More than 350 healthcare professionals, public health officials, & community members rallied in a unified commitment to serving NY's uninsured at the NYCFC Feb 23 comedy benefit. Featuring Saturday Night Live's Colin Quinn, Gregg Rogell of The Aristocrats, and Last Comic Standing's Craig Baldo, the benefit raised funding crucial to the NYCFC's effort to double patient capacity by 2008.
Nine of America's Top Comedians:
One Cause
February 23, 2006, 6:30pm
Rosenthal Pavilion at the Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, NYC
Stand-Up for Healthcare Access 2006
Stand-Up for Healthcare Access raises $20,021 for NY's uninsured
Letter of appreciation to attendees
Sponsors
Press Room
Photos from the benefit [NYCFC Supporters | Comedians]
Media coverage
Program pdf | Event poster
Comedian biographies
Colin Quinn of Saturday Night Live, A Night at the Roxbury, Tough Crowd
Gregg Rogell of The Aristocrats, Half-Baked
Craig Baldo of Last Comic Standing, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Dwayne Perkins of Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Todd Lynn of ABC's My Wife & Kids, Showtime at the Apollo
Bobby Tisdale of Invite Them Up, Junebug
Aziz Ansari of Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Crash Test
Chelsea Peretti of New York City Rejection Line, Village Voice
Claudia Cogan of I Quit
Coordinators of Stand-Up for Healthcare Access 2006
Deepti Anbarasan - Public Relations Director, NYCFC
Jeremy R. Beitler - Co-Director; Director of Development, NYCFC
Maya Barghash - Director, NYCFC
All proceeds go directly to patient care at the NYCFC.
For additional information or to support Stand-Up for Healthcare Access 2007, please contact:
Deepti Anbarasan
Phone: 631-553-4249
Email: directors@nycfreeclinic.org
