Happy Hearts Fund Celebrates A Star-Studded Evening Filled With High-Intensity Action At Their 2nd Annual "Fight For Education" Gala

USA Profile Username: jon@newsinnovations.com / edit profile Happy Hearts Fund Celebrates A Star-Studded Evening Filled With High-Intensity Action At Their 2nd Annual "Fight For Education" Gala PR Newswire NEW YORK, June 17, 2016 NEW YORK, June 17, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Happy Hearts Fund held their second annual Fight for Education gala at the renowned Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Leaders in finance, fashion, and sports gathered for the event co-hosted by Petra Nemcova, supermodel and founder of Happy Hearts Fund, and ring announcer Mark Fratto. The gala's aim was to support Happy Hearts Fund mission to rebuild safe, resilient school in areas impacted by natural disasters. Since inception in 2006, Happy Hearts Fund has rebuilt 130 schools, helped over 50,000 students and over 500,000 community members in 10 countries around the world.    The evening's program began with several fights between Wall St. professionals, representing BTIG, ABC, and XYZ among others. Adam Smith, Senior Director of XYZ and winner of his bout, commented, "It was an amazing opportunity to get out and kick someone in the face for a good cause." Models Arlenis Sosa and Hind Salhi surprised guests with an exciting boxing match, leading into the main event featuring Tiger Shulmann's Nick Pace and Julio Arce. "Happy Hearts Fund is such an amazing cause, and I was definitely thinking about those children when I was in the ring," said Ms. Sosa, Lancome spokeswoman and former Victoria's Secret model. Nick Pace, the winner of his bout, remarked, "There's nothing like fighting with your heart for education and winning!" At the climax of the evening, Ms. Nemcova took on comedian Dane Cook in the ring for the final fight. Ms. Nemcova challenged Dane Cook, asking, "Are you ready to beat each other up for a good cause?" The crowd cheered as the announcer declared the fight a tie. In closing remarks, Ms. Nemcova reminded guests of the reason for coming together that evening, "This evening is not only a celebration," she remarked, "We are here for the children around the world are currently waiting to get back to school and tonight's gala will allow us to change this terrible reality for so many." In attendance, were Vivienne Tam fashion designer, models Zuzzana Bijoch, Lais Ribeiro, Bruna Tenorio, Cris Urena, Aida Anuilyte, Leva Anuilyte, Nicola Haffmans; UFC fighters Anthony and Sergio Pettis, Aljamain Sterling, Yoel Romero, Jorge Masvidal, Lyman Good, Jimmie Rivera. For more information, please visit www.happyheartsfund.org. CONTACT: Chelsea Burrell, 917-826-9755, chelsea@happyheartsfund.org         Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160617/380666  Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160617/380667  Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160617/380668  Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160617/380669  Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160617/380670  SOURCE Happy Hearts Fund Web Site: http://www.happyheartsfund.org Follow Us To change the settings for your profile(s) or email delivery, go to https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/profile/?action=editProfile and select the profile you would like to edit. You can select the industries, subjects, languages, geographical areas, companies, delivery options and delivery frequencies of your choice. In addition to current press releases, you can also find archived news, corporate information, photos, tradeshow news and much more on the PR Newswire for Journalists website: https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com To contact us, email: mediasite@prnewswire.com Please do not reply to this email; this is an automatically generated message. Copyright © PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved. A UBM plc company. Our mailing address is: 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300 New York, NY 10014-4504