![]() Volunteers and guests were greeted in typical Joyful Heart style: beautiful flowers, a comfy shirt, and copies of Reunion. |
Michael Cohen, founder of Michael Stars who provided shirts for the volunteers with Mariska Hargitay. |
Breakfast and lunch for the day were generously provided by Blue Plate, Neuro Water, and Sprinkles Cupcakes. |
Karolyn Stayer from philosophy with Joyful Heart's Executive Director, Maile Zambuto. |
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo signs in to volunteer for her shift. |
JHF Board Member, Tom Nunnan kicks things off by assembling the philosophy "believe in miracles" boxes. |
Volunteers sprung into action moving the kits from one station to the next. |
First into the kits was a bathrobe donated by Baltic Linens and a copy of Joyful Heart's Reunion magazine. |
A hefty totebag from Cristina Carlino and Art of Grace was next. |
Recipients of the kits were also provided with a Joyful Heart water bottle… |
…philosophy's 3-in-1 joyful heart shower gel, shampoo, and bodywash… |
…a journal from Compendium and pens from TransPerfect Translations… |
…and clothing from Beyond Yoga, Michael Stars, and Liz Claiborne. |
Shohreh, Mariska, and Deb Messing have a little too much fun with the sizzle used to pad the contents of the kits. |
![]() After including a personal message from Mariska, the kits were sealed and ready for delivery. |
The completed kit. |
Eddie Hargitay helps load the 600 kits into a truck for delivery. |
Throughout the day, two shifts of volunteers assembled the healing and wellness kits. |
Among them were JHF Board Members, including Andrea Buchanan. |
JHF Associate Executive Director, Stacey Bosworth is pictured with volunteer Morgan Jenkins who also helped with the production of The Joyful Revolution film. |
![]() Our youngest volunteer takes a break after a very productive day. |
Mariska greets volunteers Valerie Cruz and Sharon Lawrence. |
![]() Volunteers pose for a few group photos outside. |
And a couple more inside. |
To help raise awareness of the event, the Santa Monica philosophy store put up a huge display of their joyful heart products. |
Mariska paid a visit to the philosophy store and spoke about the inspiration for the event with the media. |
As a "thank you" for the volunteers, philosophy offered free hand massages, facials, and samples of their products. |
![]() Ben Schirmer, Exeuctive Director of Rainbow Services in San Pedro, spoke with a reporter from the local TV station. |
![]() The team from philosophy, Annie, Karolyn, and Taryn. |
![]() JHF staff, Sherisa Dahlgren, Allison Talis, and Stacey Bosworth. |
We'd like to offer a very joyful thank you to our incredible donors and sponsors. |