We will honor AFS Intercultural Programs (originally known as the American Field Service) for its humanitarian assistance to France during World Wars I & II and international educational exchange programs.
Monday, October 31st, 2016
7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
New York Yacht Club
37 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
New York City
A live and on-line auction will feature unique travel experiences and luxury items.
Gallery Image Captions:
(1) Model Room at the New York Yacht Club
(2) AFS Inspector General A. Piatt Andrew and Assistant Inspector General Stephen Galatti at the AFS headquarters in Paris, France in 1917.
(3) Anne Morgan, Malvina Hoffman (Red Cross activist) and AFS Director General Stephen Galatti in New York on October 29, 1942. Photograph by Cosmo Sileo Associates (New York, NY).
(4) AFS amlance drivers in Paris, France in 1917. Photograph by O. King.
(5) Participants of the 100 Years Young! AFS Youth Workshop & Symposium held in Paris in 2014. Photograph by Incorp Agency/Guillaume Deperrois.
(6) AFS volunteers evacuating wounded in Alsace in 1915.Pictures (2)-(6) Courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs.
