Charity Event to Benefit The Special Olympics World Games, Los Angeles 2015

The Longest Running, Celebrity-Sponsored Charity in Show Business, SHARE, Teaming With Nigel Lythgoe, Adam Shankman & Their Dizzy Feet Foundation for “Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015” Benefit @ Wallis Annenberg

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Expect Some “Dancing With The Stars” Stars at Nov. 10 Event

(Beverly Hills, CA, Oct. 30)---When Mrs. Johnny Carson, Mrs. Henry Mancini, Mrs. Steve McQueen and 100 other celebrity wives get together for coffee, it’s not just to chit-chat.

It’s always for a good cause, SHARE (www.share4children.org). These ladies, whose husbands are household names, are some of the premier founders and perennial volunteers who make the 62 year old charity Hollywood’s most enduring, supporting developmentally-disabled children to the tune, so far, of $60 million in contributions.

One of their founding members, Miriam Nelson Meyers, a veteran hoofer from Hollywood’s golden era, is 95 years-old and will be dancing on the Wallis Annenberg Stage (www.thewallis.org) in Beverly Hills on Nov. 10, when SHARE co-hosts, along with The Dizzy Feet Foundation (www.dizzyfeetfoundation.org), a benefit for the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015.

Long known for its famous gala, “Boomtown,” every spring, SHARE is expanding its charitable activities and recruiting new members.

“Our mission is to raise money and awareness for mentally challenged and abused children’s causes and also celebrate the amazing Hollywood legacy of SHARE as we join hands with young Hollywood,” says Dolores Nemiro.

Since its founding, SHARE has honored a show biz hall of fame, from Judy Garland (left with Dean Martin), whose daughter Lorna Luft is a member, to John Wayne and Paul Newman(above), Frank Sinatra, and Sharon Stone. Johnny Carson and Dean Martin, with wives as members, were, combined, the Boomtown gala’s Masters-of-ceremonies for 30 years and Henry Mancini led the orchestra for 25 years.

For tickets to the Nov. 10 “One Night Only” dance-a-thon, with promised appearances by “Dancing with the Stars” stars, and “So You Think You Can Dance” judges, go to: www.dffgala.com.

Dizzy Feet Foundation was founded in 2009 by producer Nigel Lythgoe and director Adam Shankman, among others, to support, improve, and increase access to dance education in the United States. The 2015 Special Olympics World Games (www.la2015.org), being staged in Los Angeles July 25 - August 2, 2015, will be the largest sports and humanitarian event anywhere in the world in 2015, and the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games.

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PRESS for SHARE: DIGNEY & Co., Jerry Digney, Heather Mann, 323 993 3000

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