CHARITY SCORECARD

Tim Allen lit a 50-foot Christmas tree for the “Bright Lights of L.A.” fund-raising event Nov. 30 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Donny Osmond emceed the tree-lighting ceremony at the Century Plaza Towers and Entertainment Center’s center stage in Century City. Melissa Joan Hart, star of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” delivered the foundation’s message, and Drake Hogestyn of “Days of Our Lives” played Santa Claus. About 3,500 people attended the event. About $55,000 was raised for the foundation, which grants wishes to seriously ill children.

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About 820 celebrities, civic leaders, business people and children attended “A Night at the Oasis” Dec. 3 at the Century Plaza Hotel. The eighth annual Inner-City Arts benefit gala raised $450,000 for arts programming for underserved children. Awards were given to those dedicated to ICA’s art programs, including Kathy Bronstein, chief executive of Wet Seal / Contempo, who received the Corporate Recipient Award from Ed Thomas, president of Wet Seal / Contempo; children’s advocate Beth Lowe, who was given the Community Recipient Award by Mayor Richard Riordan; Barry Kemp, writer and producer of “Patch Adams,” who received the Individual Recipient Award from actor Craig T. Nelson; and Lee Graff, who received the first-ever Honorary Lifetime Board Member Award. The evening included a silent auction and a live auction moderated by Bill Fagerbakke of “Coach.” Inner-City Arts was founded in 1989 in response to severe funding cuts in arts programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District. ICA brings visual and performing arts to inner-city children.

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Baileys Irish Cream donated $200,000 to “Mad About You” star Helen Hunt’s favorite charity, Los Angeles Youth Network, for the personal touch she gave to the company’s classic girl cup. Hunt hand-painted the cup, giving the winking face a baby-blue eye, silver lips and a platinum necklace, and she signed the cup. Hunt presented the check to L.A. Youth Network Executive Director Liz Gomez at the Dec. 1 preview at the Enclave Gallery in Los Angeles. More than 100 people attended, including Anthony Edwards and his wife, Jeanine Lobell. L.A. Youth Network helps operate a drop-in center and night shelter for runaway and homeless teens, providing meals, counseling, tutoring and other services.

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