Scott schwartz from oceans 115/8/2023 To honor the memory of Alicia, who passed away at the age of 4, January 14, 2001, her Grandma Stella & her Poppy Juan started a non-for profit food pantry called Alicia’s House. Alicia’sHouse Food Pantry is 100% Non-profit. All of the money raised will go to feed the hungry and support the pantry. Scott will continue to show his support through raising awareness with his fans about Outnumber Hunger and the staggering issue of hunger in America.Īlicia’s House Food Pantry is completely supported by donations from individuals, businesses, and the various fundraisers. Outnumber Hunger partners with Feeding America and Big Machine Label Group to help Feeding America secure meals on behalf of local food bank. A few years ago, Scott was invited by General Mills to be an Ambassador for Outnumber Hunger. Scott also had the honor of receiving the CHOC Glass Slipper Guild Award (a prestigious award that others that David Beckham, Gwen Stefani among others have received). For the past fourteen years Scott has been an essential part of the fundraising for Alicia’s House Food Pantry along with the late Chicago Cubs pitcher Milt Pappas and the founder (former pro wrestler) Juan Hernandez. Schwartz Children’s Foundation is making a difference in the lives of each child in need by continuing to visit hospitals worldwide, helping Alicia’s House Food Pantry, Children’s Hospitals Worldwide. They are always smiling during his visits and usually begging him to return soon. Scott enjoys visiting pediatric hospitals and bringing what joy he can into the lives of every child he visits. He realizes the value and impact of making a lasting impression on children with cancer and how important it is to make each child feel special. What most fans don’t know is that Scott is really “The Ultimate Nice Guy” and has been visiting children’s hospitals worldwide for the past 19 years after losing his sister to lung cancer in 1998. Schwartz is widely known as the “Ultimate Bad Guy” from his acting career including: Ocean’s 11, 12 & 13, Starsky & Hutch, Spiderman, Fun With Dick And Jane, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Mentalist, Castle, among other feature films and TV shows. Scott hopes to help raise awareness about this very rare and serious form of cancer, so that if others have it they can get it detected and start treatment as soon as possible. Scott was honored to meet the Lucas’s parents and visit his school. The type of cancer that Lucas has is PHE (Pseudomyogenic Hemangioendothelioma), which is an extremely rare type of vascular tumor located in the bones of his foot, leg and knee. This type of cancer has been recorded 13 times in the US, and Lucas is one of the 13. After a ton of research and meeting with specialists his parents found a doctor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who had a good plan that was actually used before on a child. It took four different hospitals to figure out what kind of tumor he had and what kind of treatment he needed. Lucas was diagnosed in 2015 after breaking his foot at his first ever peewee football practice. This year Scott decided to take some photos and videos out to Lucas Winarski at Gilberts Elementary School in Gilberts, IL. (Chicago, IL) Actor/Director/Producer/Philanthropist Scott L.Schwartz (Ocean’s 11, 12, 13) recently returned to Chicago, IL to show his support for Alicia’s House Food Pantry and helped raise over $50,000 for the food pantry.Įvery year while he is in Chicago Scott takes time out of the fundraising to visit a Children’s Hospital Oncology Unit (cancer treatment unit). Schwartz Celebrates 14 Years Of Helping Alicia’s House Food Pantry… in Cancer, Celebrity, Charity, Chicago Cubs, Children's Hospital, Children's Hospitals, CHOC, Juan Hernandez, Milt Pappas, Ocean's 11, Scott L.
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