melga, Sothys Grožio Institutas, Cantas, Ūkio banko investicinė grupė, Rimess, Microsoft, Skonis ir kvapas and PR Service/Edelman Affiliate. Please find the logos of the sponsors here.
We would like to sincerely thank Master of Ceremonies Mr. Gintaras Mikalauskas for his outstanding conduction of this event and all the guests for their participation and generosity!
Moments from the AmCham Christmas Gala 2009
© Photos No 1, No 2 and No 10 by Mr. Martynas Ambrazas
