Look To The Stars News: Jennie Garth

Jennie Garth Named As Charity Ambassador

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Actress Jennie Garth (What I Like About You, Beverly Hills 90210) has been named ambassador for the Water4 Foundation, a charity based out of Oklahoma City that not only provides clean water to rural communities but acts as a catalyst for change by training, equipping, and supporting nationals to be the solution to their own community’s need.

One in eight people across the globe lack access to clean water and 4,100 children die each day from problems related to unclean drinking water, making the issue one of the world’s leading humanitarian crises.

Annual Charity Autumn Party Gets Massive Celebrity Support

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Rochelle Gores Fredston, ARCADE Boutique and Philanthropic Society Los Angeles (PSLA) have announced they will host The 2nd Annual Autumn Party benefiting Children’s Institute, Inc. (CII) on October 26, 2011 at The London West Hollywood Rooftop.

The evening will begin with a fashion show by famed New York designer Yigal Azrouël, marking his first-ever Los Angeles show. Yigal Azrouël will present his Spring 2012 Collection. The collection combines masculinity and femininity through silhouettes that are simplistic yet architectural. Using lambskin, wool, gabardine and silk chiffon in variations of nude punctured with periodic pops of citrine, mars, and cognac, it evokes a fresh, modern ease. Following the fashion show, guests will enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while listening to music from DJ Myles Hendrik.

Ke$ha And Iggy Pop Say No To Canadian Seal Hunt

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Ke$ha and Iggy Pop have joined PETA’s campaign to stop the barbaric slaughter of seals in Canada.

According to PETA, “Each year, the Canadian government allows sealers to descend on the ice to club hundreds of thousands of seals to death and sell the animals’ pelts on the international fur market. Sealers routinely hook these fuzzy creatures in the eyes, cheeks, or mouth to avoid damaging their fur and then drag the animals across the ice. The seal-hunters crush baby seals’ skulls in with their clubs before they skin them.”

Jack Black To Attend Celebrity Charity Story Time Celebration

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:30:00 +0000

The Second Annual Milk+Bookies Story Time Celebration will take place on Sunday, March 20.

Attending will be celebrity guests such as Chris Pine, Jack Black, Julie Bowen (“Modern Family”), Jennie Garth, Jonah Hill, Jeff Probst, Josh Holloway (“Lost”), Maya Rudolph, Sarah Chalke (“Mad Love”), Jason Biggs (“Mad Love”), Nathan Fillion (“Castle”), Stefan Lassard (Dave Matthews Band), Allison Brie (“Community”) and many more.

Families will be able to enjoy their favorite childhood stories in the celebrity reading room, create story-inspired arts & crafts, photo flipbooks and of course, eat milk and cookies. There will be a giant “bookstore” where families can select books, inscribe them and donate them using Milk + Bookies to distribute these books to children that do not have access to books of their own. This year’s book donation recipients will be Los Angeles foster kids who are serviced through the Westside children’s Center and The Children’s Bureau.

Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Wants Healthier School Lunches

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is America’s newest advocate for healthy school lunches.

Lakshmi is urging Congress to support legislation that will help schools serve healthier lunches and fight childhood obesity. The Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act (H.R. 5504) would help schools serve more fruits, vegetables and low-fat plant-based meal options.

Hugh Jackman Wants Healthier School Lunches

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Hugh Jackman is ripping into the problem of unhealthy school lunches.

He has written to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi asking her to make sure H.R. 5504, the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act, is voted on and passed this month.

Jennie Garth Wants Healthier School Lunches

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Jennie Garth, star of Beverly Hills, 90210, thinks greasy school lunches are not so cool—and the mother of three wants Congress to help students get better options.

In a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Garth urges Rep. Pelosi to throw her support behind a House bill that would fight childhood obesity by assisting schools in serving healthier choices.

Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth Make A Clean Difference For Charity

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Actors Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth attended the Bounty “Make a Clean Difference” event at Kingsley Elementary School on June 4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Procter & Gamble’s Bounty brand, in partnership with HandsOn Network and the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, are teaming up with more than 1,000 volunteers to transform the learning environments of 30 public schools in 10 cities across the country from April through June.

Jennie Garth Steps Up To Be Honored At Inspiration Awards

Fri, 14 May 2010 11:30:00 +0000

The Step Up Women’s Network will hold its 7th annual Inspiration Awards today, honoring Jennie Garth, Creative Artists Agency’s Sonya Rosenfeld and WE tv’s Kim Martin.

Taking place at noon at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, celebrities expected to attend include Amber Stevens [Greek], Ashley Jones [Bold & Beautiful, True Blood], Carolyn Hennesy [Cougar Town], David Tutera [My Fair Wedding with David Tutera], Elisabeth Rohm [Heroes], Julie Bowen [Modern Family], Kelly Rutherford [Gossip Girl], Lacey Chabert [Mean Girls], Megyn Price [Rules of Engagement], Peter Facinelli [Twilight, Nurse Jackie], Sarah Jane Morris [Brothers & Sisters], Stacy Arnell [Strong Medicine], Stacy Keibler [Dancing With The Stars] and more.

The Step Up Women’s Network aims to strengthen community resources for women and girls through hands-on community service, mentoring, and fundraising for women’s health and critical issues.

Celebrities Want You To Recycle Your Pet Food Cans

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Purina is on a mission to educate its customers about the recyclability of its pet food cans. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Friskies and Fancy Feast have created the “Together We Can” campaign.

HGTV’s Kahi Lee, Jennie Garth, Peter Facinelli and Roberta Flack all created art for Purina’s “Repurrposed” Gallery. On April 14th in New York City, Kahi Lee hosted The RePURRposed Gallery, which highlighted the works of art created exclusively with Friskies and Fancy Feast cat food cans. At the event, art made from Friskies and Fancy Feast cat food cans was on display.

Jennie Garth Does The KIND Thing For Charity

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:30:00 +0000

90210 actress Jennie Garth recently visited terminally ill children in hospital with the Lollipop Theater charity to give them manicures.

The actress was part of an initiative called The KIND Movement. Do The KIND Thing was created to inspire “not so random” acts of kindness – and gives YOU the chance to win $25,000 for the cause of your choice. All you need to do is register your cause online, then ask others to do a kind act to support it. The three causes with the biggest number of KIND acts linked to it by the end of June will win.

To find out more and how you can join Jennie and other celebrities – such as Cameron Diaz – in doing the KIND thing, click here.

Will Ferrell To Join Stars At Charity Story Time Celebration

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Milk+Bookies – a charity that inspires children to give back, using books as currency – will hold its first ever Story Time Celebration on Sunday, February 28, and a whole bunch of celebrities have been invited.

Expected to be at the event are Daniel Dae Kim [Lost], Jason Biggs [American Pie], Will Ferrell, Jennifer Garner, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Jonah Hill [Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad], Dermot Mulroney [The Wedding Date, Must Love Dogs], Marlon Wayans [Scary Movies], Rainn Wilson [The Office], Jayma Mays [Glee], Jennie Garth, Peter Facinelli [Twilight] and many others.

The event – to be held at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 Sepulveda Blvd, LA – is a family fun day featuring celebrity readers, story inspired arts & crafts, photo flip-books, literary characters, yummy lunch and of course, milk & cookies!

Jennie Garth Goes Red For Women

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Jennie Garth was at Macy’s Herald Square in New York City on Friday to take part in the Go Red for Women National Casting Call campaign.

Go Red For Women – an initiative of the American Heart Association – launched the campaign to ask women to tell their stories of the choices they’ve made to live a healthy life and improve their well-being. The campaign wants to film women talking about how they turned personal choices into life-saving actions, with the segments to be shown on the Go Red for Women website and TV special.

“After learning of my own heart condition and losing my father to heart disease, I know how important it is to speak up about this silent killer,” said Garth. “Too many women remain unaware. We must spread the word to our friends, family and community about how to make the right choices every day. You can truly save lives with the power of your very own voice.”

