Actress/Author/Activist Mimi Kennedy To Join Star-Studded Event To Raise Money For Victims Of Santa Monica Farmer's Market Tragedy & Victims Of AIDS In Kenya In Chili Cook-Off Launch of St. Monica's Octoberfair, September 26-28, 2003

Victims of Santa Monica Farmer's Market Tragedy and Victims of A.I.D.S. in Kenya will benefit from Octoberfair's special three-day event, featuring Mimi Kennedy, Lou Ferrigno, Gary Visconti and others...

CONTACT: Stacey Kumagai, at 818/506-8675          
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Actress/Author/Activist Mimi Kennedy To Join Star-Studded Event To Raise Money For Victims Of Santa Monica Farmer's Market Tragedy & Victims Of AIDS In Kenya In Chili Cook-Off Launch of St. Monica's Octoberfair, September 26-28, 2003

THE EVENT: St. Monica's Church biggest annual fundraiser is drawing celebrities and sponsors committed to help at home and in far-away East Africa. Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson announced that "Dharma & Greg's" TV's hippie Earthmom, Mimi Kennedy, TV's HULK, Lou Ferrigno, and Olympic Hall of Fame ice-skater, Gary Visconti, will participate in events to showcase the fair which will run SEPTEMBER 26-28TH, 2003 at St. Monica's Church - 725 California Street, Santa Monica, CA. (at Lincoln and California Streets)    Kennedy will help kick off the fair activities on Friday night, September 26, 2003 at 6 p.m. with her vegetarian chili entry in the popular Chili-Cook-off. Kennedy is coming home to St. Monica's (Kennedy now lives in the Valley) to embrace the church which helped her raise her young family back in the 80's. "I took time off from my career to be with my two children," says Kennedy. "St. Monica's was the parish where my husband, teacher Larry Dilg and then tots, Cisco, & Molly, came for spiritual nourishment," explains Kennedy.

WHO: MIMI KENNEDY - is a unique Hollywood multi-hyphenate, Actress-Author who is an Activist for political, environmental, social, human rights, educational, animal, health, physically challenged, children's women's and global issues. An inspiring speaker, mentor and educator, she also is one of the most pro-active and vocal celebrities about the issues which she believes in. Recently concluding five seasons and more than 120 episodes of the Golden Globe nominated primetime television comedy series, "Dharma & Greg," which now airs in national syndication in over 200 markets, Rochester, New York-born, Mimi Kennedy is one of the rare actresses who can boast a list of credits including Broadway theatre stage, primetime television drama, variety and comedy series, an Oscar-winning feature film -- "Erin Brockovich" -- and behind-the-scenes work as a director, story-editor and voice-over artist. She is also a respected published author, and is currently at work writing her second book, a novel which covers the issue of water and the health of the planet and the responsibility of the powerful to take positions of leadership. Her website is www.mimikennedy.net

CONTACT: For all interview requests for Mimi Kennedy before, during or after the event, please
call publicist Stacey Kumagai directly at 818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com

For event specifics/details and for info. on other celebrity participants, please call Sharon Jimenez at
310-385-8035 or enzah@aol.com

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