Media Advisory: 2010 Angel Ball
Media Advisory
What: LICADD’s 23rd Annual Angel Ball featuring keynote speaker Christopher Kennedy Lawford
When: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 from 7:00-10:00PM
Where: Garden City Hotel
Who: Famed author, actor and consultant to Caron Treatment Centers, Christopher Kennedy Lawford is a passionate advocate for substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services and speaks openly about his own journey into recovery. He’s authored three critically acclaimed books, including the 2005 New York Times bestseller, Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption, Moments of Clarity: Voices from the front lines of Addiction and Recovery released in 2009 and his most recent success entitled Healing Hepatitis C. Mr. Lawford spent twenty years in the film and television business as an actor, lawyer, executive, and producer. His acting credits include roles with Anthony Hopkins in Slipstream and the World’s Fastest Indian, The Sixth Day and Terminator 3 with Arnold Schwarzenegger, 13 Days with Kevin Costner, Russia House with Sean Connery and Ben Kingsley and Oliver Stone’s The Doors. Additionally, Mr. Lawford spent three years on All My Children, and produced weekly segments for Extra and CNN focusing on political and social awareness within the entertainment community.
Event sponsors include: The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation; Americana Manhasset; Castagna Realty Co., Inc.; Hirschleifer’s; Caron Treatment Centers; The JOBIN Organization; The Brennan Family; Standard Funding Co.; Vehicle Lenders Group, LLC; Capital One; The Treiber Family Foundation; and dozens of others.
Essex Mfg. Inc President/CEO Bill Baum picks up the Founder’s Award, the Marvin Floyd Orchestra plays the music and WABC-TV’s Scott Clark emcees. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano offers opening remarks with NCPD Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey.
Why: With offices in Williston Park, Ronkonkoma and Riverhead, LICADD has led the charge against heroin and other drugs on Long Island, conducting screenings, brief interventions, referrals to treatment and relapse prevention services to individuals and families impacted by substance abuse. The agency also conducts school-based prevention programs including “Too Good for Drugs,” spearheads community outreach initiatives, runs a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents and leads public policy advocacy efforts designed to enhance access to addiction treatment.
The Angel Ball is one of LICADD’s key fundraising events and organizers hope to raise more than $250,000 through sponsorships, ticket sales and onsite auctions/raffles.
