Speaker 1: Let's say good morning right now though two the Birthday
Speaker 1: Party Project founder and CEO Paige Lohofer Page, You're getting
Speaker 1: ready for the biggest, best birthday party ever.
Speaker 2: Please tell us about.
Speaker 3: It, hey, Amy, Yes, we're so excited to welcome families
Speaker 3: who have been displaced due to the La wildfires. We
Speaker 3: will be welcoming on them onto the DreamWorks campus this
Speaker 3: weekend to celebrate birthdays. We believe that joy changes lives,
Speaker 3: and we think that in a time that feels probably
Speaker 3: really uncertain, that this is the best time to bring
Speaker 3: families together and to remind them that they are worthy
Speaker 3: of a celebration.
Speaker 2: Okay, and how did you find these kids? Page?
Speaker 3: Yes, so, we have great partners with the La County
Speaker 3: YMCA as well as Dream Center. They're the ones right
Speaker 3: now that are on the ground doing the work to
Speaker 3: help families recover from the world wildfires. And so because
Speaker 3: we partner with homeless shelters and transitional living facilities to
Speaker 3: celebrate the lives of children who are experiencing homelessness and transition,
Speaker 3: we felt like this was a perfect way to be
Speaker 3: able to reach kids and really hard to reach places
Speaker 3: right now. And so they've come alongside of us to
Speaker 3: ensure that the families that they are supporting get to
Speaker 3: be part of this celebration.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 1: And then tell us about the party itself. You said
Speaker 1: it's a dream Work so that's going to be cool and.
Speaker 3: Can you imagine?
Speaker 2: No, So it's happening? Is it this Saturday?
Speaker 3: It's this Saturday. We'll be welcoming in about two hundred
Speaker 3: family members into a larger than life carnival themed bash
Speaker 3: with lots of games and of course fun prizes from
Speaker 3: every dream Works character imaginable. It will be about two
Speaker 3: hours long, just enough time for us to really be
Speaker 3: able to connect with our families, allow the kids to
Speaker 3: run around, eat a lot of sugar, and then let
Speaker 3: them go on their way with their families.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 1: And you're going to have some special appearances from Gabby's
Speaker 1: Dollhouse characters.
Speaker 3: Yes, we are so excited. You know, Gabby just celebrated
Speaker 3: her birthday and so she is sharing it with us
Speaker 3: and with the kids that we get to celebrate this weekend,
Speaker 3: and so Gabby will be there to surprise our birthday
Speaker 3: kids are we are so excited about that.
Speaker 1: And I'm guessing there's going to be lots of photo ops,
Speaker 1: which the kids and the parents are going to love.
Speaker 3: Don't you know. And one of the things that we
Speaker 3: love about taking photos at our parties is that we
Speaker 3: know that families who are especially right now who have
Speaker 3: been affected by wildfires, most likely most of those photos
Speaker 3: are no longer in their possession. They may own some
Speaker 3: of them on a camera roll on their phone, but
Speaker 3: they don't have physical photos. So every single party that
Speaker 3: we host around the country, but this will in particular,
Speaker 3: we want to make sure that families leave with capturing
Speaker 3: the memories from that moment this weekend.
Speaker 2: Paige, you just made me cry. I mean, I didn't
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 1: That's such a good point because again, these families lost
Speaker 1: absolutely everything.
Speaker 2: And Paige, I want to talk to you a little
Speaker 2: bit about the Birthday project. Yeah, because this isn't anything new.
Speaker 1: I mean, like you're putting this together and you go, wow,
Speaker 1: that's great, But this is something that you guys do
Speaker 1: all the time.
Speaker 3: We do. We do have the opportunity to partner with
Speaker 3: homeless shelters transitional living facilities in Los Angeles area, but
Speaker 3: actually all around the country, and every single month we
Speaker 3: come in and host birthday parties to celebrate those children
Speaker 3: who are experiencing homelessness. But the best part for us
Speaker 3: is that we invite all the other kids and family
Speaker 3: members who are staying at that agency to participate in
Speaker 3: the party. We believe that we all want to be
Speaker 3: seen and known and celebrated, and we think the best
Speaker 3: way to do that and through a celebration where we
Speaker 3: can all connect and be together.
Speaker 1: And what better excuse to throw a big birthday party?
Speaker 1: How are you guys funded?
Speaker 2: Paige?
Speaker 3: We love when people share their birthday with us, just
Speaker 3: like Gabby is doing this weekend, so people can share
Speaker 3: their birthday with us. We will take donations from any
Speaker 3: individual or any individual or company, but we are funded
Speaker 3: by the power of people from big partners like Oriental
Speaker 3: Trading Company, who is helping us this weekend, to an
Speaker 3: eight year old who recently dropped off gifts and gift
Speaker 3: cards to us that he collected at his birthday party.
Speaker 3: We absolutely run base because of the people that are
Speaker 3: around us and say yes to our mission.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 1: And where can people make a donation if they want to?
Speaker 1: Is their website you can show them to.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks Amy, It's the Birthday Party Project dot org.
Speaker 2: The Birthday Party project dot org.
Speaker 1: So if you want to bring a little joy to
Speaker 1: a child who's missed birthday celebration because of the wild
Speaker 1: for fires or because they don't have a home and
Speaker 1: parents might not have the money to throw a party
Speaker 1: for them, you can donate and it's the Birthday Party Project.
Speaker 2: Paige. I love what you guys are doing making.
Speaker 1: Saturday a very special day for a lot of kids
Speaker 1: who missed out on their birthdays this year.
Speaker 2: So of those stupid fires.
Speaker 3: I know, I know. Thanks Amy, We are thrilled to
Speaker 3: welcome them on Saturday, and thanks for the opportunity to
Speaker 3: share a little bit more.
Speaker 2: You got it.
Speaker 1: That's the founder and CEO of the Birthday Party Project,
Speaker 1: Paige Lohoffer.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Paige.
Speaker 3: Thanks.
Speaker 2: I love that. Isn't that great?
Speaker 3: How?
Speaker 2: And they get to do it at DreamWorks Fun So cool.