L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Joins Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier to Raise Awareness for National Foster Care Month at 4th Annual LA Dodgers Adoptee Night - May 24th
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2016 -- In celebration of its 5 Year Anniversary, Mixed Roots Foundation will host its 4th Annual ‘Adoptee Night’ with the LA Dodgers during National Foster Care Month as they take on the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 7:10 p.m. at Dodger Stadium. Kevin Frazier, Co-Host of Entertainment Tonight will throw out the first pitch to his oldest son, Tony Tull whom he had given up for adoption while Kevin was a teenager.
In partnership with Mixed Roots Foundation and The City of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has joined the team of Kevin Frazier to help raise awareness for National Foster Care month by participating in a PSA that will air at Dodger Stadium for the 4th Annual LA Dodgers Adoptee Night event.
“Every child deserves a safe home and a loving family, but thousands across our City still long for the stability that most of us take for granted,” said Mayor Garcetti. “This National Foster Care Month, I am proud to join Kevin Frazier and the Mixed Roots Foundation in shining a light on the importance of adoption and foster care — and supporting the children whose lives are touched by these services every day.”
Along with The City of Los Angeles and Mayor Garcetti, Mixed Roots Foundation has also partnered with several individuals, businesses and organizations in the greater community to assist with the recruitment of adoptees, foster youth and their families to participate in the special event including Spokeo, the Los Angeles Lakers, Vlado Footwear, Brotherhood Crusade, Mixed Chicks, The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Stratford Schools, The Beverly Hilton, MindBomb Clothing, Primrose Home Health Care, Inc., Christine’s Mod Art, Hilton Universal, Hair Wraps by Brenna, KMK Commercial Insurance, Embassy Suites – Downey, DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown Los Angeles, Five Acres, Raise a Child, AdoptTogether, Southern California Gas Company, Printing Depot, LA Job Corps, Kindred Foundation for Adoption, Together We Rise, Vista Del Mar Children & Family Services, and the Law Offices of John H. Oh & Associates.
Mixed Roots Foundation will also host a pregame VIP Meet & Greet reception with Kevin Frazier, Tony Tull, their families as well as other special guests including community partners and sponsors. The pregame VIP Meet & Greet will begin at 5:00 p.m. in a brand new event suite at Dodger Stadium where guests will be able to watch the game, network as well share various community resources with one another.
Individual Tickets cost $25. To become a community partner or sponsor, please contact 213.725.8054 or email sponsor(at)mixedrootsfoundation(dot)org. To sponsor an individual child, visit crowdrise.com/ladodgersadopteenight2016. To volunteer or learn more about the event, please email events(at)mixedrootsfoundation(dot)org or visit http://www.mixedrootsfoundation.org for more information.
About L. A. Mayor Eric Garcetti
Eric Garcetti is the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles. His “back to basics” agenda is focused on job creation and solving everyday problems for L.A. residents.
Garcetti was elected four times by his peers to serve as President of the Los Angeles City Council from 2006 – 2012. From 2001 until taking office as Mayor, he served as the Councilmember representing the 13th District which includes Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake, and Atwater Village, all which were dramatically revitalized under Garcetti’s leaderhip.
Garcetti was raised in the San Fernando Valley and earned his B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University. He studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and the London School of Economics and taught at Occidental College and USC. A fourth generation Angeleno, he and his wife, Amy Elaine Wakeland, have a young daughter. He is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve and is an avid jazz pianist and photographer.
About Kevin Frazier, Co-Host, Entertainment Tonight (ET)
As co-host of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, Kevin Frazier continues to impact the entertainment industry as a multi-faceted journalist, producer and entrepreneur. He has interviewed Hollywood’s biggest stars from Oprah Winfrey to Brad Pitt to Will Smith and Beyoncé. Frazier joined ET as co-host in September 2014, coinciding with the beginning of the 34th season.
In addition to his position on ET, Frazier has kept busy hosting numerous shows and events. Since September 2013, Frazier has hosted Emmy-nominated Game Changers With Kevin Frazier, which spotlights professional athletes who use their public image to make positive changes in the lives of fans in need. In 2012 and 2013, he co-hosted Clash of the Commercials on CBS. Frazier also served as lead anchor for College Football on FX and Fox Sports Net and hosted the launch of SportsNet for Time Warner Cable. He has served as co-host of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS since 2011.
Prior to ET, In 2008, Frazier founded HipHollywood.com, the premiere online web site for the latest urban entertainment news. The site is a content partner for ETonline and TV One, offering breaking news, up-to-the moment pop culture information, and exclusive photos and interviews with today’s top stars in music, sports, television and film. HipHollywood is the only urban media outlet providing broadcast quality content for television distribution. Additionally, he launched Kevin Frazier Productions (KFP) to focus on in-depth reporting and video production for a variety of corporate and entertainment clients.
About Mixed Roots Foundation
Mixed Roots Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization celebrating its 5 Year Anniversary based in Los Angeles, CA and serves as the first and only national / global multicultural foundation for adoptees and their families representative of the international, domestic, and foster care adoption experience and leverages philanthropy and grassroots fundraising to support important post-adoption resources including mentoring, DNA testing and unique scholarships/grants for adoptees, foster youth and their families. For more info, visit http://www.mixedrootsfoundation.org, LIKE Mixed Roots Foundation on Facebook or Follow on Twitter and Instagram @mixedroots.
About Entertainment Tonight (ET)
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is a multi-platform entertainment news brand, with a cross-screen portfolio that includes the #1 entertainment newsmagazine on television, averaging 4.4 million viewers daily, and the #1 outlet for entertainment news video online, delivering more than 125 million video views per month. ETonline is a top five entertainment news property, with 38 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. per comScore, while ET’s social audience reaches more than 70 million U.S. users monthly.
Produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is hosted by Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier and executive produced by Brad Bessey. Nischelle Turner is a correspondent with Cameron Mathison and Samantha Harris serving as correspondents and co-anchors of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND.
Holly Choon Hyang Bachman, Mixed Roots Foundation, http://www.mixedrootsfoundation.org, +1 2137258054, [email protected]
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