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24 | December 2, 2020 | MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
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GIVING
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uniquely structured in that
they partner with other charities
to benefit the greater
good.
MALIBUGIVES brings
solutions for mental health
and fundraising with Transformative
Plays (transformativeplays.org).
“These are
socially relevant, downloadable
plays that heal,” said
Lenise Soren, chairwoman
and founder of MALIBU-
GIVES and the development
producer of Transformative
Plays. “Carl Stillitano, Malibu
playwright, via New York,
makes reading a fun, interactive
experience.”
Soren elaborated, saying,
“People read and re-read these
plays and the plays give — not
only in their quality of writing,
but also because we are donating
50 percent of the proceeds
from the sales of each play to
chosen nonprofits, wellness
initiatives and entrepreneurs
via their custom code on the
website.”
Soren discussed the expansive
vision for MALIBU-
GIVES.
“We hope to create a considerable
amount of cash flow
where it’s needed and to also
create a superb vehicle for actors
to give to their favorite
charities by using their talent
in purposeful work with audio
recordings and live and recorded
play readings that are
coming to Malibu soon.”
MALIBUGIVES’ new
home is a 2,300-square-foot
multi-purposeful sanctuary
with rooftop event space to
collaborate and support other
nonprofits. Soren characterized
the space as a one-of-akind
place to create content
and fundraise with live shows
offering life-size crystals and
wellness, meditation, performances
and art exhibitions.
To find out more, call 310)-
589-ROCK, email transformativeplays@gmail.com
or
malibugives@gmail.com.
Malibuite Jane Seymour’s
Open Hearts Foundation, now
in its 10th year, made its biggest
impact in the midst of
the pandemic by creating an
emergency relief fund, hosting
virtual volunteer events online
and challenging the world to
help others in its #OpenHeartedChallenge,
a mobile app, according
to Seymour and Trena
Pitchford, executive director
of the charity.
“We’ve had an incredible
year of giving,” Seymour told
Malibu Surfside News. “With
every crisis there is an opportunity.”
Seymour noted that she
created an Open Hearts infinity
scarf to raise funds to
support outreach efforts and
she auctioned some of her artwork
to benefit Open Hearts’
#MakeASeniorSmile virtual
volunteer hour and the foundation’s
various other efforts.
The emergency relief fund
was created in April and invested
more than $284,550.00
in grants to 22 charities on the
frontlines of the pandemic,
serving women and children
including foster youth, domestic
violence victims, food
banks, those needing PPE
equipment and formerly incarcerated
women with children,
among other causes, Pitchford
said.
The Open Hearts Foundation’s
charity partners are
highlighted at openheartsfoundation.org,
and include
Malibu-based Children’s Lifesaving
Foundation, which was
awarded a $25,000 matching
grant to support the Step Forward
Family Emergency Fund
Campaign.
For more information, email
info@openheartsfoundation.
org or call 855-852-1367.
Please see GIVING, 26
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