We're asking members of our community to join us in spreading joy this holiday season and send a senior a card.

St. George's Society's Beneficiary Program provides crucial financial and quality-of-life support to vulnerable seniors. In addition to financial assistance for necessities like rent and utilities, the Society’s dedicated social workers offer much-needed emotional support and serve as advocates for senior services and entitlements.

The holiday season is a particularly difficult and lonely time for a great many of our beneficiaries. Each year, St. George’s Society sends specially-curated holiday gift baskets to our seniors. Oftentimes, this is the only gift they will receive.

This year, we will continue this tradition and hand-deliver these gifts along with some much-needed holiday cheer for Operation Deliver Hope. All cards will be delivered to our seniors with their gift baskets.

To participate, please complete the registration form below to let our team know to expect a card from you. Then, run to your local store and pick up a holiday card and include a kind message with seasons greetings to a friendly stranger.

Once completed, please send to the St. George’s Society office (address and instructions included in form).

Deadline for cards to be included is 4 December 2020.

For questions, please contact Eliane Abou-Assi at eliane@stgeorgessociety.org

We invite you to an evening of entertainment like no other at the 250th Anniversary (Virtual) British Bash!

2020 may have not been the anniversary extravaganza that we anticipated, and while we are unable to gather in person, we won't let this year pass without toasting to the great and the good. Join us as we celebrate the people and partners that have made our work possible for 250 years.

Live Music • Audience Challenges • Silent Auction • Special Guest Appearances • and more!

Please note: Ticket sales will end at 6:00pm EST

Tickets

General Admission | $25
Includes virtual event access for 1 guest + virtual party pack

Knight of the Big Apple | $100
Get that feel good factor and help New Yorkers in need by becoming a Knight of the Big Apple
Includes virtual event access for 1 guest + virtual party pack + recognition on the evening*

Virtual Table | $1,000.00
Purchase a virtual table for you and 9 of your friends!
Includes virtual event access for 10 guests + virtual party pack

Sponsor a Ticket | $25
Sponsor a ticket for one of our seniors, students or families to attend the British Bash

*Must register by Tuesday 5:00pm ET for inclusion

Honoring
Zanna Roberts Rassi
Anglo-American Cultural Award

Zanna Roberts Rassi is a New York-based Brit and Emmy award-winning fashion and beauty journalist, stylist and television host. She is also a Co-Founder of Milk Makeup. She is currently the Fashion Editor-at-Large for Marie Claire, an E! News fashion correspondent, NBC Today Show fashion contributor and Target stylist.

Zanna interviews A-list celebrities for E! News, such as Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Victoria Beckham. She is also part of the E! Live from the Red Carpet team, covering events such as the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Met Gala. Her charismatic on-camera presence has made her a soughtafter mentor, judge, stylist, and host on such properties as Project Runway All Stars, and her mini-series, Commuter Beauty and W2W4.

At Milk Makeup, Zanna is relied upon for her considerable editorial experience, expertise in consumer insights, inside scoop on industry trends and relationships with Global top tier talent in the fashion and beauty industry. Zanna produces and hosts a celebrity beauty interview series called Commuter Beauty which has featured celebrity guests such as Zoe Kravitz, Ashley Graham and Jessica Alba. With over 175k followers on social media, Zanna is sought after by brands as an industry influencer.

The Anglo-American Cultural Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the US-UK cultural world. Past recipients of the award include Dame Glenda Bailey, Simon Fuller, Tim Marlow and Paula Radcliffe MBE.

Hosted by
Sharon Carpenter

Sharon Carpenter is an award-winning broadcast journalist and producer who has worked for some of the best-known networks in the nation, including CBS, BBC, VH1, BET and Diddy’s REVOLT. She covers both entertainment and hard news, and has been on the frontlines of some of the biggest stories in recent times — from the election of President Obama and the death of Michael Jackson to the Prince Andrew & Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Sharon has interviewed a diverse range of A-list personalities including Oprah, Tom Hanks, Kim Kardashian, Idris Elba, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rihanna, Meryl Streep, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and U.S. Senator Cory Booker. She currently hosts “The Royal Report” (People Magazine’s weekly show on the royal family), works as a pop culture presenter for BBC America and is a contributor on “The Wendy Williams Show."

Musical Performances by

Thanks to our Sponsors

Thank you to all of our Knights of the Big Apple

For more information, please contact us at 212.682.6110 or email us at hello@stgeorgessociety.org.

Join St. George’s Society for a virtual Town Hall and our Semi-Annual General Meeting.

Members, partners, volunteers and donors like you are the reason St. George’s Society has been able to rise to the challenges caused by the global health crisis. We want to thank our community, give special recognition to our volunteers and share our plans for the future.

