Make-A-Wish Foundation presented its first ever fundraiser in India , titled “WISH – A – TEDDY” at the Palladium Hotel, Mumbai . Planned to celebrate World Wish Day – a global day of wish granting which falls on 29th April, 2014, Ms Sangita Jindal and Ms Neerja Birla , graciously hosted this one of a kind fundraiser in aid of the children.
Wish – a – Teddy was an exhibition and sale of exclusive, hand painted fiber glass teddy bears by India’s renowned artists, like Paresh Maity, Baiju Parthan, GR Iranna, Jayasri Burman, Nilofer Suleman, Vibha Galhotra, George Martin, Seema Kohli, Gurcharan Singh, Arunanshu Chowdhury Valay Shende, have lent their artistic touch, for a collector’s item.
Apart from the artists, renowned designers like Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Sabyasachi, Anamika Khanna and Maheka Mirpuri along with Nirav Modi, Rose, Ghanasingh, Varuna Jani and Farah Khan have lent their support by creating beautiful teddy bears.
Seen at this fundraiser evening were Bindoo Kapoor, Devaunshi Mehta with daughter Dia, Madhoo Shah, Avantikka Kilachand with husband Pramod, Hafeez & Pearl Contractor, Vivek & Meeta Jain, Sunil & Tanuja PAdwal, arzan & Khushnuma Khambata, Maheka Mirpuri, Kalpana Shah, Aarti & Kailash Surendranath, Ashiesh Shah, Siddharth Kak, Roopa & Haresh Fabiani, Meena Raheja amongst many others.
