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COMEDY GREATS, INCLUDING RAY ROMANO AND J.B. SMOOVE RAISED NEARLY $300,000 FOR AT-RISK LOS ANGELES CHILDREN Alliance for Children’s Rights 5th Annual the RIGHT to LAUGH was comedy gold
LOS ANGELES (May 30, 2014) – The Alliance for Children’s Rights, Los Angeles’ preeminent free legal services nonprofit dedicated to protecting the rights of at-risk children, hosted its 5th Annual the RIGHT to LAUGH comedy event presented by Solow. Host J.B. Smoove brought down the house with comedians Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, David Koechner, Rob Riggle, Bill Bellamy and Cameron Esposito. The comedy A-listers helped raise nearly $300,000 for abused and neglected children in Los Angeles.
More than 500 guests from the entertainment, corporate and philanthropic communities attended the RIGHT to LAUGH event at the Avalon Hollywood. Notable guests included, Toks Olagundoye, Angelique Cabral, Adam Korson, Amy Landecker, Lyndsey McKeon, Amy Yasbeck, Willie Garson, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro and Rachelle Carson Begley.
Funds raised will benefit the Alliance for Children’s Rights, which focuses on protecting the rights of impoverished and abused children and youth so that they have safe homes, healthcare and the education they need to thrive. This event will give impoverished kids a reason to laugh again.
The RIGHT to LAUGH sponsors included: presenting sponsors Solow and The Gary Magness Foundation, along with CBS, UTA, City National Bank, Kymberly Marciano Photography, Kymberly Marciano-Strauss & Evan Strauss, Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson LLP, Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano, Dianne & Jon Moonves, Alison Whalen & Steve Marenberg, Dreamworks, Susan Stockton & Christopher Walther, WME, Dawn & Phil Rudolph, Bill Maher, ICM, Amy Yasbeck , Plonsker Law, Nathalie Marciano, Sarah & Bill Odenkirk, Rhode Island Ave. Productions, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP, Kaplan Stahler Agency, Gene Stein & Geert De Turck, Comedy Central, Patty & Billy Gardell, Tom Bezucha, Roger & Chaz Ebert Foundation, Symantec, TVLand, NBC, Tracy & Richard Nanula, Bernero Productions, Katie Bond & David Slack, Warner Brothers Television, Patricia Heaton & David Hunt, Karen Mack & Russell Goldsmith, Monica & Philip Rosenthal and Rosenthal Family Foundation and more. About the Alliance for Children's Rights The Alliance for Children's Rights protects the rights of impoverished and abused children and youth so that they have safe, stable homes, healthcare and the education they need to thrive.
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