JANIS SPIRE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Hollywood dollars vital to charities
October 28, 2007
Hollywood raises millions for charitable causes, such as AIDS research, multiple sclerosis, autism, breast cancer and literacy.So nonprofit groups like Spire's would suffer a blow in the event of a strike. Spire estimates that her organization, which provides free legal, educational and social services to L.A. County's at-risk children, raises more than $1 million a year from Hollywood, more than one-third of the Alliance's total donations.


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"These already underserved children are one of the most tragic examples of who would suffer first," said Spire, the group's executive director. "When there's a crisis, philanthropy goes before jobs get cut."