The HUSH Foundation®
We Provide Hope Under Severe Hardship
Special Events Department
We Provide Hope Under Severe Hardship
Special Events Department
Our Most Recent Fundraising Event
The HUSH Foundation uses Special Events to raise money to provide grants for children, adolescents and the elderly. Our
primary focus is to raise funds to support children, and adolescents who have terminal, infectious, and disabling diseases or
conditions. We also support the elderly. Read about our most recent joyous event!
We adopted the theory that “creative expression is linked to laughter,” which has a positive effect on individuals
psychologically and physiologically. Several noted scientific studies have determined that laughter can give the body up to
45 minutes of therapeutic relaxation. It can also do the following:
 | Relieve negative emotions ( i.e. anxiety and depression) | |
| Relieve stress | |
| Improve lung capacity and oxygen levels in the blood | |
| Release endorphins (the body's natural pain killers) into the blood stream | |
| Provide help with insomnia, migraines, allergies, and ulcers | |
| Reduce the heart rate | |
| Stimulate the appetite and digestion | |
| Expand the blood vessels | |
| Send more oxygen to every cell in the body | |
| Speed tissue healing | |
| Stabilize many body functions, and | |
| Produce a feeling of well being |
Our belief in this theory motivated us to develop ideas for events that would help induce a person’s feelings of happiness,
“Special Events” will provide therapeutic relief through creative expression by means of entertaining, multifaceted,
comprehensive, and innovative performing arts productions (e.g., events consisting of song, dance, drama, comedy,
poetry/spoken word, life interpretation of art, and fashion, choral productions, music-based educational seminars, benefit
shows/concerts, etc.).
Under our Children & Adolescent Disease Awareness Outreach Program (CADAOP), The HUSH Foundation hosted their 1st
Annual"Night of Jazz and Fashion By The Sea Benefit Concert" on August 30, 2008, at the Hermosa Beach Community
Theater, in beautiful Hermosa Beach, California to raise funds for children with HIV/AIDS.
The HUSH Foundation hosted the event to support One Heartland for their program and services devoted to ensuring that
children with HIV/AIDS have the social,psychological and material support required to fulfill their potential in life, and support
Pediatric HIV/AIDS Research.
The Jazz/Fashion Benefit Concert consisted of a joyous environment filled with fun and excitement. It was a Red Carpet affair
with a Star-Studded cast. If you were not there, you missed a fabulous show. Click here to take look at the event, the Line up
and our Honorees. We will be adding pictures and a video of the event soon!Activities included live Jazz Entertainment
incorporated with an exquisite high fashion show, and a tribute to six legendary female jazz artists. Tickets were sold at Ticket
Master and The HUSH Foundation.
View photos of the event and see the celebrities who supported our event!
We give thanks to our sponsors for their support of our cause and services for the event:
We thank the Fashion Designers for lending their clothing for the Fashion Show
Sue Wong
Dina Bar-el
After Eight
Somper Furs
Ricardo Basta of Beverly Hills
Ariane Hats on Melrose
Taryn Rose shoes
Elmer Ave
Cohesive
Humble thanks to the Media for covering our event!
Agnes Furguson - Freelance Photographer
Michaeal Hixon - Beach Reporter (Stepping out Editor)
Chris Miller - Beach Reporter (Photographer)
Joseph Collins, Jr. - Church Punch Online Television Network
Don Howze - D Video 79 Productions
Cat' Ania Howze - D Video 79 Productions
A warm thanks and appreciation to our Committee of Volunteers and Event Volunteers for their hard
work to make the event a success!
Master of Ceremonies
George Pennacchio, ABC7
Mistress of Ceremonies
Vivian Porter, CBS/94.7 The Wave
Production Team
Executive Producer - Karen Taylor
Senior Executive Assistant - Benetta Greene-Nealy
Visionary of Tribute Segment - Anthony Davis
Co - Executive Producer of Fashion Segment - Marc Littlejohn
Producer - Darryl Lovett
Director - Lanee Griffin
Vision
Visionary - Anthony Davis
Casting
Karen Taylor
Program
Program Editor - Donna Grayson
Floor Management
Stage Manager – Kahilil Peters
Sound
Sound Supervisor - William Zimmerman
Lighting
Lighting Director - Lanee Griffin
Stage Crew
Adam Love
Arnold Vaughn
Bryon Swain
Donald Peralta
Jovan
Kahilil Peters
Kim Taylor
Leonard Bryant
Timothy Johnson
Music
Musical Director and Arranger - Craig T Cooper
Hair and Makeup
Executive Director of Hair and Makeup - Anthony Davis
Director of Hair - Brian Andrew
Hair Stylists
Charmaine Tucker
Laurene Washington
Lisa Herron-Artist
Tiana Grant
Director of Makeup - Anthony Walker (Sir Tony)
Makeup Artists
Molly Jirovsky
Tracy Kenndy
Wardrobe
Executive Director of Wardrobe - Mark Littlejohn
Narrators
George Pennacchio
Dr. Charles O. Brown
Nii Quartelai Quartey
Design
Interior Design - Interior Design - Lamont / Benetta Nealy/Krista Love
Stage Design Sets and Props - Adam Love
Administration Team
Chief Executive Officer - Karen Taylor
Executive Director of Administration and Volunteer Staff Benetta Nealy
Media and Press
Executive Director of Media and Publicity - Dawn Burch
Public Relations
Executive Director of Public Relations, Advertising - Nii' Quarterlai Quartey
Marketing and Promotions
Executive Director of Marketing and Promotions - Darryl Lovett
Director of Marketing and Promotions - Theo Green
Engineering
Executive Director of Videography and Photography - Joseph Collins Jr.
