THE PROM's Michael Potts And Isabelle Mccalla Named Ambassadors Of The 2018 Falat Holiday Basket

This year, to help kick off the basket stuffing, the Foundation invited Broadway stars of the PROM, Michael Potts and Isabelle Mto pack some baskets, meet the volunteers, and play with the toys!

Just in time for the holiday season, the Actors' Equity Foundation is packing holiday baskets for it's annual Stephen J. Falat Holiday Basket Project, which provides holiday cheer and quality of life items to men, women, children, and families living with HIV and AIDS in the New York metropolitan area.

In 1985, in the midst of the growing HIV/AIDS crisis, actor Stephen J. Falat had an epiphany: during the holidays, when so many HIV and AIDS patients were focused on merely surviving, the spirit of the season took a backseat. So that year, Stephen visited patients at St. Luke's Hospital and gave out gift baskets, full of simple quality of life items: clothing, toiletries, and food. The following year, in partnership with Actors' Equity Association, the number of baskets rose to 150. Stephen passed in 1991 at age 29 and the project was named in his honor.

In 2018, volunteers are packing 1100 baskets to deliver to Housing Works, Mount Sinai Hospital, FACES, ARCHCARE at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Center, Bailey-Holt House, St. Mary's Center and Nursing Facility.

The Stephen J. Falat Basket Project is generously sponsored by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, BOMBAS, The Plaza Hotel, McDonalds, Members of Barry Manilow's Little Harmony Fan Club, Our Lady of Grace Academy, Father Pete, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Troop 3121.

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