Shop till you drop at this unique indoor event featuring dozens of wonderful Russian and expat artists!

Russian souvenirs, paintings, sculptures, carpets, jewelry - anything you could possibly want!

There will also be a silent auction and raffle - donations for either (e.g. restaurant/hotel/airline or other vouchers, paintings, gift baskets etc.) welcome!

Sponsors are also needed to help raise more money for Nastenka!

Everyone is welcome!!! Entrance fee: RUR 100.

NASTENKA FOUNDATION "COLOR ACCORD" Auction and Exhibition

TEAM Allied Russia is proud to have been the transport sponsor for Nastenka Foundation's Color Accord Auction and Exhibition, which took took place on April 22 and featured musical instruments (guitars, violins, balalaikas, etc.) painted by famous Russian artists, musicians and other well-known personalities. The purpose of this event was to raise money for urgently needed medications and equipment for Nastenka.

Here are some photos of our very own Igor Nikonov with the beautiful guitar he purchased at the auction:

STAR BALL 2010

TEAM Allied Russia is proud to have been the transport sponsor for Star Ball 2010. This luxurious and unique fundraising event took place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Moscow on April 20, 2010!

You can download a pdf file with updates on the children that benefited from Star Ball 2009 here. For more information on this yearly event, please visit http://www.starball.ru.

MOSCOW ANIMALS & NASTENKA FOUNDATION CHARITABLE ART AUCTION AND
ART/SOUVENIR SALE!

The first big Moscow Animals and Nastenka Foundation charity art auction and souvenir sale took place on March 24, 2010 at Gorny Universitet in Moscow! Many thanks to everyone who came, to all the artists and souvenir vendors and to all volunteers! Together, approximately RUR 145,000.00 were raised, which is an amazing result for such a first-time event! We would also like to thank MGGU (Moscow State Gorny University) for providing the event venue FREE OF CHARGE!

TEAM Allied Russia is proud to have served as the official transport sponsor for the Operation Smile auction! We believe that this is a very worthy cause to support!

More information on Operation Smile can be found on the following websites:

www.operationsmile.org.ru and www.operationsmile.org.

OPERATION SMILE BENEFIT AUCTION
OF RUSSIAN CONTEMPORARY ART

with the support of CHRISTIE’S, took place on Saturday, February 27, 2010. RUR 2,700,00.00 were raised for children in need of facial reconstruction surgery!

We are very happy that the Operation Smile auction went so well and congratulate the organization on the amazing auction results!!! We are also glad that we could do our small part to help. Please click here to see a pdf file with a thank you letter from Operation Smile.

From December through February 2010, TEAM Allied Russia offered a 5% discount to all Fun Stuff subscribers to benefit Nastenka Foundation (Institute of Pediatric Oncology in Moscow)!

The total amount raised came to US $ 4,513.31!

For more information on Nastenka Foundation, please visit www.nastenka.ru!

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE USE OF OUR SPECIAL OFFER, INCLUDING:

TNK-BP, the British Embassy Moscow, Elena and Ricardo Cabeza de Vaca, Nigel Brackenbury and Pascal Vican, Kris Sliger, Turner Constructions, Ophelia and Marat Chafigoulline, Petroresurs, and Harriet and Kirill Kalinin! Thanks to one and all for helping support Nastenka in these trying times!

Download a copy of Nastenka's GENERAL presentation (in pdf format) to find out more about the Foundation - Nastenka needs YOUR help!

Download a file with Nastenka information for COMPANIES (also in pdf) format to find out how corporate sponsorship can benefit both Nastenka and your company!

In December 2009, TEAM Allied Russia and Living in Moscow together donated a total of RUR 30,000.00 to Guide Dogs Russia for the the purchase of a new Guide Dog puppy! This donation was made instead of purchasing Christmas/New Year's cards - a tradition we've been following for the past six years.

There are lot of blind and disabled adults and children in Russia for whom a professionally trained guide dog means a new life!

If you are interested in finding out what Guide Dogs does, please have a look at this video (in Russian)!

For more information, please visit http://guidedogs.ru.

You can also download their brochure (English) here.

Also in December 2009, the employees of TEAM Allied Russia along with some of our friends, made a donation of RUR 8,080.00 to Predolenie-L's Hippotherapy Center to pay for riding lessons for disabled children.

For more information on this unique organization, please visit http://preodolenie-l.narod.ru or download a file with more information on Preodolenie-L.