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Black
Tie International:
The Entertainment Industry Foundation |
The Entertainment Industry
Foundation
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Mayor Bloomberg
& Friends
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The Entertainment
Industry Foundation
harnesses the collective
power of the industry to
raise awareness and fund
for critical health,
educational and social
issues in order to make
a positive impact in our
community and throughout
the nation. People from
every facet of the
entertainment community
– actors and executives;
guild and union members;
and employees of
studios, networks and
talent agencies –
volunteer their time,
talent and services to
support our work.
Founded 67 years ago
by Samuel Goldwyn and
other Hollywood
luminaries, EIF has
raised millions of
dollars for cancer
research and prevention;
diabetes awareness;
education and creative
arts; and other social
programs.
EIF's CEO Lisa
Paulsen was just named
one of The Nonprofit
times Power & Influence
Top 50, celebrating the
nonprofit sector's top
executives and thinkers
for their impact and
innovation.
EIF is a 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt organization
that meets all 20 Better
Business Bureau
standards.
Visit
www.eifoundation.org.
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iParticipate
The
Entertainment Industry Foundation has
mobilized the entertainment community
around a groundbreaking initiative
designed to inspire a new era of service
and volunteerism. This multi-year
campaign, called “iParticipate,” hopes
to make service a part of who we are as
Americans and show what we can achieve
when we all pull together.
As a
centerpiece for this initiative, EIF has
enlisted major broadcast networks
including, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, for an
unprecedented, week-long television
event beginning Monday, October 19. Tune
in to seven days and nights of
television and watch how your favorite
TV shows and personalities shine a light
on the power of community service.
EIF has
also produced a series of public service
announcements to reinforce the
importance of volunteerism. Through
these PSAs, EIF will also recognize and
encourage support for five key areas of
service: Education & Children, Health &
Well Being, Economic Development,
Environmental Conservation, and Support
for Military Families.
Capacity
Building Grants
In
addition to generating heightened
awareness about the value of community
service, EIF will provide grants to key
volunteer/service organizations to help
build their capacity to accept, train
and deploy volunteers in areas of the
greatest need. Men and women of the
entertainment industry will help fuel
the drive to service not just by showing
its benefits to the country, but also by
bringing home its tangible benefits to
the people who volunteer.
EIF
grantees include:
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ServiceNation
The heart of America’s service
movement, ServiceNation is a
coalition of 200 nonprofits that
cut across all walks of American
life - representing community,
faith-based, and national
service organizations with
members of all age, education
and income levels - to create
meaningful service opportunities
and build a stronger nation
through increased volunteerism.
By getting involved in
ServiceNation, Americans can
engage in any form of service
that best suits their interests,
skills, and schedules.
ServiceNation is providing
strategic support to EIF’s
iParticipate by working with its
member organizations to provide
quality volunteer experiences
for Americans who are inspired
to answer the call to serve, and
by helping its member
organizations promote those
service opportunities and report
the outcomes of their efforts.
We are proud to support
iParticipate’s unprecedented
contribution to expand the
service movement, which will
bring us closer to realizing our
vision of a day when a commonly
asked question in America is,
"Where do you serve?"
Visit
www.ServiceNation.org
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UCLA Volunteer Center
An EIF grant to the UCLA
Foundation helped bring about
the first-ever, day-long
volunteer event for new UCLA
students participating in
service projects spread across
Los Angeles on September 22,
2009. UCLA Volunteer Day
mobilized more than 5,000
students participating in
restoration and beautification
projects at eight locations in
Los Angeles: Griffith Park,
Point Dume State Beach, the VA
Hospital and five local schools.
Visit the
UCLA Volunteer Center
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City Year
City Year unites young people of
all backgrounds for a year of
full-time service, giving them
the skills and opportunities to
change the world. Over 1,500
City Year corps members in
locations across America will
serve more than 2.5 million
hours. Each of these young
leaders is making a difference
by serving 1,700 hours as
tutors, mentors and role models.
The City Year corps members help
students at-risk of dropping out
stay in school and on track.
Uniquely qualified to improve
student attendance, behavior and
coursework, members help
students and schools succeed.
City Year’s work in Los Angeles
is made possible thanks to a $1
million capacity building grant
from the Entertainment Industry
Foundation, Hollywood’s leading
charity and City Year’s Los
Angeles’ Impact Sponsor.
Visit
www.CityYear.org
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