Join us as we raise a glass to all who make our work possible.

Hosted by Anna Titley
In her final SGSNY event as Executive Director

Featuring a special fireside chat with Presidents of the Society—Past, Present and Future

Please click the link below to join the Town Hall:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88081093773?pwd=N3JYN1ZkUjd0SWVpU0E3bDl3NVJTZz09

Webinar ID: 880 8109 3773
Passcode: 430920

Dial US: +1 929 205 6099

THE 250th ANNIVERSARY ENGLISH BALL HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

It is with a heavy heart that we have made the difficult decision to cancel St. George’s Society of New York’s 250th Anniversary English Ball. This difficult decision was made out of deep concern for the health and well-being of our community at large, and with the full support of our Board of Directors, the honorees and our Presenting Sponsor, Aon.

Read the full statement from our Executive Director

In the presence of HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO

Presented by

Wednesday, 22nd April 2020
The Pierre
2 East 61st Street, NYC

Cocktail Reception, 6:30 pm
Dinner & Dancing, 7:30pm

Black or white tie | Medals may be worn

The English Ball is an annual gala which celebrates distinguished members of the Anglo-American community and the charitable work of St. George’s Society.

Honoring

Gregory C. Case
The Duke of Gloucester Lifetime Achievement Award

Greg Case is Chief Executive Officer of Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

Before joining Aon, he served on the governing Shareholders’ Council at McKinsey & Company, a leading international management consultant, and led their Global Insurance and Financial Services Practice. Prior to McKinsey, he worked for the investment banking firm of Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood and at the Federal Reserve Bank.

Case holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude from Kansas State University. He serves on the boards of Discover Financial Services, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Field Museum of Natural History, CEO’s Against Cancer and St. John’s University School of Risk Management. Case was named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 best performing CEOs in the world in 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2014.

The Duke of Gloucester Lifetime Achievement Award is a one-time award recognizing an individual who, over their lifetime, through business and philanthropic efforts and by embracing diversity, has enriched the lives of others in communities and cultures across the globe.

William R. Miller CBE
Medal of Honor

A noted philanthropist and longtime supporter of St. George’s Society, William R. Miller CBE served as President from 2001 to 2003 and remains a member of the Society’s Advisory Council. Under his presidency, the Society founded what is now the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden—of which he is Chairman Emeritus.

After graduating from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, in 1952, Miller joined Pfizer in the UK and remained with them until 1964 when he became Overseas Resident Manager for Europe for Bristol Laboratories—later Bristol Myers-Squibb. He transferred to the US from Europe in 1966 and from 1980 to 1989, Mr. Miller held worldwide executive responsibility for Bristol-Myers' pharmaceutical and nutritional businesses before retiring as Vice Chairman in 1991.

As an industry leader, Miller was active in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association in the 1980's, serving as Chairman in 1986-1987. Between 1991 and 2009, he has served on the board of several biotechnology companies and is a past Chairman of the Board of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—now an Honorary Trustee.

He is currently Chairman of the American Fund for Westminster Abbey, a Board member of Americans for Oxford, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and an Advisory Director of the Metropolitan Opera.  He has served on the boards of a wide variety of organizations including the English-Speaking Union, St. Paul’s Cathedral Trust in America, Manhattan School of Music, and Opera Orchestra of New York.  He has served on the Vestry of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.

In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty The Queen for services to British charities in the US, then subsequently appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to UK/USA relations in business and philanthropy in 2011.

He was also appointed Knight of Justice in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 2001.

Mr. Miller was married to the late Irene Diaman Miller for almost forty years until her passing in 2015. He has three children from his first marriage and two stepchildren. Mr. Miller resides in New York City.

The Medal of Honor was established to recognize those who have rendered exemplary service to British interests and/or the international community at large.

Antony Phillipson, Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York & Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America,
and Duncan Edwards, CEO of BritishAmerican Business,
invite you to a cocktail reception celebrating the launch of the

250th Anniversary of St. George's Society of New York

Please note this event has reached capacity and is no longer accepting registrations.

Please join us for the 250th Annual General Meeting followed by a special reception celebrating the launch of our 250th anniversary.

Annual General Meeting
5:30-6:30 pm

250th Anniversary Opening Reception
Hosted by Antony Phillipson, Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York & Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America, and Duncan Edwards, CEO of BritishAmerican Business
6:30-8:30 pm

Please note this event has reached capacity and is no longer accepting registrations.

Please note that the Annual General Meeting is for members only.
A key item on the AGM agenda is electing the Board of Directors. If you are unable to attend you can still participate by downloading and returning a completed proxy form. 

Guests and non-members are welcome to attend the 250th Opening Reception following the AGM.