The Beach Reporter � September 5, 2008 � 51

Pictured above is Joseph Collins Jr. with ChurchPunch Communications, John Adam with theOne Heartland board, Hush Foundation founderKaren Taylor, Della Reese and her husband,Franklin Lett. Pictured below is Lena Jones,granddaughter of Lena Horne, who was onhand at the benefit that honored hergrandmother. (photos by Chris Miller)

by Michael Hixon

The red carpet was rolled out Saturday in HermosaBeach for the “Night of Fashion by the Sea BenefitConcert,” a benefit concert for children suffering fromHIV/AIDS and pediatric research.

Jazz icons including Lena Horne, Billie Holiday,Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson andDella Reese were honored for lifetime achievement inentertainment and a fashion show, “Runway Fads of

Fashion: Jazz … Rewind the Journey” also took placeas part of the fund-raiser. Hosted by the nonprofitHush Foundation, the event’s proceeds will supportCamp Heartland programs and services, and researchat the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center forPediatric and Adolescent AIDS.

Reese started her career in the late 1950s as a jazzsinger but is known recently for her years on the TVshow “Touched by an Angel.” She is now an ordained

ANight’sGoodCause

Benefit concert and fashion show in Hermosa

Beach helped childrenand their families cope

with HIV/AIDS

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