LOS ANGELES – May 24, 2010 – For Immediate Release – The Entertainment AIDS Alliance (EAA) will host its 8th annual Wine & Wisdom, a fundraiser supporting Elizabeth Taylor’s Endowment Fund benefitting the UCLA AIDS Institute’s CARE Center and, for the first time, Common Ground, the only comprehensive HIV agency serving Los Angeles’ westside community.
The event will be held Tuesday, June 22, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the SkirballCulturalCenter,
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles.
This summer’s night event under the stars features wines, hors d’oeuvres, live musical performance by the Lori Jenaire Jazz Quartet, live and silent auctions and a raffle.
Admission is $35 (includes gift bag). VIP gift bag ($400+ value) with additional donation of $100. The event sold out in 2009, so advance purchase is recommended for guaranteed admittance. Tickets are available at www.entertainmentAIDSalliance.org.
To date, EAA’s wine-tasting event has raised and donated more than $250,000. This year, because of the growing success of the event, EAA is adding Common Ground as an additional beneficiary. Common Ground, based in Santa Monica, offers no-cost education, prevention and treatment programs and is the only comprehensive HIV agency serving the westside, from LAX to the VenturaCounty line. Once again, the fundraiser will also support the UCLA AIDS Institute, which conducts research in the effort to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and, through its UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE) Center, provides treatment services to people living with this devastating illness.
Sponsors of the 2010 event are: 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: Classic Wines of California, Disc Graphics, HBO, Radius 60, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Temoteo. SILVER: Click Communications, EvolutionQC, Post Haste Sound and The Post Group. BRONZE: Liquid Creative Studios, Bemis Balkind, Code Black, Little Film Company, and W Los Angeles Westwood Hotel. CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS: Eclipse Advertising, Showtime, Timoteo Apparel, OPI Nail Products, Shout! Factory, Monster Energy, Daybreak Fruit & Veggie Scrubs, Bacon Hot Sauce and Callisons Find Foods. MEDIA SPONSORS: Daily Variety, Home Media Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter 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 over $4.5 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. The Entertainment AIDS Alliance is almost entirely run by volunteers and more than 90% of funds raised are distributedto 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.
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