Nancy with Fernando nominators Richard Leyden and Wayne Adelstein
Nancy Cartwright was honored to attend the finalist selection luncheon for the 2011 Fernando Awards held at the Hilton Hotel in Woodland Hills on Friday, June 17th. First awarded in 1959, The Fernando Award is the highest honor for volunteerism in the San Fernando Valley and is supported by the Valley Chambers of Commerce as well as civic and philanthropic organizations. (more…)
Nancy Cartwright and her Happy House team are proud to be participating in the San Fernando Valley Heritage Festival at Northridge Park on Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 5. Organization of the event—formerly known as the Salute to Recreation—has been taken over by the Northridge Kiwanis and the North Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the festival will play host to more than 30,000 people over two days. (more…)
The gala opening of the Valley Performing Arts Center at CSUN Saturday, January 29th, 2011 was attended by some very familiar faces. Included were Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Devonshire Police Commander Michael Moore and his beautiful wife Cindy, City Councilman Greig Smith, City Controller Wendy Greuel, Marion Ross, Dave Koz, Calista Flockhart, Benjamin Bratt, Steven Weber, Noah Wyle, Beau Bridges, Cheech Marin, Doris Roberts, Keith David, Jane Kaczmarek and, of course, Nancy Cartwright (who had the honor of introducing CSUN President Jolene Koester). (more…)
Congratulations to Edwin from Reseda, California who was selected from hundreds of entries as the basket winner at Children’s Day 2010. Edwin is pictured below with his children. We hope you all enjoy the basket full of great Simpsons goodies. Happy Holidays!
Saturday November 20th was the “rain or shine” day set aside to bring families together in Woodley Park in the San Fernando Valley to have fun and find out what resources are out there to help kids.
It was more rain than shine to start the day and with the cool air and ankle deep mud it appeared that we wouldn’t have much of a crowd to enjoy the hundreds of booths, rides and entertainment.
But Mister Sun showed his face around 11:30 to a standing ovation from the frigid crowd and it wasn’t long before the families started flooding in! From Noon on there was a steady stream of happy kids, parents and grandparents enjoying all the free balloons, games and resources and joining in on the music and dance.
Happy House® hosted the Good Choices Arts and Crafts tent again this year and it filled up quickly. Hundreds of hats, friendship bracelets, necklaces and other goodies were created and worn throughout the fair. We added a Giant Thank You Card – measuring nearly 100 Feet in length and 4 feet high – where folks signed their names, offered thanks to the LAPD and the city and drew some phenomenal artwork. This giant scroll will be presented to the city and the precincts as a thank you for their efforts on the day.
We also hosted our Happy House Good Choices ™ booth where we conducted a raffle and handed out The Way to Happiness® and How to Make Good Choices booklets and we introduced kids to the Movies with a Message™ Contest.
Nancy joined us and signed autographs for Bart fans and gave the dozens of frigid Happy House volunteers a real big smile.
Thank goodness the sun came out!
