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Jumpstart's Annual Benefit Celebration
Location:
Westin Boston Waterfront
Jumpstart, a national nonprofit organization and five-time recipient of the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award works toward the day when every young child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Join Jumpstart for their Annual Benefit Celebration on Thursday, April 3 to commemorate 15 years of changing young lives. This year’s event is being held at the Westin Boston Waterfront from 6-9 pm and includes a cocktail reception and dinner. Expected guest speakers include First Lady, Diane Patrick and Celtic’s legend, Jojo White. Individual dinner tickets are $500.For more information please contact Caitlin Day-Lewis at 857-413-4558 or visit www.jstart.org/benefit.
Morgan Spurlock
Time:
7:30pm
Location:
Judge Baker Children's Center
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The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood honors Morgan Spurlock, writer/producer/director of the Academy Award nominated film Super Size Me,with the Fred Rogers Integrity Award.
When: Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Where: Judge Baker Children's Center, 53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MA 02120
(For directions, please visit http://www.jbcc.harvard.edu/contact.htm.)
Free and open to the public.
Please join us for a coffee and dessert reception for Morgan Spurlock. After receiving the award, Mr. Spurlock will show clips from his films and discuss his work.
In 2004, Spurlock's landmark documentary, Super Size Me, ignited a national discussion about fast food and helped shine a spotlight on the food industry's marketing practices. The film, and Spurlock's follow-up Don't Eat This Book, have been instrumental in focusing attention on the childhood obesity epidemic and helping to mobilize parents, healthcare professionals, and politicians to advocate for restrictions on food marketing to children. In 2007, Spurlock produced What Would Jesus Buy, a funny and moving look at the commercialization of Christmas and its impact on families.
Spurlock is also the creator and star of the highly-acclaimed television program, 30 Days, which examines social issues in America by immersing individuals in a life that requires them to "see the world through another's eyes." In 2006, the series was nominated for a Producer's Guild Award and won a GLAAD Media Award for best non-fiction television series. Spurlock's latest film, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled for worldwide release later this year.
The Fred Rogers Integrity Award, named in honor of the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, is given by CCFC to a public figure whose efforts to protect children from harmful marketing best embody Fred Rogers' long-standing commitment to nurturing the health and well-being of America's children. The award was given to Senator Tom Harkin in 2005 and Raffi Cavoukian, the beloved children's troubadour, in 2006.
http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/events/spurlock.htm
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