Victor Obadia Humanitarian Trophy award Ceremony 2024

Join us to honor Marie-Claude Genovese as the deserving recipient of the Comité Tricolore's 2024 Victor Obadia Humanitarian Trophy Award.

Please join us as we raise a glass to recognize Marie-Claude Genovese , a hard-working humanitarian who has made an impression on our local community.

The program for this unique celebration:

6:00 PM: Welcome

6:30 PM: Award Ceremony

• Introduction by Mme Caroline Monvoisin, Consule Générale de France à Washington
• Victor Obadia's legacy by Stephanie Mace-Obadia, Victor's daughter
• Remarks by Mme Christiane Ciccone
• Remarks by M. Jean-Michel Giraud, President/CEO of Friendship Place
• Trophy design by M. Jean-Philippe Krukowicz
• Madame Marie-Claude Genovese is presented with the Victor Obadia Humanitarian Trophy by Mme Yahne Miorini, Comité Tricolore's President
• How to help your local community by M. François Nankobogo, Comité Tricolore's treasurer

7:30 PM: Cocktail

8:30 PM: Conclusion

About the Victor Obadia Humanitarian Trophy laureate for 2024: Marie-Claude Genovese

Having lived in the United States since 1988, I joined the Lycée Rochambeau in 2001, where I worked in the school's Vie Scolaire department for 22 years. Community service has become a new vocation for me: fundraising walks for the homeless with Friendship Place, donations to St Jude Children's Research Hospital thanks to the Talent Show, food drives for Manna Food Center, yellow coin drives for Tracy's Kids, which offers art therapy to children with cancer. In addition, numerous student and teacher initiatives have led to donations for Emergency USA, NIH Children's Hospital, UNICEF, Haiti, Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and many others. It was the enthusiasm and energy of the children and teachers, and the support of the families, that carried me through this mission.

Marie-Claude Genovese was nomainated by Mme Christiane Ciccone, retired teacher from the Lycée Rochambeau and member of the Comité Tricolore.

More information can be found on our webpage : Victor-OBADIA-Humanitarian-Trophy

For sponsorship opportunities please email: [email protected]

This event is by invitation only. Tickets are free- Suggested donation $50 per ticket to the Comité Tricolore's Victor Obadia Fund.

Cocktail attire recommended.

No parking in the Embassy. Please park in the neighborhood or use public transport or Ridesharing services.

Madame Marie-Claude Genovese

An example of Marie-Claude's work: For the 15th annual food drive for Manna Food Center, the Rochambeau students collected 1,542 lb of food.

Host or Publisher Comité Tricolore/ The Tricolore Committee