Tony Curtis Donates `Some Like It Hot` Art To Second Chance Foundation
Released on = September 13, 2006, 11:23 am
Press Release Author = Camelot Marketing
Industry = Entertainment
Press Release Summary = Tony Curtis to donate \"Some Like It Hot\" art to Second Chance Foundation for benefit fundraiser. Art images include \"Some Like It Hot\" co-starts Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon.
Press Release Body = A benefit for the Second Chance Foundation featuring a screening of "Some Like It Hot" will take place on September 14th. 2006. The event, starting at 7:00PM with a reception will be held at The Palms Casino Hotel and the Brendon Theaters Hotel located at 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas.
The Second Chance Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2004 with the mission to educate the public on the critical need of organ and tissue donation, dispel some misconceptions about donation and create a greater willingness to donate.
Tony Curtis, star of "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, has donated several pieces of art towards the silent auction conducted during the benefit. The donated pieces are montages of Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon from the movie "Some Like It Hot". .
"Art has given me a second chance to express myself. I sincerely hope that funds received from my art will give somebody else the far more significant second chance of a better quality of life, "states Curtis.
After the screening of "Some Like It Hot" Tony Curtis will participate in a question and answer session with Dean Koep, and the movie\'s producer, Walter Mirisch.
Bob Mirisch, Executive Director of Second Chance Foundation states "We offer limited grants through our Patient Services Program to patients who find themselves in financial need in relation to organ donation. We exist to help patients who are in need of an organ transplant, on a transplant waiting list or are post-transplant."
"Through the multiple miracles of medicine and science, we enter the 21st century with the ability to place another person\'s heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, pancreas and small intestines into a loved one or stranger\'s body and by doing so save the life of the organ recipient."
"It would have been considered science fiction six decades ago. Now people think of it as \"routine\". To me it will never be routine. It is the culmination of many miracles being rolled into one miracle that gives suffering patients a Second Chance at life," continues Mirisch.
"It is the reason for the name of the Second Chance Foundation and it is the mission of this foundation to make the \"Gift of Life\" more available and to make the healing process easier by easing some of the stress (physical, emotional, educational and financial) that those waiting for an organ experience." "The Jewish Torah tells us \"To save a single life is to save the world.\" Can we do any better than that?" concludes Mirisch.
For more information about the Second Chance Foundation please go to: About Tony Curtis Tony Curtis, Hollywood legend and star of over 150 movies including "Some Like It Hot", is also an accomplished artist. His work may be found in collections in over the world. For more information about Tony Curtis art please call him at 702-736-1767 or visit his online gallery at
Web Site = http://www.TonyCurtis.com
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