On the evening of September 11th, designers from the residential design industry and Bostonians who like great designs and elegant parties, gathered at The Galleria in Boston to benefit Barakat at New England Home's 5 Under 40 Awards. The Awards spotlight five talented designers from interior design, landscape design, architecture, and other fields, who are selected winners for their uniquely designed rugs. These rugs are then produced by Landry & Arcari Oriental Rugs and Carpeting. Each year, the rugs are auctioned off to highest bidders, with proceeds from the auction benefitting Barakat.  

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The Fasting 5K Run has humble origins - a small group of friends wanting to incorporate the American love of running with a unique twist: celebrating the spirit of Ramadan by helping others! This group approached Barakat in 2013 to propose a run that would raise $2,500 for one of our school's computer labs. Well, that initial modest effort quickly snowballed to become a huge community effort spanning 4 cities - Boston, Houston, and Washington, D.C. - which ended up raising $13,000 in just a week! Now in its second year, the Run also expanded to New York and Southern California, making the Fasting 5K Run a national event where groups in these cities held the run the same day - July 19, 2014! In addition, the Run's focus on global education also supported education-based organizations in each of the event cities. 

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