With offices worldwide, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP & Associates, the legal representatives to KathyRinaldiHope have the most respected name in law. We thank them for their extreme generosity and praise them for such an important role in ensuring the safety of our young.
John M. Rinaldi
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A celebrity's job does not end when the director says cut, some take their work home with them and many go above and beyond.
Madonna has built a village that will save hundreds, if not thousands of children. This will go on to improve each child's life and also the lives that each of these children touch. -on and on and so on and so on....
Imagine a "pay it forward."
Brooke extended friendship to an unknown fan and in turn created what you see before you.
Brooke personally taught me that there is no better way to show appreciation to life and the lives before you than to be of service. And I stand in service to all those in need who's voices are not heard. Together they will be heard and all can go confidently in the direction of their dreams so that they may live the life they imagine.
-Brooke was 15, I was 13.... Calvin Klein was more than a brand it created a style and identity so strong that it erased an identity forged from abuse and created one of hope and encouragement.
I've since had the pleasure of befriending the greatest name in Americana- Mr. Calvin R. Klein. And his kindness and generosity further impressed my motivation.
There is no better way to be thankful for the life given (and in my case- given back) than to be of service. I am in service to every child who's voice is not audible. Together we will be heard.
Together, every child will have the confidence to go in the direction of their dreams so that they may live the life they imagine.
KathyRinaldiHope@aol.com
Things we know now, we wish we knew then.....
Abused as a kid, I found solace playing some Risky Business and being stranded on a Blue Lagoon.
Fantasy became my crutch and people like Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields were my escape.
I poured my heart out in letters to Brooke Shields. She to me was/is the most beautiful creature on this earth, and to a broken hearted 13 year-old she was an enigma. And generously started to respond and returned my posts. I would recieve notes accompanying signed pictures of her that I had enclosed in my posts. They were not only signed but contained messages of hope that gave me inspiration. We had even the fortune of accompanying phone calls. Her mother Teri would occasionally call the house to see that I was ok.
I am alive and well today thanks to the care and concern of two high profile individuals that generously befriended a broken teen-ager. I turned a bad situation into something that will help every child struggling. While we are not all lucky enough to come face to face with our heroes and those we most admire, KathyRinaldiHope can however reach them through ChildHope and together we can all encourage kids that need it most.
KathyRinaldiHope was concieved and established because a hero/celebrity can save the life of a child. All that is needed for someone in crisis is to see that there is hope. And I personally thank Brooke Shields and her mother Teri Shields for saving mine- they gave me hope.
The KathyRinaldiHope Foundation presents: ChildHope. An organization derived out of the need to abolish abuse and to offer kids the hope needed so that they may confidently follow the direction of their dreams and so they may live the life they imagine.
