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October/November/December 2021

We want to thank Barry Manilow for helping the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center at Eisenhower celebrate our 35th Anniversary with his

Gift of Love Holiday Concert on December 7, 2021, at the McCallum Theatre.

35th Anniversary Sponsors Endowment Sponsors—$50,000 Helene Galen and Jamie Kabler Connie and Bob Lurie Barry Manilow and Garry Kief

Robert and Sandra Borns Joanne and Bill Chunowitz Rondi Edwards Eisenhower Health Barbara and Bernie Fromm

Benefactor Sponsors—$27,500 The Auen Foundation Marylynn and Andrew Gladstein Patti Grundhoffer Deborah and Arthur Jacobson Harold Matzner and Shelli Reade

Supporter Sponsors—$6,000 Christina Gantz Angie Gerber Shelli Goodman and Bernie Plack Barbara and Ronnie Kahn Louise and Stuart Korshak

Patron Sponsors—$12,000

El Paseo Jewelers Diane and Hal Gershowitz Rachel and Ed Gubman Peggy Jacobs and Robert Howard Terri and Bart Ketover Carole Haes Landon and Dale Landon Missy and Kent McCarthy Jan Salta Kelli and Bill Loughrin Diane Rubin and Leonard Eber Dick Shalhoub Gail Siegel Victor Family Foundation

Sponsorship Packages for the 35th Anniversary may still be available, which include tickets to One Night Only, on November 10 at the McCallum theatre and Barry Manilow’s Gift of Love Holiday Concert on December 7, along with special parties and dinners by invitation only. Contact Laura Rogers at 760-773-1636 or Lrogers@eisenhowerhealth.org.

MUSIC LEGEND BARRY MANILOW A GIFT OF LOVE V

Coachella Valley’s Cherished Resident, Barry Manilow, Once Again Raising Money for 25 Local Charities

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op culture icon and beloved Coachella Valley resident Barry Manilow has announced that he will once again perform five-holiday concerts to raise funds for 25 charities in the Coachella Valley. A Gift of Love, as it is fondly known, is a concert series was created out of The Manilow Fund for Health & Hope, Manilow’s nonprofit organization to support local, grassroots organizations that promote education, health, and care. The fund donates to organizations that focus on cancer, AIDS, children’s issues, victims of abuse, the homeless, and music education.

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This year’s concerts are scheduled to take place at Palm Desert’s McCallum Theatre. Manilow’s concerts will feature his hit songs and holiday favorites. His past holiday concerts have surprised audiences with a children’s choir, Santa Claus, and even snow!

The concerts are scheduled for December 7 and 8 and then again December 10, 11, and 12.

Regular individual ticket prices range from $59.99 to $499.99 each. In addition, the McCallum adds a $3.00 per ticket Facility Fee. The information below describes how much of the ticket price is credited to your organization and what “extra” benefits are included as part of the price.

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Premium tickets are limited to 150 tickets each night. They sell for $500 each, with $150 of that automatically credited to the charity of the ticket holder’s choice. Premium Tickets are located in the first seven rows of the theatre.

Gold Tickets are limited to 40 tickets each night. Gold Tickets sell for $1000 each,

with $400 of that automatically credited to the purchaser’s charity when they designate the charity of choice as the beneficiary.

Gold Tickets are located in the first five rows of the theater. Gold Ticket holders are invited to a post-show champagne reception and photo-op with Barry in the theater’s Founders Room.

Platinum Tickets are limited to just 16 tickets each night.

Platinum tickets sell for $2000 each, with $1200 of that automatically credited to the charity of choice of the purchaser. Platinum Tickets are located in the first row of the theatre. Platinum ticket holders are invited to a pre-show cocktail reception (and picture) with Barry in the Backstage Christmas Court.

Should you be interested in sponsoring these concerts there are 4 Sponsorship levels available for each show. 4 tickets are included in each sponsorship package.

Sponsorships sell for $12,500, with $8750 automatically credited to the charity of choice

of the purchaser. Sponsorships include four tickets in the first five rows, post-show champagne reception and photo-op with Barry in the Backstage Christmas Court, prominent placement in all print advertising, and a lobby placard listing the sponsorship.

In addition to the VIP tickets, there are also regular concert tickets priced from $59.99 to $99.99. At the time of purchase, the purchaser can designate their favorite charity (from the list of 25) to benefit from the purchase of their tickets.

For each of these individual tickets, 25% of the face value is credited to the designated charity.

When the purchaser completes the order you will be asked to designate one of the 25 participating charities as the beneficiary. The 25 charities benefitting from the 2021 A Gift of Love V concerts are The Manilow Music Project, Act For MS, AAP – Food Samaritans, Angel View, Animal Samaritans, Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children, Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley, Boo2Bullying, Coachella Valley Horse Rescue, DAP Health, Desert ARC, Desert Symphony, Guide Dogs of the Desert, Hanson House, Jewish Family Service, Joslyn Center, Lifestream Blood Bank, McCallum Theatre Education, Palm Springs Police Officers Association, PAWS & Hearts, Continued on page 6

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Safe Schools Desert Cities, SafeHouse of the Desert, Save Oswit Canyon, The Living Desert, Well In The Desert.

Mr. Manilow is contributing his performances to the A Gift of Love 5 concerts and will not be compensated.

Should our readers wish to order tickets or have questions, the point of contact is Vikki Thomas at: (424) 298-4818 or you can email her at: customercare@shopmanilow.com.

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This one’s for you!

Thank you, Barry Manilow, for all of the magnificent work you do to make our community shine bright.

Your never-ending music, passion and generosity are an inspiration to us all. Cheers to you always and in all ways!

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25 Charities benefiting from The Gift Of Love V

Over 300

scholarships awarded

$10 million

donated to schools

Created by Barry Manilow and Garry Kief, The Manilow Music Project empowers underfunded school music programs to provide quality music education.

By donating instruments and equipment and providing scholarships nationwide, we give disadvantaged young people the opportunity to experience community, passion, and creativity through the gift of music.

Local charity ACT for MS provides free services to Desert residents with multiple sclerosis to make their daily lives more comfortable and help them stay stronger longer. Free programs include mobility aids, strength training & circulation sessions, emotional support & help with electric bills during the hot summer months.

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AAP – Food Samaritans’ ongoing mission is to ensure that all AAP clients can continue to live their lives with dignity and self-respect.

It provides nutritional support to improve the quality of life of low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses throughout the Coachella Valley.

Angel View is honored to be part of Barry Manilow’s generosity and return to the McCallum stage.

It certainly shows the ongoing commitment to his hometown heroes and we thank him for his recognition of our 67-year-old mission of helping local children and adults with disabilities reach their maximum potential.

Congratulations

BARRY GARRY IN CREATING

A GIFT OF LOVE V

AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY

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At Animal Samaritans, we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them.

We provide affordable standard veterinary care, urgent veterinary care, animal rescue, pet housing and adoptions, free Animal Companion Therapy visits, and free Humane Education services.

The Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center is dedicated to ensuring every child’s right to a normal, healthy and secure childhood. The Center provides therapy services regardless of a family’s ability to pay, to children that have suffered child abuse.

Additionally, animated videos funded by the Children’s Center Foundation, has reached over 100 million children worldwide viewed free at FightChildAbuse.org

Boys & Girls Clubs of Coachella Valley celebrates 55 years of providing services for over 6,000 youth annually. Its mission is to save and enhance the lives of the young people of its community, especially those with economic and/or social needs by offering a safe haven and meaningful youth development programs provided by a caring and qualified staff.

Boo2Bullying is a youth empowerment organization that provides outreach, mentoring, inspiration, support and hope for bullied youth. We promote kindness and inclusivity and give kids the tools to foster a healthy self-image, learn to accept diversity, speak their truth, and positively impact those around them.

CVHR provides horses set for slaughter, have suffered from abuse, or abandonment a safe place to rehabilitate and find forever, loving homes.

Those too traumatized to fully recover are given sanctuary, love, attention, and purpose.

Through interactive programs, the rescued horses help Veterans, challenged children and adults find healing.

Founded in 1984 by a group of community volunteers in the face of the AIDS crisis, DAP Health (DAP) has been the Coachella Valley’s primary not-for-profit resource for those living with, affected by, or at-risk for HIV or AIDS. The majority of our clients are low-income, medically underserved community members. Until there’s a cure, the vision of DAP is of healthy individuals, families, and communities despite the existence of HIV.

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Founded in 1959, Desert Arc’s mission is to enhance the quality of life and create opportunities for people with disabilities. Its programs serving 700+ adults are designed to give each individual a safe and supportive, person-centric resource base to reach their highest potential to live, work and socialize in the community.

The Desert Symphony was founded in 1989 in Palm Desert, California to bring professional orchestral concerts to the Desert Cities. They are a non-profit organization comprised of the best chamber musicians, virtuoso soloists, principal players, and recording artists in the area. Symphony performers are handpicked from Southern California’s major orchestras, selected for their individual as well as their ensemble skills.

Guide Dogs of the Desert provides mobility, companionship and independence for the blind with custom trained Guide Dogs for free.

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Hanson House Foundation provides a communitysupported facility with low cost services whose dedicated staff and volunteers are committed to making available a safe, clean and caring temporary HOME AWAY FROM HOME for the families of the critically ill and injured.

JFS provides low- to no-cost mental health counseling in either a telehealth or inperson setting, assistance connecting to available benefits such as Calfresh, Medi-Cal, and Section 8 housing vouchers, Let’s Do Lunch! interactive senior programming, and emergency financial assistance for necessities such as overdue rent and utilities, food and medications.

