The MacDella Cooper Foundation, Alongside Top Fashion, Design & Media Luminaries,Reveals Plans for the MCF Academy in Liberia.

Evening’s Events Include: Cocktail Reception, Fashion Show, Dinner,Auction & Dancing

MacDella Cooper, the New York-based humanitarian known as “Liberia’s Angel,” announces that on February 20 at Nikki Beach Midtown, she and her committee of luminaries in fashion, design and media will reveal plans to build the first tuition-free school for the abandoned children in Liberia that her international charitable organization, the MacDella Cooper Foundation (MCF) supports. The MCF Academy will be designed by acclaimed architect Winka Dubbeldam, principal of world-renowned firm Archi-Tectonics, NYC.On the final evening of New York’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, the MCF Fashion Week After Party aims to raise $500,000 to break ground on the MCF Academy, opening in 2010. “Having escaped the brutality of a decade-longcivil war in Liberia myself, I know firsthand that Liberia desperately needs a new generation of empowered, educated individuals to continue its recovery,” said Foundation President, MacDella Cooper.The MCF Fashion Week After Party will include an unveiling of the MCF Academy building rendering by Winka Dubbeldam,an exclusive Fall 2009 Collection showing by fashion designer Korto Momolu, finalist on ProjectRunway, season 5, and a keynote address by Susan Metzger, CEO, Women’s Wholesale at Jones Apparel Group.The red carpet kickoff to the event will begin at 6pm followed by a VIP cocktail hour. General admission will commence at 7pm, with the program concluding by 10pm followed by a night of dancing and music, courtesy ofNew York’s own ‘DJ Dusko’ Justic. Please visit www.macdellacooper.org to purchase tickets, and view the evening’s schedule and complete list ofspecial guests.Hosts for the MCF Fashion Week After Party include Samantha Fennell, publisher, Interview magazine; Julia Szabo, columnist, New York Post; Sonya Pankey, Ralph Lauren Corporate; Barbara Brennan, Lifetime Networks;Evette Rios, design expert, The Rachael Ray Show; and Ceslie Armstrong, editor-in-chief, CESLIE-The Women’s Network. Honorary Chairs include Donna Poyaidjais and Krystyna Houser, a committed pledge sponsor to one of several academic buildings on the MCF Academy campus.ABOUT MCFIn 2004, MacDella Cooper founded the MacDella Cooper Foundation. A 501c3 international charitable organization, the MCF is devoted to empowering Liberian youth, especially orphans and abandoned children, by affording them an education and providing basic necessities.

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