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PSA for Gilda's Place to Air |
WIF.Dallas Donates Public Service Announcement
Posted 2/18/2003
Women
in Film.Dallas has produced it's first Public Service Announcement
(PSA) for "Gilda's Club: A Special Place," which begins airing in the
Dallas area in early March, and nationwide on HD Net, and is positioned
for worldwide release in foreign languages for overseas markets.
Gilda's Club Worldwide was selected as the group's choice to raise
public awareness for help available for women suffering from cancer, in
remembrance of Gilda Radner, the actress who died of ovarian cancer.
The goal of this PSA is to reach those people who can benefit in
knowing about Gilda's Club, and relay Gilda's wish: that no one should
have to face cancer alone.
The 30-second spot's two producers, Betty Buckley and June Owens,
chaired the PSA committee. "Interestingly, all of the committee
members' lives had been touched in some way by cancer, so the decision
to work with Gilda's Club was unanimous," says Buckley.
Highlights include actress Meryl Streep, who graciously donated her
time to do the background voice over while she was promoting her latest
film, Adaptation. In addition, a stellar cast and crew of 60 people
from Dallas donated their time, along with some members of Gilda's
Club, several children referred by Children's Medical Center, and
Suzanne Ahn, respected physician and lung cancer activist.
In a letter to Gilda's North Texas Executive Director Susan
Lindeman, member Paula Doyle shared her feelings of the day, "Everyone
I came in contact with at the filming was genuinely nice and
considerate. The make-up woman (Donatelle), a fourteen year cancer
survivor, was brought to tears as she shared some of her feelings with
a room full of people. This amazing woman gave me eyebrows! As she
taught me how to create my own eyebrows, she gave me a pep talk that
raised my spirits more than she will ever know. All of the crew members
and the actors made me feel so comfortable. Everyone was so easy to
talk to, I felt as though I already knew each of them."
Women in Film.Dallas and all the members of the PSA committee would
like to extend a special thanks to all the people and companies
involved in this production to make a difference in the lives of
others.
Thank you very much! Without your support we could not have done this special Public Service Announcement:
Alex Wilson
Alpha Cine
Barbara Raglon
Beth Jasper
Betty Buckley
Bill Flynn
Bob Vongyurcsy
Bonnie Spence
Breonna Burnham
Broadway Video
BWC
Catherine Whiteman
Cheryll Smith
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Clint Harris
Cristina McAlister
D Day
Damian Skinner
Dan Clear
Dan Jackson
Darryl Henke
Dave Peacock
David Brink
Dee Chappell
Denise Edmiston
Diane F. Perlmutter
Dick Hoff
Eastman Kodak
Ed Blaylock
Electric Light & Power
Elizabeth Bustamante
Eric Jenkins
Fonya Mondell
Gilda's Club North Texas
Gilda's Club Worldwide
Ginny Martin
Gordon Smith
Gretchen Goetz
Gwendolyn Murphy
Insert all WIF & Volunteers:
Janet Schwarz
Jason Hammond
Jeff Conrad
Jeff Hurst
June Owens
Ken Freehill
Kristi Eckron
Kristyn Clement
Laura Neitzel
Laurie Dewhirst
Lenora Whitehead
Linda Stogner
Lynne Moon
Makeup Maven
Margaret Desmukes
Margaret Lake
Mark Beasley
Matt Riggle
Matthew Deibler
Matthew Robertson
Melrose Hotel
Meryl Streep
Michael and Judy Cianco
Michael O'Neill Studio
Michelle Wiesner
Misty Espinoza
MLD
MPS
Nick Mueth
Olivia Castilleja
Paul Carroll
Paula Doyle
Pete Aleman
Pinpoint Ideas & Solutions
PMK
Rebecca Bustamante
Renaldo Luna, Jr.
Rich McDonald
Rini Marwini
Robert Curlin
Roseanne Boffa
Russ Coffman
SAG-Texas
Shannon March
Sherri Espenel
Sherry Beal
Starbucks
Steffie Wilson
Steve Franko
Summer Selby
Susan Lindemann
Suzanne Ahn
Tim Cissell
Todd Terry
Tom Pribil
Tom Thumb
Traci La Paga
Tre Vinson
Trish Avery
Tyler Attaway
Video Assist Dallas
Video Post & Transfer
Vivian Marks
Wendy Garrett
Women In Film - Dallas
Women In Film - LA
Zak Thomas
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