Mayor of Los Angeles to Present Humanitarian Award to Sherry Lansing

2008-05-09 21:46:08 -

- Rotary Club of Century City Gloria Herrera, 310-552-0096 or Blattel Communications Eric Miller, 323-944-0323 The Rotary Club of Century City today announced that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is slated to present its humanitarian award to Sherry Lansing on May 29th at a gala banquet in the Los Angeles Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.

Lansing is receiving the Century City Rotary Club's Humanitarian Award, not only for her trailblazing work in the film industry but for her post-Hollywood commitment to philanthropy that led her to create The Sherry Lansing Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to cancer research, education, art and culture.

"Mayor Villaraigosa was Sherry's first choice when we asked her who she would like to present the award," said Gloria Herrera, Past President of the Rotary Club of Century City. "We were thrilled that the Mayor's office would even consider it."

The gala banquet is the annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Century City and is attended by leaders the business community as well as the entertainment industry. The award will be memorialized the next day at a presentation on the Avenue of the Stars where a bronze plaque will be set into the sidewalk. The plaque will recognize Lansing as the 2007 "Service Above Self" honoree. Sponsors of the event include First Regional Bank, Mellon Bank, Saban Family Trust, UBS, and Westfields

For ticket information, please contact Michael Douglas Carlin, Publisher & Editor, Century City News, (424) 789-2136 editor@centurycitynews.com

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