Leading the way in enhancing senior quality of life, The Joslyn Center — including the nationallyrecognized Joslyn Wellness Center — provides comprehensive programs and services for older adults, 50+, in the communities of Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, and surrounding communities.

LifeStream Blood Bank, a nonprofit, comprehensive blood bank, is the exclusive provider of blood products and services to all Coachella Valley-area hospitals. We invite the community to partner with us by “rolling up a sleeve” and giving to patients in need the gifts of life, hope and comfort. www.

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Since its launch in 1997, McCallum Theatre Education has served over 660,000 students, educators and community members with performances and arts education experiences.

In close partnership with local education agencies, McCallum makes the arts available and accessible to youth and community members through its dynamic education programs including its Aesthetic Education Program. Field Trip Series, Palm Desert Choreography Festival and Open Call Talent Project.

We, the Palm Springs Police Officers’ Association, exist to serve and protect the Community through emergency management.

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“Paws & Hearts Animal Assisted Therapy is honored and humbled that Barry Manilow has chosen us again to be a recipient from his Gift of Love Concert. The funds are incredibly helpful in making our pet therapy program an invaluable resource to our community.”

Safe Schools Desert Cities empowers area Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex youth (LGBTQI+), their allies and GSA advisors and offers opportunities that foster a sense of community and individual growth by providing education, guidance, advocacy, resources, recreational activities and opportunities for self-expression.

With Community Support, provides emergency shelter, intervention and outreach services to youth in crisis.

Oswit Land Trust was formed in 2016 in a successful rally to save Oswit Canyon in Palm Springs from impending development.

It has since grown into a multi-project non-profit organization working to continue protecting wildlife habitat & preserving unique, ecologically rich spaces throughout the Coachella Valley. Join us! www. oswitlandtrust.org

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is a nonprofit, accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The Zoo is active in conservation research, habitat protection, breeding programs and education initiatives. The Zoo is home to over 600 animals, including two eastern black rhinos, who will make their debut in the fall in the new 4-acre Rhino Savanna. Livingdesert.org.

The Well in the Desert provides daily nutritious hot meals, emergency food assistance, weekly supplemental food distribution and a wide array of social services through case management and advocacy to those affected by poverty, including the working poor, the homeless, seniors, the handicapped and others in need throughout the western end of the Coachella Valley.

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A Manilow Fund for Health and Hope

The Manilow Music Project was created out of The Manilow Fund for Health & Hope, a nonprofit organization that was created

by Barry Manilow to support local, grassroots organizations that promote education, health and care. The fund donates to organizations that focus on cancer, AIDS, children issues, victims of abuse, the homeless and music education.

While playing to sold-out concerts across the country, EMMY, TONY and GRAMMY winner Barry Manilow saw the need to save for music programs for children.

Manilow helped provide more than $10 million in instruments and funds to hundreds of schools in the U.S. through The Manilow Music Project, the grass roots organization the musician established over 20 years ago.

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Manilow knew what an important role music played in his life.

When the legendary singer and songwriter was a high school student in Brooklyn, his school was ranked the most dangerous in all

of America. Barry found a home in his high school orchestra class, which he credits for changing his life and molding him into the icon he is today.

Keeping dreams alive one instrument at a time

The Manilow Music Project

empowers underfunded school music

programs to provide quality music education.

By donating instruments and equipment and providing scholarships nationwide, we give disadvantaged young people the opportunity to experience community, passion, and creativity through the gift of music.

“It feels great to do something that’s helpful in the world of music for young kids because music can change kids’ lives,” he recently told Palm Springs Life.

“It sure did mine. Listen, in the slums of Brooklyn where I grew up, it was a choice of a gang or the orchestra, and because I was a skinny malink who couldn’t fight my way out of a laundry bag, I joined the orchestra.”

Manilow has already provided scholarships at music programs all over the country to help young musicians gain access to topnotch education. Some years later, when a friend of Barry’s was raising money for a saxophone for his daughter, he was shocked to learn that even in well-funded school districts the music programs were still suffering from budget cuts. In response he formed The Manilow Music Project.

The Manilow Music Project supports music education in a variety of ways. Through instrument drives at Manilow’s local concerts, thousands of instruments were collected through-out the years. Hundreds of brand-new Yamaha pianos were also donated to hundreds of schools nation-wide. In addition to instrument grants, The Manilow Music Project also supports young musicians by offering merit and need-based scholarships to universities all over the US. Today, The Manilow Music Project continues to empower underfunded school music programs to provide quality music education. Through the donation of instruments and equipment and providing scholarships nationwide, Manilow gives disadvantaged young people the opportunity to experience community, passion, and creativity through the gift of music.

