(Los Angeles, CA) – Popular actor Danny Trejo and successful Los Angeles restaurateur was this year’s honoree at The Jonathan Foundation’s 12th Annual Spring Fundraiser at the Sheraton Universal Hotel recently. The Trejo family was in attendance as he received the Lifetime Impact Award and a birthday cake as he celebrated his 82nd birthday. Trejo received the award for a life of resilience, transformation, and unwavering commitment to inspiring and uplifting youth.
Danny understands the importance of helping children with learning disabilities. He has two stepsons by his former wife, Maeve Crommie, who are autistic. Trejo has dedicated his life to helping others by counseling youths facing drug charges and by participating in other charitable causes, such as collecting for food banks and handing out clothes to those in need. By 1973, he became involved in drug rehabilitation programs to help people who struggled with substance abuse.
Danny Trejo is presented with his birthday cake by the event Host, five-time Emmy Award winner Fritz Coleman, a retired weathercaster who works for NBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles.
Other honorees include Mona Patel, MD, FAAP, who is the Chief Integrated Delivery Systems Officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and President of CHLA Medical Group, and Dr. Connie Kasari, a distinguished Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry.
The Jonathan Foundation Fundraiser was hosted by popular five-time Emmy Award winner Fritz Coleman, a retired weathercaster who works for NBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles.
The Jonathan Foundation addresses the needs of children with autism and educational, emotional, social cognitive, and behavioral challenges through referral to professionals and organizations that provide advocacy, education, assessments, and resources to create a collaboration between families and school districts.
Raja Marhaba, Founder and President of The Jonathan Foundation, has established a Student Assessment and Advocacy Program, and proceeds from this fundraiser will go toward assessments and advocacy services. The Jonathan Foundation advocates for children with learning disabilities and provides advocacy resources for children with intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, ADD/ADHD, apraxia, autism/asperger’s, behavioral disorders, bipolar, brain injury, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, diabetes, Down syndrome, dyslexia, epilepsy, learning disabilities, mental health, mental retardation, oppositional defiant disorder, and Tourette’s syndrome.
The Hollywood Times managing editor, Judy Shields was there to cover this event. Here is our link for her story:
