Lee Hadden writes: \”Well, I guess I didn\’t know the proper way to go about rasing money
for my library. The article in today\’s (May 16, 2001) Washington Times by
Kevin Chafee, \”Male guests stand out at Athens library benefit\” shows how
to use diplomats to raise 30K for the Gennadius Library in Athens, Greece.
\”There was a direct link between costume and cause, of course, which
Mrs. Nitze was sure to explain before guests took their seats in the
drawing room for a pre-dinner concert of Greek Sephardic music played by
Hesperus on traditional instruments. The library, which houses books,
archives and art documenting the post-antiquity Hellenic world, also
includes many treasures from the eastern Mediterranean, including Turkey.\”
\”About $30,000 was raised at the dinner (mostly from \”Americans who
love Greece,\” library president Catherine Vanderpool reported).\”
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