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Thank ou “We are delighted to once again be the home and a beneficiary of “A Gift of Love 5” by our favorite local icon. Barry Manilow’s heart is as big as his talent. I can’t wait to be able to see him perform in the intimate McCallum Theatre and sing along to all his hits.”

Jamie Grant, President & CEO McCallum Theatre

“Barry Manilow’s combination of outstanding showmanship with exceptionally creative songwriting and arranging has propelled him to the front rank of stardom for many decades. He is as much a headliner today as he was in the mid 1970’s when we began working together. It’s been such a wonderful ride.”

Clive Davis

“Your choice to give of your time and talent to help people cared for at DAP Health speaks volumes. In 2021 we will care for 10,000 neighbors in need of medical care and more.

Barry your “Gift of Love” is the gift of life!”

David Brinkman, CEO DAP Health

“Barry has given so much to our community through the years supporting many worthwhile charities. His Manilow Music Fund has gifted Instruments to countless deserving students enabling them to further their dreams. His “Gift of Love” concerts through the years have helped many of our local charities continue their important work. Bravo Barry for continuing your legacy of philanthropy and spreading your musical love!”

Jimi “Fitz” Fitzgerald, CV104.3

“Our communities thank Barry Manilow for his many philanthropic efforts. Barry has helped instill positive, lasting change in the Coachella Valley. His ‘Gift of Love’ concerts have raised over $2 million for our local charities and the Manilow Music Project has helped bring the gift of music education to students throughout our Desert. I commend him for his incredible generosity!”

Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD

“Barry Manilow was a close friend to the Sinatra’s and his generosity along with Garry Kief for the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center and the children that we serve is simply outstanding.

Barry, for all you do in this community, Thank You!” John Thorensen, Executive Director Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center

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A MOMENT WITH FRANK GOLDSTIN AND

MOMENTOUS

The Waring Gala 2020. Photo Credit: Marc Glassman

Event producer Frank Goldstin, and his company MOMENTOUS, are behind some of the valley’s most notable annual galas and fundraising events. Clients include The Living Desert, Mizell Center, United Way of the Desert, The Waring, Modernism Week, Palm Springs Air Museum, The McCallum Theatre and College of the Desert, among many others. Desert Charities News caught up with Frank for an exclusive chat on the unique season ahead.

DCN: Do you think we have seen the last of virtual and televised events?

FG: I really don’t and that’s a good thing. We’ve learned to embrace and integrate technologies and formats that, prior to the pandemic, had not been seen in the events space.

I, personally, gravitate to televised events more so than I do virtual, especially for my clients. I do think that these forms of events are beneficial and are here to stay for quite some time.

DCN: Frank, heading into the 2021/2022 event season, many people must be asking, what is this event season going to look like?

FG: I think that this is an interesting yet very exciting time. The calendar is filled with live events scheduled and, honestly, I feel confident that we are going to be able to move forward with live events this season. A great number of safety protocols are being set in place and these, along with continued vaccinations and boosters, are really going to allow for that to happen.

DCN: How are your clients approaching their live events this season?

The Living Desert Gala 2020. Photo Credit: Lani Garfield

FG: The overall approach is enthusiastic yet cautious. Currently, we are doing a great deal of re-imagining of events. This includes scaling in many instances, creating new concepts and implementing cost-cutting measures. I’m also finding that most of my clients are much more mission centric in terms of their fundraising and live communications and that’s a really nice change. This allows for greater engagement between the organization and its supporters.

DCN: It’s been great catching up with you, Frank, and we are happy to see that you have a busy season ahead supporting so many of our great organizations here in the valley. Are you available for consultations?

FG: Thanks for having me and yes, always.

The best way to reach me is by phone at (760) 273-5050 or via email at Frank@ GoMomentous.com. I always enjoy talking with organizations about the evolution of their signature events and how we may partner and be of service to build continued success.

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ann Hampton Callaway

Performing the Linda Ronstadt Songbook Rock & Roll Favorites and Broadway Standards

For more information on Sponsorships, please contact the COD Foundation office at 760.773.2561 or email mdurkan@collegeofthedesert.edu.

“It makes me feel good to know someone of Ann Hampton Callaway’s caliber is singing these wonderful songs.” | LINDA RONSTADT AWARDS INCLUDE:

Tony Award Nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical Swing!

Theatre World Award for “Outstanding Broadway Debut” Platinum award selling songwriter with 7 Barbra Streisand cuts 2013 “The Streisand Songbook” won 2 Broadway World Awards and the MAC Award for Show of the Year 2014 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award for “Performer of the Year” 2016 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award “Best Jazz Vocalist” 2017 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award “Best Jazz Vocalist” 2017 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award “Best Tribute Show” for the Ella Century 2019 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award for “Commercial Recording Of The Year” 15 MAC Awards from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs ALL PROCEEDS FUND THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOUNDATION’S FUND FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.