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Friendly House LA Awards Luncheon
(Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, October 27, 2012)
Friendly House was founded in 1951 and was one of the first
treatment centers in the United States for women recovering
from substance and alcohol abuse. In fact, it’s one of the
models for recovery homes in the United States and Europe.
Friendly House has successfully treated thousands
of women with a success rate of 76% compared to
the hospital average of 35%. The organization is solely
supported by private donations and grants, by the
fundraising efforts of the Board of Directors, Grateful Hearts
(former residents of Friendly House), and special events
such as the annual awards luncheon and Fashion for Life.
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The Shambala Preserve
(6867 Soledad Canyon Road, Acton, CA 93610)
(October 2011)
A staunch animal lover, Richard Chamberlain
made donations for a Shambala Preserve auction.
The Shambala Preserve, and the Roar Foundation
that supports it, are an initiative of actress Tippi Hedren.
It all started after the completion of the film ROAR.
Tippi Hedren, who was the producer of the film,
took care of the lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs,
mountain lions and elephants that had worked hard
to make the film. The actress still takes care of them,
along with their offspring and many newcomers
at the Shambala Preserve. Many of Shamblala's
residents are cast-offs from private owners,
zoos and circuses. Tippi Hedren resides
at Shambala in a cottage surrounded by big cat
compounds, "I awaken to their roars."
Shambala is an elegant ancient Sanskrit word that means
"A meeting place of peace and harmony for all beings,
animal and human."
The Preserve is open to the public on a reservation basis.
http://www.shambala.org/
Richard Chamberlain with a big cat
of the non-roaring kind...
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The Bark Avenue Foundation
(Los Angeles, September 17, 2011)
On national Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2011, September 17,
Richard Chamberlain participated in the Bark Avenue Foundation's
3rd Annual "Get Your Licks On Route 66" event in downtown Los Angeles.
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5th USA National Doodle Day
(May 12, 2011)
Richard Chamberlain has contributed, together with other celebrities,
to the USA National Doodle Day by creating a doodle thas is being
auctioned on Ebay till May 22 to raise funds for individuals
and families affected by Neurofibromatosis. USA National Doodle
Day is the major fundraiser for Neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder
of the nervous system.
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SAG Award Holiday Auction
(Los Angeles, December 10, 2010)
The lists of items in the Holiday Auction were organized by
Experiences, Autographed Memorabilia and Collectibles.
Richard Chamberlain contributed to the Auction with an autographed
copy of his memoir "Shattered Love".
The SAG Awards Auctions benefit the SAG Foundation to help
make possible the Foundation's public children's literacy programs:
BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and
Storyline Online. The Auction also supports Foundation programs
providing emergency relief to SAG members in economic
distress, video and audio preservation of the creative legacy
of SAG members, scholarships for performers and their
children, emergency funds for members with catastrophic
illnesses and The Actor’s Center.
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Green Right Now
(March 17, 2009)
An Eco-Crusader in Spamalot
GRN: You’ve been vocal for many years about environmental affairs. How does it feel finally to have the world sort of catching up to you on that?
RC: Well, it’s wonderful that people actually are paying attention. I don’t know if we’re changing our habits that much, but I hope we do. It’s so funny, this business with oil prices: Suddenly everyone wants a little fuel-efficient car, and then the prices go down and everyone wants SUVs and trucks again. I mean, we’re really nuts — human beings, let’s face it, we’re nuts. Gosh, I live in Hawaii on Maui now, and the rampant, rampant development has just been incredibly insane, fueled by mainland development interests who just want to make a quick buck. One good thing about this awful depression we’re in is that it’s stopped development cold. The islands are so small and so fragile and so beautiful, it’s just a shame to see them kind of eaten up.
GRN: Obviously, you celebrate the natural beauty of Hawaii; is there any kind of concern that the more you celebrate something you want to preserve —
RC: Yes.
GRN: — that you’re also attracting attention, that ironically could damage it.
RC: Yes, I hate magazines like Conde Nast Traveler, that are always saying, “ah, the new hidden unknown place…” and suddenly it gets totally mowed down by Donald Trump and all those people.
