Eradicating hunger is a global priority and the Interface Foundation partner organization Stop Hunger Now is leading the way.
This past week my dear friend Paris Hilton called & invited me to her birthday party. I found this to be the perfect opportunity to share with her close friends the mission of the Interface Foundation–to leverage the power of business & celebrity for the benefit of high impact public charities achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
At her party, I carried around a bag of food that I had the opportunity to package with others at the Stop Hunger Now Million Meal Event at UNC Chapel Hill. With a house full of beautiful & famous people like Hayden Panettiere, Nicky Hilton, Kevin Connolly, Simon Rex, Russell Simmons, the guys from Three 6 Mafia, Joy Enriquez, the new pop duo group Main Street, music producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, J Ambrozic, businessman Robert Earl who owns Planet Hollywood, publicist Elliot Mintz, Laura Harring, comedian Andy Milonakis to name a few it couldn’t be more fun or a better opportunity to talk about our philanthropic work. Everyone was interested to the point that email addresses & mobile phone numbers were given because they all want to help the process. Kevin Connolly of Entourage volunteered, as Simon Rex talked up Interface, to go on a trip to Guatemala or Africa. Who said global philanthropic work cannot be fun???
We at Interface continute to support relief organizations such as Stop Hunger Now which have the means to deliver meals into school feeding programs that sustain lifelong change..
In the midst of cotton candy, sliders, sweet potato fries, and a huge birthday cake, we hit a home run in sharing the vision of Interface.
Happy Birthday Paris & thanks for letting your party be a chance to share our philanthropic vision of ending hunger in our lifetime with all your friends. The cake was amazing…
That’s inspiring, Scott. It’s great that Paris also had the vision to celebrate her Day by celebrating I:F and the work you are doing with her and now with your new friends going forward. A birthday is a perfect time to declare our Stands of who we are and how we choose to live. Bravo!
THE craziest thing just happened (you probably don’t remember me, but I remember you and your family from the Suncrest 2nd Ward in Orem). I was on Paris Hilton’s twitter page and she tweeted about her “good friend, Scott Lazerson”. I thought to myself, I know that name…could it be? So I googled “paris hilton and scott lazerson” and IT WAS YOU!! What a total trip! Good for you and all the work your doing. It is very inspiring. You have a darling family. Your kids are getting so old! (I guess mine are too =D LOL)
Anyway, I have lots of pics on my blog at http://www.willericksonfamily.blogspot.com. We just moved back to the mainland from HI. Will was in school there for 3 years. We loved it there and miss it immensly. Great to reconnect! Take care and tell Heidi “Hello” for me. KJ