Fundraising conducted for Trust for Public Land to collect U.S. $ 12.5 million, to buy Cahuenga Peak is not quite up to the expected amount. This rescue effort of Hollywood sign is not over despite the deadline of April 14th has passed. Fortunatelly, Chicago investment firm that has a land area of 55 hectares would be willing to extend the deadline until 30 April.
So far efforts of the community organizations has successfully collect U.S. $ 11 million in just a matter of weeks. In his announcement, president of the Trust for Public Land, Will Rogers said they have now amassed a fund of U.S. $ 11 million. And the remaining, U.S. $ 500,000 living, to be cultivated until the deadline for renewal at the end of this month.
“We need to fundraise a total of U.S. $ 12.5 million and now we get U.S. $ 11 million. Deadline we initially fell today, 14 April, but thanks for the cooperation of landowners, now we have time limit to 30 April,” said Rogers in the announcement made on Wednesday (14 / 4).
Aileen Getty and The Tiffany & Co.. have participated by donating money from the sale of bicycles and matching gift from Tiffany.
While other donations worth U.S. $ 3.1 million gained from Hollywood to reach the funds collected at this time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, CBS Corporation, The Entertainment Industry Foundation, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, the Lucasfilm Foundation, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros.. Entertainment Inc.. and Time Warner Inc.., and The Walt Disney Company Foundation, is among this list of contributors. Apart from the role of art such as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Norman Lear.
Other donations in the can from the society, enterprises and support through social networking site Facebook.
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Posted on Apr 16 in Celebrity. Tags: Aileen Getty, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Facebook, Hollywood Sign, Lucasfilm Foundation, Social Networking, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Company
