Two Supporters Win the Chance to Attend and Participate in the Star-Studded Telecast to Fight Cancer on September 5th
Los Angeles-- Aug. 28, 2008 -- Stand Up To Cancer (www.standup2cancer.org), a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking cancer research, today announced the winners of their online sweepstakes for a chance to sit in on the celebrity phone bank during the September 5, 2008 event simultaneously broadcast live and commercial free on ABC, CBS and NBC at 8pm EST and PST.
The grand prize winner, Tracy Sestili of San Francisco, will appear on the nationally televised fundraising special sitting next to dozens of A-list celebrities at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA raising money to push cancer from a disease that takes lives to one people can survive.
Sestili, a cancer activist, started a non-profit (beverlyfund.org) in honor of her mother and grandmother, who died of lung cancer. "It was life changing," says Sestili. "Everyone deals with cancer in different ways.
I chose to get involved."
To enter the sweepstakes, contestants were encouraged to use the www.standup2cancer.org website and participate in online activities such as registering an account, joining teams and launching stars in order to earn points redeemable for the sweepstakes entry. The winners were then randomly selected.
The first prize winner, Geraldine Rodriquez of Boca Raton, Florida and her guest won the chance to attend the live event as an audience member. Rodriquez, who is a huge David Cook fan, found out about the Stand Up To Cancer sweepstakes when it was announced that Cook would participate in the show.
The Stand Up To Cancer special will feature live performances by legendary recording artists and stars from film and television who will perform as well as present filmed content giving viewers insight into cancer. Various screening tests will be demonstrated in novel and entertaining ways.
Stars scheduled to appear on the show include:
Jessica Alba, Casey Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Charles Barkley, Halle Berry, Jack Black, Abigail Breslin, Kate Bosworth, Josh Brolin, David Cook, Ellen DeGeneres, Dana Delany, Fran Drescher, Kirsten Dunst, Elizabeth Edwards, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Favreau, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, Brad Garret, Angie Harmon, Neil Patrick Harris, Salma Hayek, Marg Helgenberger, Scarlett Johansson, Diane Keaton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rob Lowe, Mandy Moore, Don Newcombe, Masi Oka, Sharon Osbourne, Danica Patrick, Josh Peck, Mekhi Phifer, Keanu Reeves, Christina Ricci, Robin Roberts, Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron, Goran Visnjic, and Forest Whitaker.
Network news anchors Charles Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams will report on potentially life-saving research, speaking with both patients and scientists.
The September 5th broadcast will feature the premiere of “Just Stand Up,” the all-star charity single benefiting Stand Up To Cancer and produced by L.A. Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds in their first creative reunion on record in nearly two decades. The performance features more than a dozen of the world’s most accomplished female recording artists including Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood.
Beginning September 2nd, “Just Stand Up” will be available to purchase at iTunes and mobile carriers worldwide.
About Stand Up To Cancer
Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and was established by a group of media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders, whose lives have all been affected by cancer in significant ways.
