AVCOA - FEEDING THE HUNGRY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY

Patrons of AVCOA, Lydia Cornell (center) Brad Berens (Executive Director) taken Sat, Sept. 14, 2013

Saturday night I got to be a celeb host of the AVCOA Golden Era of Hollywood Event at University of Antelope Valley in Lancaster, California

I want to thank the amazing people who brought me in to this event and this organization. I also loved the hotel they always put us up in: Hilton's EMBASSY SUITES of Palmdale, California

I love Linda B. Vasquez, Brad Berens, Candy Havlock and Steven Angebrandt.

Thank you. You are an amazing group of people doing so much good.

There are over 11,000 miles of seniors and poor, hungry, neglected souls out here in the vast desert of the AV, home to our military installations of Edwards Airforce Base, Northrop, Lockheed Martin.. and several interesting Drone test programs.

This used to be the place they dropped off the mentally unstable and the poorest of the poor. They are being aged out of the system and there are only two social workers for all these thousands of people due to BUDGET CUTS

These poor seniors who are living on bare minimum social security -- if they are even able to get their checks -- need our help. They need people to volunteer to check on them and make sure they have proper ventilation in this desert heat of 112 degrees. I ran out of gas on Saturday on my way out to Palmdale and almost boiled in the car even with the windows open!

Let's all do our part in whatever community you and I live in.

THANK YOU !

~ Blessings

And please donate if and when you can:

http://avcoa.org/
AVCOA is a 501 c 3 Federal Tax ID #23-7360206

The Artist's Struggle

THE STRUGGLE TO BE AN ARTIST while believing your only worth is in how you look. Strange conundrum in America.

For a long time I've wanted to write about teenagers, materialism, looksism, sexism and depression in America. It's far beyond a teenage problem. Now it seems to affect all age groups.

What is it about our country, that remains so primitive and unawakened? We almost seem to thumb our nose at higher ideas. And how can a country thrive or survive on the archaic model of cut-throat competition?  If you win, I lose?  We should be cooperative not competitive.

The 80s, when my show (Too Close for Comfort) came on the air, are now known as the "greed era."  But when I was a young girl, all I dreamed about was being a movie star or model. My favorites were Hayley Mills, Colleen Corby, Rene Russo, Christie Brinkley and Cheryl Tiegs.

But what I really wanted to be was Walt Disney. Or Thomas Edison. Or Albert Einstein. If only our country and our society valued intelligence in young women.

Then, when I was on my first cover of a magazine, next to these icons on the newstand, I had to pinch myself.

But there is something wrong with a society that values only the material picture.

When will we grow up?

To be continued...

This weekend I did a charity event for AVCOA: Antelope Valley Community on Aging. (The Greek Chronicles) as well. Your participation will mean that literall

y dozens of elders in our community will receive hot meals and other forms of assistance that otherwise would not have been possible. - received this note from Linda Vasquez. Thank you to everyone involved. Had a BLAST in Lancaster where I filmed "Quantum Leap" pilot years ago.  STayed at Embassy Suites in Palmdale - an amazing hotel! THANK YOU BRAD BERENS and LINDA VASQUEZ and many more.