Los Angeles charity raises record $4 million at gala honouring Rob and Michele Reiner’s legacy
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Months after the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, the Children’s Institute turned its annual Cape & Gown Gala into a record-setting tribute to their work on behalf of children and families.
The Los Angeles charity raised $4 million at the November 8 event, according to a PR Newswire release, drawing more than 600 guests to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.The evening honored the Reiners’ decades of advocacy, including their role in creating First 5 California and their support for the legal challenge that helped pave the way for marriage equality nationwide.
Their children, Jake and Romy Reiner, presented the inaugural Michele & Rob Reiner Champion for Change Award to Jamie Lee Curtis.A record-setting nightThe $4 million raised at the gala marks a record for Children’s Institute, according to the organization.
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