JOEL
MCHALE AND DODGER JAMES LONEY KICK OFF HILLSIDES FOSTER SOLES EVENT
Dr. Drew
to Serve as Honorary Chair and Celebrity Auctioneer
Celebrities
Step Up and Donate Autographed Shoes, Accessories and Other Personal Items for Hillsides
Los Angeles Foster Care Charity
(PASADENA,
CA)— Actor/Comedian
Joel McHale (The Soup/Community) and Dodger James Loney will kick off the Third
Annual Hillsides Foster Soles in Los Angeles, an online auction of celebrity
autographed shoes, accessories and other personal items along with their signed
headshots. Dr. Drew Pinsky will serve as Honorary Chair and Celebrity
Auctioneer. The
Los Angeles opening event to launch the auction will be hosted by Bar Celona in Pasadena on
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The online auction runs from April 27th
through May 16th, which is held during May’s Foster Care Awareness
Month for national foster care issues and the plight of children and youth in the
system. Hillsides, a Los Angeles foster care children’s charity with 98 years
of creating safe places, is asking celebrities to donate autographed shoes,
accessories and other personal items along with their signed headshot.
Other celebrity participants include: Elton John, John Stamos, Denzel
Washington, Seth Green, Mario Lopez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Adrian Grenier, Nancy
Grace, Wendy Williams, Gabriel Iglesias, Jane Kaczmarek, Billy Bob Thornton,
Tim Allen, Jimmy Kimmel, Joan and Melissa Rivers, Larry King, Anderson Cooper,
Piers Morgan, Dr. Drew Pinksy , Dave Koz, Charles Barkley, Robert Horry, Billy
Zane, Mike Epps, Marlee Matlin, Cast from Burn
Notice, Chelsea Handler, Chuy, Markie Post, Stan Smith, Mark Harmon, Pam
Dawber, Kate Linder, Edie Falco, Rona Barrett, Kim Coates, Kaitlin Olson, Devon
Werkheiser,Samantha Harris, Cast from The
Bold & The Beautiful and many more.
Guests who bid on April 27th will get a chance to
vie for celebrity shoes, purses, belts and other accessories as well as set
visits and signed scripts until the auction’s closing date on May 16th.
Bar
Celona, located in the historic Colorado Boulevard retail district of Old
Pasadena, is the creation of local entrepreneurs Jack Huang and Karen Tanji, who are on the board of directors
of the foster care charity. Set on a stage of rich crimson red and hues of
mellow mustard, Bar Celona invokes the traditions of the traditional tapas bars
of Spain, with handcrafted murals of ‘the running of the bulls,’ wine offerings
geared toward those of the Spanish vineyards, house made sangrias, and the
popular small plates that trigger a smiling sigh.
Bar
Celona, celebrities, and bidders of Hillsides “Foster Soles” can be assured
that putting their best foot forward ensures a better pathway for foster care
children.
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Hillsides
Foster Soles 2009 was awarded national winner of the PR News Non-Profit PR
Awards
in “Event PR,” a finalist in “PR on a Shoestring,” and Best of Pasadena, from Pasadena
Magazine.
To
learn more about the foster care children’s charity, “Foster Soles” and
Hillsides,
visit www.Hillsides.org.
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About Hillsides: As a
Pasadena foster care charity founded in 1913, Hillsides creates safe places for
vulnerable children and their families by providing residential care, mental
health services to break the cycle of domestic violence, special education, and
advocacy.
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