Director of Videography - Aslo Taylor
Director of Photography - Agnes Ferguson
Event Volunteers
Box Office
Brandi Taylor
Cornealius Bee
Security Officers
Anthony Young
Jeffrey Herman - Escort
Malcolm King
Manuel Sablan
Mark Nealy
Marquiette Brown
Melvin Lindsey
Nolasco Pesina
Bartenders
Angela Seymour
Ronean Wright
Hospitality - Host/Hostesses
Stacie Hall
Alejandra Rojas
Brittney Truscott-Nealy
Charmia Delery
Danielle Ochoa
Denise Torres
Edward Johnson
Jordann Crumby
Krista Love
Lilly Hernandez (Mellers)
Margarett Strauder
Maryellen
Michelle Crumby
Moriah Love
Nubian
Phyllis Causey
Rebecca Stewart
The Wellness Expo/Care Market
According to national statistics, 25 million kids (one of every three), in the United States, between ages 2-19, are overweight
or at risk of becoming overweight? Childhood obesity is a serious issue and is one of our nation’s leading health threats.
To help raise awareness, The HUSH Foundation is developing plans to host a Wellness Expo/Care Market to educate
children and their parents on the danger of Childhood Obesity (COB) and the diseases directly related to COB. In addition,
The HUSH Foundation donate some of the proceeds from the Wellness Expo/Care Market to support research to find a cure
for Cancer in babies.
Learn how to live and practice healthy living by making healthy choices. The HUSH Foundation Wellness Expo/Care Market
activities will include a one-on-one consultation with various health experts, free health screenings, massage therapy, healthy
food, music, and various vendors. For more information about the upcoming Health Fair, if you would like to volunteer or if
you would like to participate as a vendor, contact The HUSH Foundation at 310-697-8193 or email us at
info@thehushfoundation.org.
PAST - CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION EVENT!
The HUSH Foundation hosted its Healthy Eating & Awareness Picnic for thirty overweight children and their parents on
Saturday, September 1, 2007, at Ernie Howlett Park, in Rolling Hills Estates, California.
We give special thanks to the guest speakers for our past event:
Helaine Lopes - Fitness Trainer, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Catherine Smithweiss - Nutritionist, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Sharon Plumbley - Dietitian, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Rhonda Hines - Fitness Trainer, Metaphysical Fitness Program
Special thanks to the following companies that donated their products and supported our past event:
Bev’s Balloons, Flowers, Novelties, & Rentals
Cal Signs
Costco
Hillside Florist
Home Depot
Jenny’s Flower Shop
K.B. Toy Stores
Metaphysical Fitness
Party Zone
Peninsula Daily Newspaper
Rolling Hills Estate City Hall
Smart and Final
South Bay Florist
Street Surfing
Target
Torrance Memorial Medical Center - Fitness Program
Trader Joes
Vons
Wyotech School of Technology
Baby Ink
Madison Blu
We give thanks to our volunteers who helped make our past event a success:
Darrell Bryson
Dawn Burch
Morgen Darbyshire
Javon Post
Brandi Taylor
Kim Taylor, II
Contact our office at 310-697-8193 for information on how your child can be selected to attend our next picnic. Click here to
view the flier of our past event!
HOW YOU CAN HELP!
The HUSH Foundation is in need of volunteers for our events. For more information contact our office at 310-697-8193 or
email us at info@thehushfoundation.org.
Click here to download the registration form. Please print it, fill it out, and fax to 310-378-2709 or email to karen.
taylor@thehushfoundation.org.
Our Past Fundraising Event
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Our Current Fundraising Event
We are planning our 2nd Annual Benefit Concert to raise funds for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS under our
Children's Disease Awareness Outreach Program (CADAOP). We are seeking sponsors and are accepting donations for this
event.
Children's Disease Awareness Outreach Program (CADAOP). We are seeking sponsors and are accepting donations for this
event.