Glenn Close To Be Honored With The AGA Leadership Award At The
Second Annual American Giving Awards Presented By Chase
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Six-time
Oscar nominated, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winning actress
Glenn Close will be honored with the
AGA Leadership Award for her philanthropic endeavors at the second
annual American Giving Awards (AGAs) presented by Chase. Hosted by
Joel McHale (NBC's "Community," "The
Soup"), the AGAs will air on Saturday,
December 8 (8-10 p.m. ET) on
NBC from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.
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"We are proud to present Glenn
Close with the AGA Leadership Award," said Peter L. Scher, Executive Vice President and
Head of Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase. "Glenn's
continuous generosity and her commitment to raising awareness for
mental illness have shown that in addition to being a remarkable
actress, she is also an extraordinary advocate."
In 2009, Glenn Close -- with the
blessing of her sister Jessie, who lives with bipolar disorder and
her nephew, Calen, who lives with schizoaffective disorder --
co-founded BringChange2Mind, a not for profit organization
committed to ending the stigma, and prejudice around mental
illness. The Close family had learned that stigma can be as
devastating as the diseases themselves. The evolution of this
movement began when Jessie asked Glenn to use her celebrity to
focus on the stigma. It grew out of Glenn's first-hand observations
of Jessie's and Calen's struggles with their illnesses and their
brave journey to recovery. It was further informed by Close's
subsequent volunteer work at Fountain House, a globally-acclaimed,
New York based, clubhouse model
program that provides people with mental illness critical access to
education, employment and community.
BringChange2Mind was created with The Balanced Mind Foundation,
Fountain House, Garen and Shari
Staglin of IMHRO (International Mental Health Research
Organization), and has the support of the major mental health
organizations in this country. BringChange2Mind partners with the
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on a national walk
series called NAMIWalks, which had 40 BringChange2Mind teams across
the country raising awareness about anti-stigma messaging and
raising funds for local mental health services earlier this
year.
In October 2009, BringChange2Mind
created a national anti-stigma public service campaign. Its
powerful, signature PSA is raising awareness about mental illness
and has, to date, reached nearly one billion media impressions. The
PSA was directed by Ron Howard and
John Mayer lent his song "Say" to
the cause. Not only were Glenn, Jessie and Calen in the PSA, but
they were joined by Jessie's daughter, Mattie and Glenn's daughter,
Annie -- demonstrating their belief that mental illness is "a
family affair." BringChange2Mind continues to develop a vital and
effective global grassroots community of people affected by mental
illness, who have the courage to tell their stories without fear or
shame, supported by their families and loved ones. Close and
members of her family are actively involved in the BringChange2Mind
challenge of addressing the prejudice and stigma around mental
illness where it can be found -- in all of us.
During the broadcast produced by dick clark productions and
Intersport, Colbie Caillat will join
performers Darius Rucker and
Lifehouse with Natasha Bedingfield
by taking the stage to lend their voices to honor the local heroes
from each AGA finalist. Previously announced presenters include
Anthony Anderson (Guys with
Kids), Olivia Culpo (Miss USA
2012), Jenna Elfman (1600
Penn), Jenna Fischer (The
Office), Jamie-Lynn Sigler
(Guys with Kids) and Gary
Sinise (CSI: NY).
The AGAs is a televised celebrity tribute to community heroes,
offering twenty-five charities an opportunity to share in
$2 million in Chase grants so they
may continue their work in helping others. Fans of Chase
Community Giving can vote for their favorite charity on Facebook,
and Chase online customers can vote on www.chase.com/chasegiving
during the voting period, which runs from November 27 – December
4. Of the five top vote-getters from each category, the
charity with the most votes will receive a $1 million grant, the runner-up will be granted
$500,000, a third organization will
receive a $250,000 grant and two will
be given $125,000 grants.
For more information, please visit
www.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving and click the "American
Giving Awards" tab. Get updates and join the conversation on
Twitter by following @ChaseGiving and using #GivingAwards.
For the full program rules, visit:
apps.facebook.com/americangivingawards/pages/program-rules
About Chase:
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial
banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading
global financial services firm with assets of $2.3 trillion and operations in more than 60
countries. Chase serves more than 50 million consumers and small
businesses through more than 5,500 bank branches, 18,000 ATMs,
mortgage offices, and online and mobile banking as well as through
relationships with auto dealerships. More information about Chase
is available at www.chase.com.
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such as the "American Music Awards," "Golden Globe Awards,"
"Academy of Country Music Awards," and "Dick Clark's New
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