The MPTF requires 20 years in the industry to live at Country House for other services, requirements vary and are available at its website,. And I thought, ‘This is going to be one of my top causes.’ ” I suddenly saw the miracle of what the home could do. The friend was taken to MPTF, where the team did a complete medical evaluation and provided solutions - “and my old friend returned: joyous, funny, no more memory problems. Lansing saw her friend in a downward spiral of debt, depression, alcohol and prescription drugs. The turning point for her was due to a close friend, who was living a modest life and had made no financial blunders but was running out of money. “But MPTF wasn’t a top priority until two years ago.” “I was always impressed by the MPTF and I made annual contributions, for probably 30 years I felt it was my moral duty,” she says. Lansing was an industry groundbreaker, with a long career as a studio head and producer since she retired 17 years ago, she has been equally successful in her philanthropy. Sherry Lansing is co-chair of the 100th host committee, preparing the June 18 gala event. We want people in the industry to point us in the right direction.” We realized we needed to get expertise in helping them. “For example, we noticed more and more military vets in the industry who are struggling to get VA benefits. The Next Generation Council (now called NextGen) launched in 1996 partly to remind young people about their eligibility for benefits and their contributions (money or volunteer work).īeitcher says showbiz people provide clues about what’s needed. No other industry in the country does this for its workers and their families.”Īnother misconception is that MPTF only helps retired people. Goldwyn reminds his co-workers: “We all have jobs today, but every one of us - or the person next to us - could be in a real bind at some point. So Peggy and Samuel Goldwyn Jr.’s donations created the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation Children’s Center in 1990 “and it’s still going strong,” he says. “My dad realized so many industry workers did not have affordable child care.” MPTF provided assistance through the Depression and WWII the Country House in Woodland Hills opened in 1942 and services are constantly added. It’s important to get out the message that people in the industry have an opportunity to benefit from this organization in their time of need,” she adds. Through their volunteer programs and financial programs, “they are providing food assistance, social services, physical therapy, mental-health services, elder care, child-care, financial aid, assistance to military veterans, all kinds of things. That’s certainly the jewel in the crown, but it’s so much more than that.” Producer Lauren Shuler Donner, on the board of governors, adds, “A lot of people think the MPTF is just the Country House & Hospital. I hope we can get the word out, to provide services for people and help free up support for our programs.” “Probably seven out of 10 people in the industry don’t know who we are. “Part of my hope for the future: Communicating to the industry who we are and what we do,” says Bob Beitcher, MPTF president-CEO.
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