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Comedy
For a Cure 2006
April 15th, 2006
The Social Diary Columnist & Photographer
Margo Schwab
A dedicated and giving
group gathered at The Music Box@Fonda in Hollywood April 2nd,
2006 to support Comedy for a Cure, a cause dedicated
to the fight against tuberous sclerosis, or TS. A VIP celebrity
reception started this evening with celebrities mingling in with
guests and a deluge of media.
Big names
there included pretty Teri Hatcher, the award winning star of
Desperate Housewives, who also served as Honorary Chairperson.
Hatcher was joined by Calista Flockhart, Patricia Heaton
and Jane Kaczmarek as hosts. More there joining in the
fundraising cause were the event's emcee Billy Bush, Jennifer
Love Hewitt, Bill Maher, Honoree Julianne Moore, Jimmy Kimmel,
Sarah Silverman, Marissa Jaret Winokor, Bob Saget, Joshua Malina,
and Honoree Charlie Koones from Variety Magazine.
The reception was
a warm up to some big bidding during the live auction. A pair
of paintings donated from renowned artist Colleen Ross
went for quite a sum. Teri Hatcher showed her
very generous spirit too. She placed the winning bid for snazzy
trip to Europe.
Additional funds
were raised by Clothes OFF Our Back Foundation which
partnered with this event. Through this foundation, celebrities
generously donated their handbags, really nice handbags, to further
the funds raised.
The evening was a
lot of fun for a great cause. TS affects a child in the world
every 20 minutes. TS is a genetic disorder that causes tumor growth
in the vital organs, ie., the brain, heart, skin, kidneys, eyes
and lungs. It can happen at anytime, for no known reason. Health
problems that can evolve are heart disease, epilepsy, kidney failure
and more. More people suffer from TS than cystic fibrosis, yet
it remains lesser known.
Events like Comedy
for a Cure are changing that. Great advances are being made in
finding a cure for TS due to the generosity of so many people.
To learn more about TS, please click CURE
TS.
(pictured here
- Teri Hatcher and friends including artist Colleen Ross. All
photos are courtesy and copyright of Kurt Grubaugh)
* Margo Schwab has
produced, written, interviewed and photographed for various media
organizations since 1989. Schwab has an college degree
from Scripps College and a Masters of Business
degree from the University of San Diego.
Schwab volunteers for numerous charity organizations. She also
continues to lobby for water safety and for family violence mitigation.
Schwab is the owner and publisher of the Social Diary.
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