The Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner was established in 1946 to raise funds for children's activities. However, the reason this charity dinner is important and well-known isn't merely because it raises millions of US Dollars each year.
The Al Smith Charity Dinner is held annually, but it is also the last event before the U.S. elections where the two presidential candidates appear together, making it a key event every four years.
This year is not an election year, so we won't see the two candidates mocking each other, which is a bit of a pity.
The dinner is held at the Astoria Hotel, a place with so much to be said about it and a history of hosting countless celebrities.
The hotel is on Manhattan Pike Avenue. Time is tight, but with a helicopter, there wouldn't be any problem at all.
The President sent someone to pick up, and all Gao Yi needed to do was change into an appropriate outfit.
