The SAG Awards® Gala To Be Held Following The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 30,
On Saturday, January 30, 2016, the official SAG Awards® Gala will be held immediately following the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles. The Gala will be co-hosted by PEOPLE and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) for the 20th year, as they have united with SAG-AFTRA to honor charitable efforts of actors in their communities, as well as making an annual donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. The Gala will be designed and produced by Tony Schubert of Event Eleven for the eighth consecutive year.
“PEOPLE has celebrated the philanthropic efforts of Hollywood for over four decades. We are delighted that our readers enjoy our special “Why I Care” weekly section, which showcases personal stories from celebrities giving back, as much as we do,” says Jess Cagle, Editorial Director for PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly. “We are proud to partner once again with EIF to support the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and their important initiatives in the entertainment community.”
“We are thrilled to see the impact that the EIF and PEOPLE magazine grant has made on the work of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, helping its programs grow and support even more aspiring entertainers,” says EIF President and CEO Lisa Paulsen. “Hundreds of actors have generously volunteered their time and talent in support of EIF’s work, and the visibility and magnetism they bring to our initiatives is integral to EIF’s ability to bring about positive change, in all of the areas the foundation addresses. We are so grateful for their generosity, and to PEOPLE and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation for partnering with us to make a difference in the lives of those who make EIF’s work possible.”
From 2014-2019, PEOPLE and EIF has supported three SAG-AFTRA Foundation programs: Storyline Online a video-based children’s literacy website; the Catastrophic Health Fund; and the Scholarship Program, via a $1 million gift. In addition, during 2014-2015, part of the PEOPLE and EIF donation also helped to build and operate the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s state-of-the-art voiceover lab in the Actors Center in New York. The EIF Voiceover Lab opened in May 2014 and has offered 260 free voiceover workshops to nearly 6300 union voice actors. These programs and resources are only made possible by gifts and grants from generous supporters like PEOPLE and EIF.
“The significant impact of the PEOPLE and EIF donation has been felt throughout the Foundation’s programs, benefiting thousands of working artists as well as millions of children all over the world every month,” says Cyd Wilson. “We cannot do the work we do without benevolent supporters like PEOPLE and EIF and we are excited for the skyrocketing growth of Storyline Online that we’re looking to accomplish over the next couple of years thanks to the help of this generous grant.”
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