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The Cristian Rivera Foundation 16th Annual Celebrity
Gala
taking place in New York City.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall St, New York, NY
10005
Event Description:
Cristian
Rivera Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to finding a cure
for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (D.I.P.G.), is thrilled
to announce its 16th Annual Celebrity Gala. The event will
take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, from 6:30 p.m.
to 11:30 p.m. at Cipriani Wall Street.
The evening will be hosted by beloved CRF celebrity board
members Kenan Thompson, actor and Saturday Night Live's
longest-tenured cast member; Darlene Rodriguez, anchor of
NBC's Today; Luis Guzmán, acclaimed film and television
actor whose recent work includes the Netflix series
Wednesday; and Malik Yoba, actor and entrepreneur.
Additional board members in attendance will include Berto
Colon, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Sean Ringgold, renowned
miniature artist Danny Cortes, NABO Super Middleweight
Boxing Champion
Edgar Berlanga, MLB player Gio Urshela, and media personality
AJ Calloway.
This year's honorees include Brandon, Kyle, Ryan, and Casey
Lutnick of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund; New York
Yankees’ Oswaldo Cabrera; Dr. John Boockvar of Lenox Hill
Hospital; Edgar Berlanga; and D.I.P.G. Warrior Emiliano
Bermejo.
The evening will feature a red-carpet reception, cocktail
hour, seated dinner, awards ceremony, live and silent
auctions, and after-party.
Proceeds support critical clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Mount
Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, as well as direct
financial support for families affected by D.I.P.G.
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