Yo San University “Chinese Medicine & Accupunture” 20th Anniversary Fundraiser/Info (October 15,09)
YO SAN UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH CELEBRITY FUNDRAISER AT HOME OF DANNY DEVITO & RHEA PERLMAN
ATTENDING THE EVENT: HILARY SWANK, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, JENNIFER BEALS, ANJELICA HUSTON, ED BEGLEY JR, BRENDA STRONG & PAUL REISER
(Los Angeles, CA) Yo San University, an accredited Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture university, located in the Culver City/Marina Del Rey area, is celebrating its 20th year anniversary with a celebrity fundraising event at the home of Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito on Thursday October 15, from 6:30-9:30 PM. (Ticket price: $350 per person) The goal of the fundraiser is to raise money towards the outreach clinical services of the University, as well as present the First Annual Robert Graham Visionary Award.
Celebrities attending the event include: Academy Award winner Hilary Swank, actor Samuel L. Jackson and wife Latanya Richardson, actor Paul Reiser and his wife Paula, actress Brenda Strong, actress Jennifer Beals, actor and activist Ed Begley Jr., and actress Anjelica Huston.
Additional hosts and YSU Board of Luminary members include: Steve Bardwil, Ami and Joe Cohen, Kelly and George Davis, Bobbie and Steve Diamond, Mary and Jay Flaherty, Stefanie and Robert Skinner, Mick and Hong Heyman, Sheriff Lee Baca, Stanley Baratta, Richard Marrs, M.D, Deborah and Bob Myman, and Judith Orloff, M.D.
Yo San University’s mission is to help students cultivate a healthy mind, body and spirit as well as prepare them for successful futures as practitioners of TCM. “While TCM is effective in treating many common ailments, the focus is on maintaining wellness and keeping the body in balance,” explains President Lawrence J. Ryan.
YO SAN UNIVERSITY FACTS:
· Yo San University is founded by brothers Dr. Daoshing Ni and Dr. Maoshing Ni consistent with their commitment to carry on their family’s legacy of 39 generations of TCM healers. They are prolific writers, having collectively authored and published dozens of books that are distributed widely around the world. Dr. Dao’s recent book, The Tao of Fertility (Harper Collins), and Dr. Mao’s book Second Spring (Simon and Shuster) both deal with topics that have caught the attention of thousands of women and their partners.
· YSU currently educates 150 students from diverse backgrounds to become TCM practitioners via a rigorous four year master’s degree program.
· YSU looks forward to additional growth with the inauguration of its first doctoral program in January of 2010. The program will include a specialty focus in reproductive medicine/fertility.
· YSU operates a community clinic and several externship sites that since t 2000 have delivered over 128,000 treatments at no cost or reduced costs.
· Among the externship sites is a one-of-kind collaboration with Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA), through its Pediatric Pain Management Unit. That arrangement is now in the process of expanding from out-patient-only-pain relief referrals to a broader range of in- and out- patient services including those from CHLA rheumatology and gastrointestinal service units.
· Additional YSU externship service sites provide much needed services to HIV positive patients through Being Alive in West Hollywood, Premiere Oncology for cancer patients in Santa Monica, and the Venice Family Clinic, where pain management and other treatments have been offered for more than ten years.
For further information: Paxton Quigley, [email protected] or 310-553-5914