• To raise $1,000,000 to enable PPF to expand programs benefiting women and youth in the townships of South Africa and providing community service projects for students in the United States.

• To provide guests an opportunity to honor loved ones, mentors and friends who have touched their lives.

• To produce a memorable and electrifying concert that crosses racial, religious and national borders.

First Concert in the Celebrating Life Series:

• Held in April 2007 at Cason United Methodist Church in Delray Beach, Florida

• Raised over $53,000 in donations and an additional $50,000 in in-kind gifts

• Honorary Chairs: Robert and Lynda Bentall, CEDAR Foundation

• Honorary Patron: Stephen Lewis, Former UN Special Envoy for HIV / AIDS

• Featured artist: Diana Solomon-Glover, Lead soprano at The Riverside Church of New York City

• Guest artists: Cantor, Ann Turnoff of Boca Raton, FL and The Florida Atlantic University Gospel Choir

• Generated significant media attention and attracted over 500 guests

Second Concert in the Celebrating Life Series:

• Held in November 2007 at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia

• Raised over $80,500 in donations and attracted over 1,000 guests

• Honorary Patron: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

• Honorary Chairs:

• Johnnetta B. Cole, President emerita, Bennett College for Women and Spelman College

• Elaine B. Alexander, American Jewish Committee

• Featured artist: Diana Solomon-Glover, Lead soprano at The Riverside Church of New York City

• Guest artists: The Morehouse College Glee Club, Cantor Deborah Numark, Deborah Nodel Gordon, Ken Ford

• Generated significant media attention, including television and radio interviews on Good Day Atlanta (Fox 5 Atlanta), WIGO FM, WRFG-FM, WAOK-AM, V-103 FM, the Atlanta Voice and the Atlanta Daily World newspapers.