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FOUNDATION
covid-19 initiative
DISTRESSED ACTORS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Help.Give.Care Foundation
Teams Up with Actor Miguel Nunez
to Provide Assistance to Distressed Actors
The Help Care Give foundation is seeking union & non-union actors who do not qualify for the SAG / AFTRA Foundation COVIS-19 Relief Fund
Specifically, actors who have, and can prove they have worked as a professional actor in the last 12-24 months.
PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY
Eligible recipients must be able to prove:
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Eligible recipients must have earned at least $24k each of the last two years, union or non-union work.
And/ or:
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An actor can become eligible if they can prove they have booked multiple Lead, Supporting, Guest Star or Recurring guest star roles in the last 12- 24 months.
Required documentation & information needed:
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Production company name
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Project & role details
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Copy of Check stubs or form of payment proof is needed for each project
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Written explanation of the overall hardship
SAG FOUNDATION COVID 19 RELIEF ELGIBILITY
Please note: Suspended Payment, Terminated, and Fee-Paying-Non-Member (Ficore) are NOT ELIGIBLE to receive assistance from the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
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Copy of your current membership card or confirmation by SAG-AFTRA membership department – including end date. Your membership must be current through October 2019 to be eligible.
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Most recent bank statement (not printout from ATM)
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Current lease or mortgage/maintenance statement
EMAIL US!
SUBJECT: COVID-19 RELIEF APPLICANT - (NAME)
*Required documentation & information needed:
A. Production company name
B. Project & role details
C. Copy of Check stubs or form of payment proof is needed for each project
D. Written explanation of the overall hardship
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SITUATION ANALYSIS
After getting a call from long-time friend, Casting Director & Producer Leah Daniels-Butler; Nunez and Butler discussed how the Covid-19 quarantine has directly affected all of the out of work actors that may not qualify for SAG-AFTRA benefits. Butler, with her passion for actors and the well-being of others suggested to Nunez that they needed to take a negative and turn it into a positive and suggested that they use her 501(c)(3): The Help.Give.Care Foundation, to start a fund to help those actors who don’t qualify for union benefits. Since then they have reached out to several celebrity friends and Hollywood executives that have all agreed to lend a helping hand in their efforts.
OUR INITIATIVE
The Help.Give.Care Foundation was created to assist in times like these. The foundation headed by Leah Daniels-Butler & her husband Henry Butler has partnered with actor Miguel Nunez to turn recent negative experiences into a positive initiative. The partnership between Nunez and The Help.Give.Care Foundation will raise monies to be distributed to out-of-work actors that fall under specific guidelines which will include the elderly, day players, and actors with disabilities.
The foundation will be teaming up with LDB Casting to set-up a separate fund to assist the needs of Casting Associates and Assistants that have also been affected by the industry closure, says Daniels Butler.
ABOUT THE HELP.GIVE. CARE. FOUNDATION
The Help. Give. Care Foundation is a California Based 501(c)(3) charity that’s no stranger to giving back. The foundation was formed in 2018 by Casting Director/Producer Leah Daniels-Butler and former music exec Henry Butler. The team works very closely with several organizations in the downtown Los Angeles and skid row community and are the creators of the “Homeless But Human” initiative. To learn more visit them at http://www.helpgivecare.org.
INITIATIVE ORGIN STORY
The Help.Give.Care Foundation Headed by Casting Director/Producer Leah Daniels-Butler Teams Up with Actor Miguel Nunez to Provide Assistance to Distressed Actors
Actor Miguel Nunez Rally's Industry Friends to Help Change the Narrative from a Negative to a Positive
BEVERLY HILLS, CA. (March 30, 2020) — Actor Miguel Nunez ( Juwanna Man) is teaming up with casting director & Producer Leah Daniels Butler to turn recent a negative experience into a positive result, assisting distressed actors in need.
“In my frustration, I made a bad decision and for that I have apologized. I want to turn my negative reaction into a positive action by raising awareness to those that really need help. I want to thank Henry & Leah Butler for reaching out and joining me with this very much needed initiative”, says Nunez.
After getting a call from long-time friend, Casting Director & Producer Leah Daniels-Butler, Nunez and Butler discussed how the COVID-19 quarantine has directly affected all of the out of work actors that may not qualify for SAG-AFTRA benefits. Butler, with her passion for actors and the well-being of others suggested to Nunez that they needed to take his negative and turn it into a positive and suggested that thee use her 501c3 The Help Give Car Foundation, to start a fund to help those actors who don’t qualify for union benefits. Since then they have reached out to several Celebrity Friends and Hollywood Executives that have all agreed to lend a helping hand in their efforts.
“I feel blessed to be in a position to help people that may at a disadvantage right now. This is in part why me & my husband and business partner Henry “BLAQ” Butler formed the The Help.Give.Care Foundation, to help the ones who are often overlooked or forgotten. The foundation will be teaming up with LDB Casting to set-up a separate fund to assist the needs of Casting Associates and Assistants that have also been affected by the industry closure, says Daniels Butler.
The partnership between Nunez and The Help.Give.Care Foundation will raise monies to be distributed to out-of-work actors that fall under specific guidelines which will include the elderly, day players, and actors with disabilities.
ABOUT THE HELP.CARE.GIVE. FOUNDATION
The Help. Give. Care. Foundation is a California Based 501(c) Charity that’s no stranger to giving back. The Foundation works very close with several organizations in the downtown Los Angeles and skid row community with their Homeless But Human initiative.
To Find out if your eligible for assistance or make a donation please visit www.helpgivecare.orgfor details. Follow Nunez (@mnunezjr) and/or Daniels-Butler (@thats_mrsbutler_2_you) On Instagram.