Entertainment AIDS Alliance’s
8th Annual Wine & Wisdom Raises $74,000
Fundraiser Supports Local AIDS Charities
Common Ground & Elizabeth Taylor’s Endowment Fund
Benefiting UCLA AIDS Institute’s CARE Center
Entertainment Industry Charity has Distributed Nearly $4.6 Million
To Community-Based AIDS Services
LOS ANGELES – July 14, 2010 – For Immediate Release – The Entertainment AIDS Alliance’s (EAA) 8th annual Wine & Wisdom on June 22 raised a record-setting amount for the fundraising effort. To date, EAA’s wine-tasting event has raised and donated $336,000.
The fundraiser, held at the Skirball Cultural Center, supports Elizabeth Taylor’s Endowment Fund benefiting the UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE) Center, which conducts clinical research in an effort to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and also provides treatment services to people living with this devastating illness; and Common Ground, the only comprehensive HIV agency serving Los Angeles’ westside community, offering no-cost education, prevention and treatment programs.
PHOTO ID: Presenting a check for $30,000 to Common Ground on July 13 at its Santa Monica-based headquarters are (L-R): Rami Frankl, EAA board member; Heather Hinkel, executive director, EAA; Todd Young, a W&W event coordinator; Vallery Kountze, EAA board member and W&W co-chair; Jeff Goodman, president, Common Ground; Sharon Chamberlain, executive director, Common Ground; Vicki Greenleaf, W&W co-chair; and Jeff Bechtloff, president, EAA. A $30,000 check will also be presented to the UCLA CARE Center.
Sponsors of the 2010 Wine & Wisdom Event: PLATINUM: Anchor Bay Entertainment, Cimarron Group, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, Paramount Home Entertainment, Rovi Corporation, Showtime Networks, Sony DADC, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. GOLD: Disc Graphics, HBO, Radius 60, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Classic Wines of California. SILVER: Click Communications, Evolution QC, Post Haste Sound and The Post Group. BRONZE: W Hotel Westwood, Liquid Creative Studios, Bemis Balkind, Code Black and The Little Film Company. CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS: Deluxe Media Management, ConservingNow.com, Randy Fuhrman Events, Eclipse Advertising, Timoteo Apparel, Herbalife OPI Nail Products, Shout! Factory, Monster Energy, Daybreak Fruit & Veggie Scrubs, Bacon Hot Sauce and Callisons Fine Foods. MEDIA SPONSORS: Daily Variety, Home Media Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, DVD & Blu-ray Release Report and M&E Daily.
The Entertainment AIDS Alliance (EAA), which observed its 20th anniversary in 2009, was founded by a group of video industry professionals to respond to the urgent need for funding of AIDS service organizations nationwide. To date, EAA has distributed nearly $4.6 million to more than 200 national and community based organizations that provide client services to people living with HIV and AIDS, institutions that conduct research for AIDS treatment and prevention, and advocacy groups that help shape and promote public policy advancing AIDS issues. All beneficiaries are required to be non-profit organizations and are evaluated for fiscal management integrity. EAA is almost entirely run by volunteers and more than 90% of funds raised are distributed to qualified beneficiaries. Today, EAA is supported by employees and companies in home video, film, music, consumer electronics and game software, including distributors, manufacturers, retailers and associated industries.
