Philadelphia, PA - Cosmo Cares donated can foods this Thanksgiving to the Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council. They will be able to help many families in need this holiday.
Philadelphia, PA - Cosmo Cares is proud to partner with the Attic Youth Center to provide furnishings in the center that create great spaces to work, play and relax in.
“Diversity is a Passion of ours, states Program Director Morgan DeNicola. We are always looking for opportunities to make gestures that have impact.”
The Attic offers a wide breadth of supportive Services in their Youth & Counseling Programs along with Life Skills, Community Engagement and Social Activities.
The Attic Youth Center creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society. The Attic is proud to be Philadelphia’s only independent LGBTQ youth center.
New York, NY - The Humpty Dumpty Institute is pleased that in-person programming is starting to resume. We are at the forefront of American arts advocacy organizations returning to the international stage. However, virtual programming will remain a component of our mission to advance U.S. arts and provide opportunities for U.S. performers. We are proud to announce that HDI has received a grant from U.S. Embassy Bahrain to program Cultural Envoys in 2022.
February 2022 —Hip hop/Pop Star Maya Azucena will discuss her career and current challenges in the music industry.
March 2022 —Muslim American Stand-Up Comedian Reem Edan will cohost a stand-up session with Bahraini comedy sensation Ali Esbai, a.k.a Ali Fingerz.
July 2022—Award-Winning Chef Vallery Lomas will celebrate U.S. Independence Day by discussing American cuisine with a Bahraini food blogger.
Fall 2022- MMA expert and action film star Michael Gong will discuss martial arts and Hollywood.
Fall 2022 -FKJ Dance Founder Fadi Khoury will discuss his heritage and experience from the Arab world and its influence on his American dance company.
HDI is committed to highlighting U.S. culture to promote dialogue globally and provide opportunities for U.S. artists. We have worked with more than 70 U.S. Embassies and Consulates to bring American culture to countries worldwide.
Fort Washington, PA - The Cosmo Cares team went shopping for food, breakfast items and toiletries to donate to St. Philip Neri Church in Lafayette Hill, PA. The church is having their 8th Annual Fill-A-Bus Food Drive to help stock the shelves for the families in need.
The Cosmo Cares team donated children coats for the Saint Vianney Parish in Gladwyne PA for their Coat Drive.
On Tuesday October 5, 2021 the Cosmo Cares team joined Dr. Gregory Kane and Jesse Roman along with COO Brian Connolly at Jefferson Health to celebrate the gift of breath.
The Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute at Jefferson Health delivers advanced respiratory care, innovative research, and education to the Philadelphia region. For patients who need supplemental oxygen therapy, it often adds significant financial and lifestyle burden.
Cosmo Cares, the private charitable organization of Cosmo & Janet DeNicola, generously donated portable oxygen concentrators to Jefferson, which can be outside the financial means of patients due to insurance coverage or personal financial situations. Dr. Gregory C. Kane, the Jane and Leonard Korman Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Chair, Department of Medicine said of the donation. “The ability to provide a portable oxygen device to patients in need is an exciting opportunity for our pulmonary division. This gift will restore some degree of independence and autonomy in the lives of our respiratory patients.”
“We were motivated to make this donation due to our awareness of a global shortage of portable oxygen due to COVID-19, stated Morgan DeNicola, Cosmo Cares Program Director.
As international travel resumes, HDI is again employing cultural diplomacy to advance its primary mission, which is to foster international dialogue. Working with U.S. Embassies, U.S. Consulates, and the USA Pavilion at Expo 2020, Dubai HDI is pleased to announce 11 confirmed upcoming cultural events.
Pop/Jazz Star Maya Azucena and her Band (Virtual) – Slovenia, Fall, 2021
Pop/Jazz Star Maya Azucena and her Band (Live) – Qatar, January 8-12, 2022
Cajun/Creole Food Expert Vallery Lomas (Live) – Benin, January, 2022
Pop/Classical String Quartet Well-Strung (Live) – Kazakhstan, February, 2022
Soul Food Scholar Arian Miller (Live)- Bahrain, January 2022
Soul Food Scholar Arian Miller (Live) https://adrianemiller.com/ – Dubai, February 12-16, 2022
Soul Food Scholar Arian Miller (Live) – Dubai, February 12-16, 2022
Soul Food Scholar Arian Miller (Live) – Cairo, February, 2022
Soul Food Scholar Arian Miller (Live) – Dubai, February 12-16, 2022
American- Muslim Comic Tehran Von Ghasri (Live) – Norway, Spring, 2022
Pop/Jazz Star Maya Azucena and her Band (Live) – Azerbaijan, April, 2022
HDI is committed to highlighting U.S. culture as a method of promoting dialogue worldwide and providing opportunities for U.S. artists. We have worked with more than 70 U.S. Embassies and Consulates to bring American culture to countries worldwide
The Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) was selected to provide a series of performances in the USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai highlighting American artists.
From October 13-October 18, 2021, HDI’s Cultural Envoys, The Harrisonburg Kurdish American String Ensemble, performed a dozen concerts reaching large audiences. The Ensemble is a music group from Harrisonburg, Virginia and is composed of U.S.-born fiddlers and recently arrived Kurdish American immigrants. The group combines Appalachian/County music with the unique sounds of a Kurdish classical tradition. Audiences were amazed by the richness of the fusion, which demonstrated the openness and multiculturalism of the United States.
While The Harrisonburg Kurdish American String Ensemble displayed the richness of American culture in the USA Pavilion, HDI film program alumnus, Jawad Sharif, was representing Pakistan at the Pakistan Pavilion Jawad was a participant in HDI’s 2017 filmmakers training program. This program brings emerging international filmmakers to Los Angeles to work with American filmmakers, directors, and writers. Jawad went on to make the critically acclaimed film Indus Blues. The members of The Harrisonburg Kurdish American String Ensemble and Jawad used the fortunate coincidence of being in Dubai at the same time to meet. They discussed future collaboration between American and Pakistani artists.
We would like to congratulate GlobalTies U.S. for its work with HDI’s Cultural Envoys and all the American performers they curated for Expo 2020.
HDI is committed to highlighting U.S. culture as a method of promoting dialogue worldwide. We have worked with more than 70 U.S. Embassies and Consulates to bring American culture to countries worldwide.
Fort Washington, PA - The team at Cosmo Cares donated book bags and barber capes to the Haircut & Braid Event for a Middle School in Harlem. The students got to pick out their book bag and then got a haircut for the first day of school.
Philadelphia, PA - Its back to school time and the Cosmo Cares Team donated and volunteered at JEVS Human Services. Along with Live Casino & Hotel Group we stuffed 300 backpacks with notepads, calculators, pencil cases, crayons and folders for the children of the families at their Work Ready and ACT programs.
