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.
Philadelphia, PA - The Cosmo Cares Team hosted the PA Task Force 1 at a Philadelphia Eagles Preseason Game in their Cosmo DeNicola Companies Suite.
"We wanted to treat them to a night out to thank them for the wonderful work they do" stated Program Manager, Natalie Scarantino - Sadler.
The PA Task Force 1 team are deployed if a disaster warrants national US&R support. FEMA will deploy the three closest task forces within six hours of notification, and additional teams as necessary. The role of these task forces is to support state and local emergency responders' efforts to locate victims and manage recovery operations.
Fort Washington, PA - The Cosmo Cares Team joined forces with Operation Warm for their Summer Kicks Program. Cosmo Cares donated close to 300 pairs of brand new sneakers to the children of the JEVS Human Services community in Philadelphia. The Ertz Family Foundation, the 26th Police District, the Public Library, the School District of Philadelphia, Forman Mills and Dunkin' Donuts all came out to the event. It was such a special day to be apart of.
“We are thrilled to partner with Operation Warm to make an impact on our community – especially this year when more families than ever are in need,” said Cosmo DeNicola, entrepreneur and founder of Cosmo Cares and the Cosmo DeNicola Companies. “We believe caring is an action, not an emotion – even a small thing like a pair of shoes can make a difference.”
Operation Warm is a national nonprofit that provides warmth, confidence, and hope through basic need programs that connect underserved children to community resources they need to thrive. Over the last 22 years, Operation Warm and our partners have used brand-new coats and shoes as a bridge for families in need to access everything from flu shots to new books.
To make a lasting impact on the lives of children, visit www.operationwarm.org
Fort Washington, PA - Cosmo DeNicola, Chicken Soup for the Soul Board Member and the Cos in Cosmo Cares celebrates "Fill A Bowl...Feed A Soul" program.
Chicken Soup for the Soul, a leading super premium pet food company, donated 9,827 pounds of dog and cat food to the pet pantry at the Pet Project Midwest in Des Moines, IA. The donation is part of the “Fill A Bowl...Feed A Soul” program, a national campaign targeting the donation of one million meals for shelter pets annually.
The Covid pandemic has affected so many families including those that are struggling to feed their pets.
Norristown, PA - The Elmwood Zoo is excited to announce a new project that will result in the planting of over two dozen new trees in and around animal exhibits all throughout the zoo. This project is made possible through the generous support of the Cosmo Cares Foundation and is spearheaded by the Foundation’s Program Director and Elmwood Park Zoo Board Member, Morgan DeNicola.
These trees will be serving so many great purposes throughout the zoo! Not only will they add to the zoo’s overall beauty, but they’ll provide shade for our animals and guests, produce scents that will add enrichment to the animal enclosures, and certain select tree species will produce browse for the giraffes to eat.
In addition to support from the Cosmo Cares Foundation, Corbo Tree & Landscaping Service will be helping source and plant the various species throughout the zoo, like this serviceberry tree now making its home in the red panda exhibit.