GRN: How did your interest in this begin? What motivated you?
RC: Well, I’ve always been knocked out by nature. And to see it endangered just hurts.
It always has.
GRN: Can you remember the first public effort you made?
RC: The first big deal I got involved with was the Tuolumne river, that runs out of Yosemite in California. I had been white-water rafting on it, and the river rats, as they call the people who lead these excursions — wonderful, wonderful people — were telling me that the 85 miles or so of white water was being endangered by people who wanted to build more dams. It was a perfectly used river: It had a few dams, electrical things, irrigation things, and then this 85 miles of pristine magnificence. They wanted to gobble that up too, and I got involved in that process, and actually went to Washington and lobbied in several committees and a lot of senators and stuff. And we won! Against incredible odds. Not just because of me — maybe a tiny bit because of me. But I loved having a part in that wonderful victory.
GRN: You seem mainly motivated by the desire to preserve things that are already beautiful. Are you motivated at all by the more pessimistic side of things, climate change and so on?
RC: Well, yes! I mean, this whole argument about, “are we or are humans not causing…” — it doesn’t really matter, in the sense that [impassioned] it can’t be right to spew millions and millions of tons of horrible stuff into the atmosphere every year. I mean, do you know what we put into the atmosphere every year, from power plants and coal and all that? And into the ocean — oh, my goodness. It can’t be right.
GRN: What are your main current concerns?
RC: I would say reducing emissions from power plants and cars. Finding, investing in alternative fuels. We spend a trillion dollars in Iraq, and — I mean, this is an old story, but oh, imagine what we could have developed with a trillion dollars! In terms of energy use, we’d have hydrogen cars, we’d have cars running on water, for Pete’s sake.
Copyright © 2009 John DeFore Green Right Now
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The Senate
State of Hawaii
(Honolulu, May 5, 2004)
Richard Chamberlain was honored, in this proclamation,
by the Senate of the State of Hawaii.
(Courtesy of Annie)
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Camp "Goodtimes"
Together with other celebrities, Richard Chamberlain supported
during a certain time Camp "Goodtimes", a non profit
organization founded by parents of children with cancer,
in Malibu. The first Camp Goodtimes event was held
in August 1984 in Vashon Island at Camp Sealth.
Ninety-three children, cancer patients and siblings
attended and twenty-five American Cancer Society
volunteers staffed the camp along with the summer
staff at Camp Sealth. Richard Chamberlain
personally visited the camp.
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Children’s Hospital Miracle Network Telethon
(Los Angeles, May 27 - 28, 1984)
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals was created in 1983
by the Osmond family and John Schneider
as a non-profit organization raising funds for more than 170
children’s hospitals. Each year, Children’s Miracle Network
produces a national telethon broadcasting the weekend
following Memorial Day.
Six months before Gary died, he participated in the telethon,
even doing a spot with Richard Chamberlain. Gary's mother
recalls that Richard Chamberlain signed a stack of autographs,
which Gary promptly sold for a dollar each, and bought pizzas
for all the kids on 5-East, Gary's cystic fibrosis floor.
Richard Chamberlain and Gary
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Care-Medico Ball
(Washington DC, March 1966)
At the ball celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Care-Medico,
guest of honour Richard Chamberlain danced with
Illinois Cherry Blossom Princess, Aurelia Pucinski.
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Lord Jim
Premiere
(Los Angeles, February, 1965)
Richard Chamberlain chose Joan Marshall to be his date to attend
the premiere, in Los Angeles, of "Lord Jim" starring Peter O'Toole.
The gala event was a benefit for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Once Upon a Dime
(January, 1963)
An hour-long production by the National Foundation of the March of Dimes
was shown over television nationally in January 1963.
It was hosted by Dick Powell, and guest artists included Morey Amsterdam,
Pearl Bailey, Richard Chamberlain, Bing Crosby, Lionel Hampton,
Dean Martin, Andre Previn, Juliet Prowse, Rose Marie,
Dick Van Dyke, Jane Wyatt, Ed Wynn, Connie Stevens, Neville Brand,
Don Knotts, Soupy Sales, Cara Williams and Frank Gorshin.
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