(f.l.t.r.) Montblanc Brand Ambassador and actress Eva Green, President and CEO of U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl M. Stern and CEO of Montblanc International Lutz Bethge
On Saturday March 6th 2010, the Weinstein Company invited to the Montblanc Charity Cocktail honoring UNICEF including the handover of US$ 2 million by Montblanc
Last night, on September 17, 2009, Hollywood’s best and brightest gathered for the Montblanc Gala and Auction to Benefit UNICEF. The sale of 12 Celebrity Portraits and one-of-a-kind writing instruments helps Montblanc surpass the goal to donate a minimum of $1.5 Million Dollar to UNICEF’s education and literacy programmes.
Montblanc International CEO Lutz Bethge, President & CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF Caryl M. Stern and Sotheby’s Chairman Jamie Niven present the result of the Auction: US$ 224.000 to the benefit of UNICEF. © Mark Sullivan
Today’s cause for celebration, the United Nations’ International Literacy Day, reminds us of the importance of our culture’s basic roots: reading and writing. What is taken for granted by the vast educated majority of society – the ability to read a book, write a letter or to write their own name – is for many children, young people or adults still an unaccomplished goal.
