Family Pride to honor Jamie Lee Curtis at LA National Awards Dinner
Charlene on May 8th 2007
Family Pride’s 2007 Annual Awards Dinner will be held in Los Angeles on October 13, 2007. The evening will feature a celebrity reception, seated dinner and entertainment. This year’s recipient of the Family Tree Award is critically acclaimed actress, best selling author and adoptive mother, Jamie Lee Curtis. Jamie Lee Curtis has been entertaining us for more than 20 years with her roles in such films as Halloween, A Fish Called Wanda and True Lies. But lately, she’s been happy to take on another role, that of picture book author. Her first book for children, WHEN I WAS LITTLE: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth, illustrated by Laura Cornell, was published in 1993. Curtis followed up that title with a tender story about adoption, TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE NIGHT I WAS BORN in 1996. Curtis also penned TODAY I FEEL SILLY: And Other Moods That Make My Day, which quickly became a favorite of parents, kids and booksellers and spent the final nine weeks of 1998 on the New York Times bestseller list - no small feat for a children’s book.
The idea for Curtis’s second book, TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE NIGHT I WAS BORN, was also inspired by her children, Annie and Tom. TELL ME AGAIN is a heartfelt and joyful celebration of becoming a family, something Curtis knows about firsthand. And, of course, Curtis’s rich homelife fueled the creative fire behind TODAY I FEEL SILLY, which explores the roller-coaster of emotions kids can feel from day to day, even moment to moment.
It’s clear, after reading any of her picture books, that the role Curtis relishes most of all is that of Mom.
Family Pride will also be presenting the Corporate Community Responsibility Award to a business that has shown outstanding support for LGBT families in their policies and procedures and philanthropic efforts.
Continue to check the Family Pride website for additional information about the National Dinner and contact A. Charlene Leach, Director of Development or Sara Leckey, Development & Administrative Assistant for additional information or sponsorship opportunities.
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