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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Celebs Turn Out For Children’s Hospital Charity
Patients’ moms received makeup makeovers, hair styling, manicures, and massages while they interacted with celebrity moms such as Cindy Crawford, Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Dern, Bridgette Wilson Sampras, Ming Wen, Jenifer Lewis, Lisa Rinna, Deana Carter and Samantha Mathis.
The event started with a panel discussion by Dr. Mark Krieger of Childrens Hospital’s Neurological Surgical Unit, Terri Apanasewicz of P3 Beauty, Moira Forbes of ForbesLife Executive Women and celebrity moms Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Dern who spoke on behalf of the hospital.
P3 Beauty and ForbesLife Executive Women provided a day for the dedicated moms of Childrens Hospital patients to be pampered, to relax and rejuvenate. This event highlighted the importance of balance and self care, especially amid great personal challenges.
Increase awareness that Childrens Hospital Los Angeles treats children from all
social, financial and ethnic backgrounds. Each year, the nonprofit hospital admits more than 11,000 children – 50 percent under the age of 4. Childrens Hospital has been treating the most seriously ill and injured children in Los Angeles for more than a century; it is acknowledged around the world for its leadership in pediatric and adolescent health, treatment and research.
Since 1990, U.S. News & World Report and its panel of board-certified pediatricians have named Childrens Hospital Los Angeles one of the top pediatric facilities in the nation.
As a family-centered care institution that is committed to treating the whole child/patient and the family, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is proud to honor the moms who love completely and give endlessly to their sick children as well as their entire families.
The event occurred Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, ForbesLife Penthouse and was sponsored by P3 Beauty, ForbesLife Executive Woman, Amazing Cosmetics. Photos Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Dern; Terri Apanasewicz of P3 Beauty and Cindy Crawford