Sensi6 Gala To Raise Funds For Leket Israel and Help Alleviate Nutritional Insecurity in Israel

May 27, 2011 - PRLog -- New York, NY (May 14, 2011)—In a push to address the growing number of families, children, elderly and homeless suffering from food insecurity in Israel, Sensi will host its sixth annual gala on June 2nd at 23 Wall Street, NYC and help raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in one night for Leket Israel—Israel’s largest National food bank and leading food rescue network.

Founded in 2003, Leket Israel has grown from a single volunteer with a minivan to a staff of 80 and a volunteer base of 40,000. The organization rescues 700,000 meals and 13 million lbs of produce and perishable goods, and supplies over 1 million (7,000/day) volunteer prepared sandwiches to underprivileged children. According to the latest poverty report from the National Insurance Institute of Israel in November 2010, there are 1,774,800 people living below the poverty line; among them are 850,300 children! 

Proceeds from Sensi6 will be donated towards Leket’s Nighttime Meal Rescue Project. According to Joseph Gitler, Founder and Chairman of Leket Israel, last year 800 registered volunteers collected 350,000 excess meals in the late evening hours from over 200 banquet halls, caterers, restaurants, and food courts in malls throughout Israel. “People don’t realize that 30-40% of all food produced in Israel is thrown away before it ever has a chance to be consumed,” he said.

Sensi6 founders Maya Cohen Abitbol, Nicole Katz Kavana and Daniella Kahane Levy chose Leket Israel as the beneficiary of Sensi6 in order to raise awareness about the food insecurity crisis in Israel and help feed the less fortunate. They also wanted to support a charity with a grassroots and forward thinking approach. “Despite its exponential growth, Leket Israel is still very much under the radar in the US and we thought they would greatly benefit from the opportunity to have their first ever gala event in the US,” said Sensi6 founders.

The key to Sensi6’s past success is the crowd of hundreds that attend. “We tend to attract a hip and younger generation of givers living in the NY area that enjoy luxury,” added Sensi6 founders.  “But Sensi6 also indulges people of all ages through the five senses by providing gourmet kosher food, fine wine, enjoyable music, an upscale raffle and a high-end art auction.”

Sensi6 also introduces a sixth sense —the sense to give. Attendees support the charity not only purchasing the $180 ticket but also by buying raffle tickets or bidding on art. This year’s live auction will be conducted by Adrien Meyer, Vice President and Specialist at Christie’s, and will also include donated works of arts by Israeli artists. Other sponsors of the event will include JSR Capital, Scoop Events, Royal Wine Corp, Whitewall, Psagot Winery, Hedleys, Security USA, Duty Free America and Dream Water.

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About Leket Israel
Leket Israel, the country's largest food bank and leading food rescue network, is dedicated to eliminating hunger in Israel. Leket Israel both rescues food and maintains the country's first food-buying cooperative for non-profit organizations (NPOs). Leket Israel also provides NPOs with the know-how, tools and means to efficiently and effectively distribute food to Israel's hungry via nutritional education, consultation and capacity-building assistance. Offering food rescue and delivery, centralized buying, and professional guidance under one umbrella, Leket Israel is bringing food to the tables of Israel's needy. To learn more go to www.leket.org.il/english.

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About Sensi6:
Founded in 2004, Sensi6, a non-profit event consulting and planning group emerged out of the desire to create charity events that target a younger generation of givers. Sensi6 focuses its attention on organizations that need help strengthening their presence in the United States and for whom such an event is truly critical. Thanks to the generous support of many people we have been successful in raising awareness and hundreds of thousands of dollars for very worthy causes over the past few years. To learn more go to www.sensi6.org.