Performer
/ Director Tasha Reign chooses CancerCare as the recipient of
Girlfriends Films’ August charity donation. CancerCare will receive
$1,000 from Girlfriends Films, which Reign says will honor the memory of
her father. Financial donations to the charity support cancer
counseling, support groups, and financial assistance.“My father passed away from Sarcoma cancer about three years ago, when I was just 21… He was my role model,” says Tasha Reign. “With the public donation to CancerCare, I hope to help raise awareness about the care given to cancer patients and how important it is to their recovery, or in the event of their passing, to their friends and family.”
Acting under the knowledge a cancer diagnosis can turn a person’s world upside down – emotionally, physically, and financially – CancerCare was created to help. The organization provides telephone, online, and face-to-face counseling, support groups, education, publications, and financial and co-payment assistance. Professional oncology social workers offer personalized care, while all of CancerCare’s services are free of charge.
Reign adds, “Support groups and counseling for a patient’s loved ones is pertinent in the overall care for cancer. Everyone is affected by the awful disease in one way or another, so I am honored for Girlfriends Films to donate to this amazing charity, which does so much.”
For more information about CancerCare and to join Tasha Reign and Girlfriends Films in supporting the charitable organization, visit www.CancerCare.org.
Performer
/ Director Melissa Monet is using June’s Charity of the Month selection
to help an organization close to her heart. A native of Staten Island,
New York, Monet chooses the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
to receive $1000 from Girlfriends Films. Monet worked with the charity
directly after Hurricane Sandy decimated Staten Island, and the money
will help further relief efforts.
Fan-favorite
performer Chastity Lynn chooses Farm Sanctuary as the Girlfriends Films
Charity of the Month. As a result, Fan-favorite performer Chastity Lynn
chooses Farm Sanctuary as the Girlfriends Films Charity of the Month.
As a result, Farm Sanctuary will receive a $1,000 donation on behalf of
Chastity to help with its mission to protect farm animals from cruelty,
inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals, and
promote compassionate vegan living. “I’m choosing to donate to Farm
Sanctuary, an advocacy group currently doing the most to improve factory
farms,” says Chastity Lynn. “I believe reforming the conditions of our
factory farms is extremely important because of the hazards they pose to
the environment, our health, and animal welfare.” For more information
about Farm Sanctuary, visit www.FarmSanctuary. org. To join Chastity
Lynn and Girlfriends Films in supporting the organization, visit
www.tinyurl.com/ChastityLynnCharity.
The
lovely Dana DeArmond selects AIDS/Lifecycle as Girlfriends Films’ April
Charity of the Month. AIDS/Lifecycle, which is a 7-day, 545-mile bike
ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, raises funds for the San
Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center.
Girlfriends Films will donate a $1,000 on behalf of Dana to her friend,
Nick Youssef, who is participating in the event. “Recently I was asked
to support someone very close to me in an AIDS/Lifecycle ride, and I was
inspired to see how much I could do to make a difference,” states
DeArmond. “I truly admire the sacrifice and commitment it takes to train
for such a long bike ride. The amount of time spent on not only
physical conditioning and training, but also to the actual fundraising
itself, is astronomical. It is what’s inspired me to do all I can to
contribute and to humble myself to be more public about my desire to
give back to the causes I so desperately believe in and want to
support.” DeArmond continues, “Girlfriends Films will be joining me in
the sponsorship of one rider in this year’s AIDS/Lifecycle event. I am
so very grateful to the good people at Girlfriends Films. Not only do
they produce an excellent product, but they are kind, generous, honest,
and good to more than just the people who support them, but also the
people who work with them.” For more information about AIDS/Lifecycle,
visit www.AIDSLifecycle.org. To join Dana DeArmond and Girlfriends Films
in supporting Nick Youssef’s ride, visit
http://TinyURL.com/GFFAprilCharity.
This
month Girlfriends Films and Madison Young support Planned Parenthood
Federation of America. Planned Parenthood has served as an essential
resource for women through out the United States. Planned Parenthood
provides accessible non-judgemental services and information to women
without health insurance including pap-smears, birth control, and breast
exams. As a freelance artist, small business owner, and feminist porn
performer and director all of my 20s were spent uninsured and I was
grateful for the excellent resources and care that Planned Parenthood
provided to me personally and that they continue to provide to many of
my friends, models, colleagues, and much of my community. I’m happy to
support their organization however and whenever possible.