7th Annual Charity Day

On Monday, September 12th, BGC Partners will host its 7th Annual Charity Day.  Charity Day is held every year on September 11 in memory of the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees and 61 Euro-brokers employees who were lost in the World Trade Center attacks in 2001.  It is a day when BGC commemorates those no longer with us by raising funds for charitable works worldwide.

BGC’s revenues worldwide on Charity Day are donated to selected charities, and this year, Services for the UnderServed (SUS) has been selected as a Charity Partner.  The money donated by the BGC Charity day will fund the SUS Peer Counseling Class of 2012.  The Peer Counseling program establishes the recovery power of giving back by demonstrating a multiplier-effect upon the lives of others still struggling to manage mental illness and achieve self-fulfillment.   SUS implemented this program in January 2009, and the success of the program is evidenced by the 60% placement rate and 64% job retention rate achieved by our graduates.  The power of having a person who has been there, gone through some of the same challenges and succeeded is immeasurable.  By funding the Peer Counseling Class of 2012, BGC will ensure that a group of New York’s most vulnerable citizens are able to become contributing members of society, and to harness the recovery power of giving back.

On Charity Day, celebrity ambassadors will represent SUS on the BGC trading floor. SUS has been lucky enough to secure a the following celebrity ambassadors for Charity Day – Martha Reeves, Melba Moore, Oksana Baiul, Barbara Nevins Taylor, Noah Emmerich and Patrick Harden.  We are grateful for their commitment to SUS, and to making the BGC Charity Day a success!

To learn more please visit:

http://www.bgcpartners.com/about-us/charity/