Stars Beat The Odds For Children

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:30:00 +0000

The Children’s Defense Fund hosted a star-studded charity gala last week.

The 19th annual Beat The Odds Awards honored young people who have overcome adversity to achieve academic excellence. Spotted attending the event at the Beverly Hills Hotel on December 3 were Jennifer Garner, Conan O’Brien, Jane Kaczmarek, Jennie Garth and many more.

The Children’s Defense Fund has worked for 35 years to provide a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.

Stars Support PETA Anti-Seal Hunting Campaign

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

PETA has recruited some big names for support of its latest anti-seal hunting campaign and has launched an ad campaign with their help.

Stars such as Jennie Garth, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Osbourne, Jorja Fox, Tricia Helfer, Perez Hilton, Shane Mosley and many more are featured in the new ads.

“Each year, the Canadian government allows sealers to beat and skin hundreds of thousands of seals,” states PETA on its website. “Baby seals, some merely weeks old, have their skulls smashed in or are shot for their fur. Many of these gentle animals may not even have eaten their first solid meals or taken their first swim before they are slaughtered.”

Stars Play Poker For Children's Institute

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Celebrities and other high profile guests will wage their bets on Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2009, at the Commerce Casino, in support of Children’s Institute, Inc.’s (CII) work with children who are affected by violence, abuse and other trauma.

Top players have a chance to win several top prizes, including $5,000 in cash, a 2010 World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational Tournament Seat (valued at $25,000), or a business class personal computer system.

A host of stars will attend, including Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Camryn Manheim, who will act as host of CII’s “First Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament”. Also attending are Brandon Beemer, Maria Bello, Dean Cain, Kevin Davitian, Tony Denison, Joely Fisher, Willie Garson, Jennie Garth, Kelli Gates, Nicholas Gonzalez, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Cheryl Hines, Jamie Kennedy, Ricki Lake, Kevin Nealon, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Rahm, Mimi Rogers, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, Alison Sweeney, Greg Vaughn, Tuc Watkins, Brian White, Jay Wilkison and Susan Yeagley.

Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:29:00 +0000

As reported earlier by Look To The Stars, Family Health International is one of many charities to benefit from the current auction of celebrity-signed toy elephants organized by PROJECT ZAMBI.

Among those who have signed the elephants specifically for FHI are Taylor Swift (pictured below), the Jonas Brothers, Hugh Jackman, Heidi Klum and Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi.

Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Jaden and Willow Smith – the actor children of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith – have spoken about their support for PROJECT ZAMBI, a charity initiative started by a group of Hasbro employees to help raise awareness and funds for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

“Willow and I joined Project Zambi to represent all the kids out there who want to make the world a better place,” said Jaden. “We want to encourage kids everywhere to lend a hand and join us in spreading the word about how much children who have been orphaned by AIDS in Africa need our help.”

The children have joined a host of stars – including Jessica Biel, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joely Fisher & Brad Garrett, Jennie Garth & Peter Facinelli, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Heidi Klum, Kathy Najimy, Rhea Perlman & Danny DeVito, Graham Rahal, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Taylor Swift, James Taylor, Barbara Walters, Denzel Washington, and Naomi Watts – in signing toy elephants to benefit charities such as Keep A Child Alive, the African Children’s Choir, the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project, the Children of Uganda, Global Action for Children, the Global Fund, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages and many more.

Bid On Celebrity Puzzle Pieces For Autism

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:30:00 +0000

In support of Autism awareness, Baby Swags has received over 40 celebrity signed puzzle pieces to show support for Autism Awareness and the charity ACT Today!.

Some of today’s hottest teen celebrities came out to show support, such as Tiffany Thornton and Allisyn Ashley Arm from the hit show, “Sonny With A Chance”, Jennifer Stone from Wizards of Waverly Place, iCarly star Jennette McCurdy and many more.

