It’s Game On! for the Concern Foundation at Paramount lot
Let the games begin! More than 4,000 supporters packed the Paramount Studios Hollywood back lot July 19 to raise funds and awareness for the Concern Foundation for Cancer Research. The lively game-themed night had food, music and fun for children and adults alike.
CHEFS SERVE UP A MULTITUDE of flavors on the Hollywood studio’s back lot.
The 50th anniversary block party, Game On! Together Let’s Beat Cancer, included over 90 well-known restaurants, wineries, breweries, dessert makers and more. Top-of-the-line eateries included Nobu Malibu, Lawry’s The Prime Rib, Pink’s Hot Dogs, A.O.C., Bertha Mae’s Brownie Co., Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams and Caffe Luxxe. It was almost a shame that there were so many choices because I couldn’t possibly try them all, much to my great and forever disappointment!
Standout beverage options included Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop, Duvel, Buzzbar, Milagro Tequila, Empress 1908 Gin and Common Space Brewery. (No, I didn’t get to try all of those, either, in case you’re wondering.)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Honoree Alexandra M. Levine; Derek Alpert, president of the Concern Foundation; and Jackie Gottlieb, Concern Foundation executive board chair.
The evening paid tribute to community philanthropists Lisi and Steve Teller, as well as Special Lifetime Achievement Honoree Alexandra M. Levine, a professor of hematology and chief medical officer emerita at City of Hope, who Steve Teller recognized as someone who “has helped make medicine not only a science, but an art.”
The block party experience gave guests the opportunity to play on a Twister board or choose other interactive games such as Jenga and Chutes & Ladders. Others chose to get some retro bowling under their belts, participate in a game show and dance the night away to the tunes of the Tom Nolan Band, D’ City Sound & Events and the Jason Goldstein Sextet on separate stages throughout the back lot.
CANDYLAND-THEMED STAGE at the Concern Foundation’s 50th annual cancer awareness fundraiser.
But that’s not all! As if the games and food and drink weren’t enough, the event also offered Beauty Bus Foundation glam makeovers, spa services by Fairmont Spa Century Plaza and a digital photo studio by Brian Kramer Photography. As the night and music progressed, guests made their way to an outdoor casino, where dozens of gaming tables, along with beautiful bow-tied dealers, stood in for Las Vegas itself. Supporters “gambled” the night away with free starter chips, collecting raffle tickets in hopes of winning big prizes at night’s end.
The fun and merriment paid off when the foundation revealed that the evening raised over $2.5 million during a time when
GUESTS TRY their hands at poker on the Paramount Studios back lot.
cancer research funds are under assault and needed now more than ever.
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