“Support the troops with more than lip service”
NEWS from SFTT Foundation
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Contact: Maura Kallaway at 203-629-0288
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY COMICS STAND UP FOR THE B.E.S.T.
Comedy night benefit raised awareness and funds to safeguard US troops who protect us
[Greenwich, CT- December 9, 2008] It was turnabout for a Greenwich, CT based educational foundation that provides a voice and platform for America’s frontline troops. Three professional comics with local roots lent their considerable comedic voices to benefit SFTT’s B.E.S.T. (Best Equipment to Support the Troops). Genevieve Joy, a graduate of the Convent of Sacred Heart in Greenwich; Greenwich resident Jane Condon, and Stamford native Dan Naturman were among a number of talented stand up comics who performed at Comix in NYC to raise awareness and funds to get our brave warriors the best available equipment to make it home alive and in one piece.
Produced by Genevieve Joy, and hosted by Comical Radio and Comix, the SFTT B.E.S.T. Comedy Night benefit played to a packed house at Comix at 353 West 14th Street on Thursday, November 13. Eilhys England Hackworth, SFTT Chair thanked supporters from New York, Greenwich and Stamford, members of the military, and the comics who gave their B.E.S.T. performances for honoring the troops and recognizing SFTT’s work on their behalf.
SFTT (www.sftt.org) is a non-partisan apolitical organization chaired by Eilhys England, a Greenwich resident who co-founded the organization with her late husband Col. David Hackworth, America’s most valor-decorated soldier. Comedy night chairs were Kathalynn Davis of Stamford and Darrah Gleason of Greenwich. Joining Eilhys England as Honorary Chairs for the Comedy Night benefit were Charles Grodin, SFTT Advisory Board Director and B.E.S.T. Chair Shelly Tretter Lynch of Greenwich, SFTT Advisory Board Director Edmund Duffy, SFTT Vice-Chair Roger Charles and SFTT President Fred Tanne.
For information on SFTT, visit the foundation’s website at http://www.sftt.org/ or phone 203--629-0288.
ABOUT SFTT Foundation
SFTT was founded by Col. David Hackworth and Eilhys England Hackworth to educate our country's citizens on the need to give a voice to our serving sons and daughters and to demand that they receive: Equipment superior to the best an enemy can employ against them; Training that fully prepares them to succeed in all assigned missions; Leadership dedicated to selfless service and the timeless values of duty, honor, and country. Through news breaking reporting from the foundation’s Defense Watch webzine, which is regularly monitored and sought out by major media, SFTT has been instrumental in shining the bright light of public scrutiny on injustices from anthrax vaccines to Abu Ghraib to substandard body armor. SFTT and Defense Watch have been the source, credited and not, for recent front page articles and news segments in the New York Times and the Washington Post, the Washington Times and 60 Minutes, NBC, CNN, ABC and other national print and broadcast news programs. The 501(c)3 organization is supported by donations from concerned individuals. More information can be found on the foundation website www.SFTT.org and its newly launched Families For The Troops website www.FFTT.us.
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JPG Images: (higher res versions of these images and additional images available on request)
image 1 - l-r Genevieve Joy, Eilhys England Hackworth of Greenwich, Kathalynn Davis of Stamford
image 2 - Jane Condon of Greenwich
image 3 - Dan Naturman of Stamford
Three professional comics from our area - Convent of the Sacred Heart of Greenwich graduate, Genevieve Joy; Greenwich resident Jane Condon and Stamford native Dan Naturman were among a group of comedians stepping up to the mike at Comix in NYC on November 13 in a special benefit performance for SFTT’s B.E.S.T. (Best Equipment to Support the Troops). Greenwich, CT based SFTT Foundation (www.SFTT.org) provides a voice and platform for America’s frontline troops.
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