February Steinway Piano Release

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January 18, 2009

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Deliver the Dream & Citrix Host 14-year old Musical Prodigy

Gabrielle Chou helps raise money for families in need.

(Boca Raton, Fla.) – Deliver the Dream (DTD), a South Florida-based non-profit that organizes retreats for families experiencing a serious illness or crisis, will host their first event of the year :  “A Night of 88 Keys”. The recital, featuring 14-year old piano sensation Gabrielle Chou, will raise funds for DTD’s award-winning Family Retreat Program.

The event, sponsored by Citrix Systems, Inc., is scheduled for Thursday, February 18 beginning at 6:30 p.m at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton. A cocktail reception will precede Gabrielle’s performance, which promises to amaze guests with her incredible talent. The recital will include pieces from some of the world’s most famous classical composers.  

Gabrielle has been playing since she was five years old and to date has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., won numerous competitions, performed with several orchestras and is currently the concertmaster at the Florida Youth Orchestra. Her talent extends far beyond the ivory keys as an accomplished violinist and composer.

“We are incredibly honored to have the support of this fine young musician. Gabrielle’s talent provides an unbelievable musical experience for everyone in attendance,” said Paul Withrow, Deliver the Dream Executive Director. “In addition, by sharing her beautiful music, Deliver the Dream is able to raise the important resources to continue providing healing retreats to families in need.”

Event sponsors include Classical South Florida, Field of Flowers, Total Wine & More and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra.

Proceeds from “A Night of 88 Keys” will benefit Deliver the Dream’s Family Retreat Programs. Tickets are $100 and seating is very limited. The Steinway Piano Gallery is located at 7940 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton. Donations are tax deductible where allowable by law.

Deliver the Dream

Based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Deliver the Dream, a 501 (c)(3) was founded by former JM Family CEO Pat Moran. Since 2002, the organization has hosted retreats for more than 4,200 family members facing such challenges as Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Down Syndrome and Autism. 

At a cost of more than $50,000 each, the four-day, three-night retreats are held monthly throughout Florida, North Carolina or Georgia.  Up to 15 families suffering from the same illness are invited to attend each retreat, where they regain strength, mend spirits, relax and share their stories.

Retreat participants are referred to Deliver the Dream by a network of 16 not-for-profit healthcare organizations, including the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Chris Evert Children’s Hospital, the American Cancer Society, and The University of Florida Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic. 

 More than 300 volunteers help make the retreats possible.

 Citrix Systems, Inc.

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its Citrix Delivery Center™, Citrix Cloud Center™ (C3) and Citrix Online product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering desktops and applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the world’s largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2008 was $1.6 billion.

With a focus on K-12 education, economic sustainability and the environment, Citrix’s worldwide corporate citizenship initiatives deliver support, technology and stewardship to improve the lives of people in communities around the world.  In 2008, Citrix donated over $600,000 to non-profit and non- governmental organizations in the forms of cash, products and employee time. www.citrix.com

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