The Netherlands Chapter of The Netherland America Foundation
cordially invites you to
The Inaugural
Netherland-America Friendship Gala
The Pieterskerk, Leiden
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Pieterskerk
Leiden, The Netherlands
Netherland-America Friendship Gala Co-Chairs
Paul J. Klaassen and Karina Lord
Andy and Priscilla Bender
Dress Code
Black Tie
Program
6:00 pm Registration and Coat Check
6:30 pm Cocktail Reception with Silent Auction
8:00 pm Dinner and Performance by Henk Twillert and Vento do Nord
10:00 pm Special Performance by Glennis Grace, followed by
Adams Van Berckel Awards Presentation
On April 4, 2019 we celebrate Dutch-US ties in the presence of patroness of the NAF, Princess Margriet, during the Netherland-America Friendship Gala at the Pieterskerk in Leiden.
This black-tie NAF Gala is extending the long-standing tradition of its annual Peter Stuyvesant Ball in New York and the Washington D.C. Ambassadors’ Awards Dinner to the Netherlands to raise funds for the educational and cultural exchange programs of the NAF.
The Netherland-America Friendship Gala supports the NAF’s crucial and vital charitable activities. The evening’s proceeds will support the NAF-Fulbright Fellowship Program and other exchange programs between the Netherlands and the United States in the arts, sciences, education, business and public affairs.
For further details and information on hotel accommodations, please click here.
For information on tables and tickets, sponsoring fellowships or other programs and/or buying advertising, please click here for form in USD, or click here for form in Euros.
Click below to purchase your tickets online! 
Netherland-America Friendship Gala Organizing Committee Merijn Boender, Chair
Carine de Meyere
Jan Willem van Drimmelen, Secretary
Sabine Gerritsen-van Balen
Henjo Guitjens
Paul J. Klaassen
Catherine Nederlof-Bus
Doreen Reis
Mieke Staargaard
Daniël Vijselaar
Event Director Renée Hofman
Join the Netherland-America Friendship gala on LinkedIn!
