August 07/12
Celebrity interviewer and CNN iReporter ALADINO attended Special Olympics New York Junior Committee Silent Auction event in Lower East Side NYC.
The place was packed and the silent auction was running well. Music was distributed in the 3 different floors including the PhD.
Special Olympics empowers children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities including mental retardation, autism and Down syndrome, through a variety of year-round Olympic-style athletic trainings and competitions and other-related programming.
Special Olympics New York serves more than 51,000 athletes – 30,000 in New York City alone – and trains hundreds of coaches and works with over 25,000 volunteers who conduct more than 400 trainings and competitions in 22 sports annually.
Special Olympics does not charge athletes and their families to participate in any of the programs.
Attendees received a bag of goodies when leaving the place.
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Video Journalist, Celebrity Interviewer, Stand-Up Comedian, Entertainer, TV Show Producer and Host - a Man fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French in addition to the English language, and an Artist who can entertain a show without the need for a script. . .This person is
Alain Bin Naim, aka: 'Aladino'.
Growing up in Colombia at an early age Aladino found himself attracted to the world of Acting. At age 16 he played a small role as a "Portuguese Soldier" in the movie, 'The Mission', starring Robert DeNiro and Liam Neeson. Inspired by Mr. DeNiro and Mr. Neeson, Aladino took time to talk with Neeson while filming in Colombia and decided to follow his acting dreams.
Aladino's outstanding personality has always worked in his favor. When Alain was 10 years old, Former French President Francois Mitterand while was Minister of Education came to visit Colombia and Aladino with his magnetic charm ended up as a guest at the President's table, where they conversed at length in French . . .
Alain took years of acting school in Atlanta where he did stand-up comedy at The Punchline Club and also played the role on the play "The Mousetrap" as Mr. Paravichini at the Alliance Theater and also played as an actor at The Basement Improvisation Theater before moving to New York City
- primed to move on with his career. . . All the way to the top!
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