Point Foundation Honors the Arts

Point Foundation Honors the Arts

Point Foundation honors Actress Kristin Chenoweth with Point Courage Award and Wells Fargo with Point Inspiration Award at Los Angeles Benefit

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WHO: Point Courage Award recipient Tony(R) Award-winning and Emmy(R) nominated actress Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, West Wing, Wicked), Point Inspiration Award recipient Wells Fargo, plus T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy), AnnaLynne McCord (90210), Ryan Eggold (90210), Bryan Batt (Mad Men), Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer), Ellen Greene (Pushing Daisies), Judith Light (Ugly Betty), Tracie Thoms (Cold Case), Eric Millegan (Bones), Clementine Ford (L Word), Allan Louis (Privileged), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys, the Musical), Lea Michele (Spring Awakening), Christopher Rice (Author) and more to be confirmed.

WHAT: Join us in honoring current and future champions of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community at Point Honors.

The Point Inspiration Award will be presented to Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo has demonstrated bold leadership in workplace equality and philanthropic endeavors supporting education and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. For the past five years, Wells Fargo has received a perfect 100 on Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index. Kristin Chenoweth, Tony(R) Award-wining and Emmy(R) nominated actress from Pushing Daisies, West Wing and Broadway's production of Wicked, will be presented with the Point Courage Award in honor of her work on stage/film/television, her commitment to education and her courage and support of the LGBT community.

   WHEN: Saturday, September 13, 2008   5:30 PM - Press check-in   6:30 PM - Celebrity Arrivals    WHERE: Jim Henson Studios   1416 North La Brea   Los Angeles, CA 90028   6:00 pm Pre-show Reception/Silent Auction   7:30 pm Dinner & Award Program   10:00pm After Party    TABLES & TICKETS: 866.337.6468  -- http://www.pointfoundation.org/    PRESENTING SPONSOR: Motorola, Inc.   PREMIER SPONSORS: PricewaterhouseCoopers   PRINCIPAL SPONSORS: Showtime, Stiletto Entertainment, Washington Mutual   MEDIA SPONSORS: Frontiers Magazine, Genre, IN Los Angeles Magazine   

Point Foundation is the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit.

Point Foundation is a non-profit corporation classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (C)(3) organization

CONTACT: Jennifer Kolmel of Point Foundation, +1-323-933-1234, +1-310-849-6015, Jennifer@pointfoundation.org

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Source: Point Foundation

Web Site: http://www.pointfoundation.org/

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