“We have asked each celebrity to sign his or her puzzle piece and return it to Baby Swags”, states Phyllis Pometta, founder of Baby Swags. “Once each piece was received, we framed it and have placed it up for auction with Charity Folks and 100% of the profits will go directly to benefit the non-profit charity organization, ACT Today!”

Celebrities Sign Elephants For Project Zambi

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0000

A host of celebrities have come together to be part of an online auction that features one-of-a-kind collectible elephant models.

Jessica Biel, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joely Fisher & Brad Garrett, Jennie Garth & Peter Facinelli, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Heidi Klum, Kathy Najimy, Rhea Perlman & Danny DeVito, Graham Rahal, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Taylor Swift, James Taylor, Barbara Walters, Denzel Washington, and Naomi Watts are some of the stars who have signed the elephant toys for Project Zambi, a charity initiative started by a group of Hasbro employees to help raise awareness and funds for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

“It is encouraging to see that companies such as Hasbro are developing initiatives to support global health issues,” said Alicia Keys. “Through my involvement in this project, I’m proud to support Keep A Child Alive, an organization dedicated to providing care and support to children and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against AIDS.”

Stars Design Baby Blankets For Charity

Wed, 06 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Toys R Us and Save the Children are to launch a new charity auction featuring baby blankets designed by your favorite celebrities.

The Bundled In Hope auction is set to launch on Mother’s Day – May 10 – and run until July 11. It aims to raise money to provide baby blankets for impoverished children in the US and support families in need.

Celebrities who have designed blankets for the auction include Marcia Cross, Isla Fisher, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julianne Moore and Jennie Garth.

Stars Give Eggs And Plates To Feed America

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:30:00 +0000

Premier charity auction site Clothes Off Our Back is hosting two very special celebrity auctions for Feeding America… and one only has a few hours left to run.

A host of stars – including David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Adrian Grenier, Isla Fisher, Marcia Cross, Melissa Etheridge, Tori Spelling, Alison Sweeney, Jewel, Molly Sims, Maria Menounos, Denise Richards and many more – have decorated eggs for an “eggs-cellent” auction.

The eggs were decorated at the recent Diet Pepsi Holiday House event to support the cause of fighting hunger in America. United Egg Producers donated a truckload of eggs to Feeding America for every egg decorated.

LTTS Exclusive: Girls Have A Green Night Out At EcoStiletto

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Look To The Stars’ lead host Michelle Vink attended the star-studded EcoStiletto event in LA last week, and filed this report about the event.

The new trend of today’s fashionistas? Shopping with a cause.

EcoStiletto proved that Green is definitely the new black for the Los Angeles fashionistas that came out to support their Second Annual Green Girl’s Night Out at Intuition.

Celebs To Attend Girl Prep

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The first empowerment youth conference event of its kind developed and targeted to reach and teach girls ages 10-13 will take place on March 28, and plenty of celebrities will turn out to take part.

Co-founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Manuela Testolini (formerly married to Prince), Girl Prep aims to help raise self-esteem, leadership skills, and confidence amongst young inner city girls, and is a response to increased community concern for early intervention in the lives of disadvantaged teen girls.

Hosted by Maiara Walsh and Brando Eaton, guests will include Jansen Panettiere, Scott Bakula, Austin Butler, Jason Dolley, Madison Pettis (Corey in the House), Vitamin C, and many more.

Celebrities Slip Into Red Dresses For Women's Heart Health

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000

New York Fashion Week kicked off with a celebrity bang during the weekend with the 7th annual Red Dress fashion event for The Heart Truth.

Stars such as Katie Couric, Tori Spelling, Patricia Arquette, Brittany Snow, Amanda Bynes, Hilary Duff, Jennie Garth, and Vivica Fox all strutted their stuff on the catwalk at the show in fashions created by America’s top designers for women’s heart health.

The Heart Truth is an awareness campaign created by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. It is designed to warn women about their number one health risk, heart disease, and the need to take action against its risk factors. The organization created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wakeup call to American women.