I sent letters to Katherine Heigl http://www.kheigl.com/, Apl.de.ap (aka Allan Pineda) http://www.apldeap.com/ of the Black Eyed Peas and Valerie Harper http://www.valerieharper.com/ asking them to consider being on our Honorary Board in line with the governance plan of our Board of Directors to build our honorary board. As famous as she is, Katherine Heigl is a sponsor in our Opportunity House program and her sister was adopted through our Welcome House program. Apl.de.ap., a part of the hip-hop group, Black Eyed Peas, was a beneficiary in our Philippines sponsorship program. He was actually adopted by his sponsor when he was fourteen and came to live in the USA. Valerie Harper, on the other hand, has been a long time supporter and friend. She co-wrote and performed a one-woman play about the life of Pearl S. Buck which was fabulous. She was recently on broadway in "Looped" and was nominate for a Tony award for her performance. I'm happy to say that I received my first reply from Katherine Heigl’s mother who told me her daughter would be honored to be on our honorary board. Katherine (or Katie as her mom called her) will be making a movie this summer in Pittsburgh. I invited her to come to visit the Pearl Buck House if she has any down time while the movie is in process. It would be great for her to see the legacy of Pearl S. Buck in action and our beautiful property which is in full bloom right now. One down, two to go!
Janet L. Mintzer
President & CEO
Pearl S. Buck International
http://www.pearlsbuck.org/
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