As a personal dedication, and in the spirit of helping those less fortunate, he re-established Hands Across America. Having grown-up motherless and in foster care throughout his youth, Prescott experienced homelessness and suffered from malnutrition he is sensitive to the experience and what it is like to live and survive under such tragic conditions.Ĭourageous, grateful and blessed, Prescott turned his unfortunate life circumstance into promise, to become a successful entrepreneur and businessman. The re-imagination of Hands Across America is a passionate undertaking near and dear to Jeff Prescott, who is the brainchild behind reorganization of the non-profit and orchestration of the Hands Across America 2021 virtual ceremony. We need to bring it back home so that other nations can look up to us for the right reasons. "If we help 'enough' in this country, then we can make a world of difference. Our goal is influenced by people-American people and their needs-to help the less fortunate through unfortunate circumstances large or small," Prescott further introduced. Corporations such as Coca-Cola and Citibank lent support to create a national phenomenon. Entertainers in music, film and television, Whoopi Goldberg, Raquel Welch, Ben Vereen, Donny Osmond, Donna Mills and Dudley Moore were among the 10,000 participants in Long Beach Liza Minnelli, Michael Douglas, Susan Anton, Gregory Hines and Edward Olmos joined hands in New York while Gerald Ford and Frank Sinatra connected with folks in Rancho Mirage. Held on May 25, 1986, the initial Hands Across America was one of the largest community gatherings in our nation's history, bringing together more than 6 million Americans to form a human chain as a sign of solidarity across 16 states ( New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C., Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California).īacked by celebrities, entertainers and dignitaries (including Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen, Lionel Richie, Dionne Warwick, President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan among hundreds of others), the human chain stood far and wide across the United States. The reintroduction of Hands Across America (a 501c3 charity), driven by Prescott's personal passion to raise awareness surrounding hunger and homelessness in the U.S., arrives with the objective to become a bigger, more powerful philanthropic movement by transforming the charitable giving climate all together, while simultaneously unifying Americans of all races, color, creed, educational backgrounds and financial status. The Hands Across America 2021 celebration will continue throughout the balance of the year and conclude on Decemas a final handholding celebration. The ultimate goal is to join an entire America in the virtual handholding event–welcoming 365 Million Americans to take part. estimated at 552,830 and 115 million new households estimated to fall into food insecurity as a result of COVID in 2021, Hands Across America is a movement that cannot wait." "The virtual Hands Across America 2021 ceremony comes at a time when our country is divided by differing opinions, devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and troubled with individuals suffering from hunger and homelessness," said Jeff Prescott. Upon receipt, the nonprofit is encouraging donors to share their hand, as a virtual symbol and connection, via their respective social media pages (Facebook/Instagram/ Twitter), leading up to the event (in association with the 35th Hands Across America Anniversary) and POSTING AGAIN on Tuesday, May 25, at 3PM Eastern as a simultaneous virtual "show of hands" in support of those less fortunate. Mirroring the number of individuals who joined hands to participate in the inaugural assembly, the May 2021 commemoration is set with the goal to gather 6.5 Million Americans. Hands Across America challenges Americans to come together for a common cause: to lend aid to individuals who are vulnerable and to those who suffer from hunger and homelessness.Įvery person who donates $1 will receive a virtual hand.
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