Some of today’s most talented television and music stars will come together to join the Mablean Ephriam Foundation in honoring Fathers on Sunday, June 21st. Hosted by Judge Mablean, Founder/Chair of the H.U. F. Awards, and the Mablean Ephriam Foundation, a non-profit, public benefit corporation, the Honoring Unsung Fathers (H.U.F.) Awards and Scholarship Brunch is scheduled to take place 1:00 PM at Westin Hotel, 333 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, California. The red carpet will begin promptly at 12:00pm end at 1:00pm.
Celebrities such as Tamala Jones (ABC’s Castle), Denise Boutte’ (TV One’s For The Love of Ruth and Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns), Renée Lawless (Tyler Perry’s The Have and the Have Nots), Shari Headley (Tyler Perry’s The Have and the Have Nots), Wendell James (OWN’s Raising Whitley) and Bishop Corletta Vaughn (Oxygen Preachers of Detroit) will present the winning father’s with awards. In addition to these awards, Judge Mablean and the MEF Board of Director will make a special presentation to the Founder’s Awardee; Flex Alexander (Actor/Comedian) and Board of Director’s Awardee; George Gibbs (Community Affairs Manager, UPS-West Region).
The event will include an awards program and brunch, with entertainment, featuring performance by, Tremaine Hawkins (Gospel Grammy Award Winner) and Mike Phillips (Jazz Saxophonist). The H.U.F. Awards 2015 Honorary Co-Chair includes Judge Kevin Ross (Host, American Court with Judge Ross, (ES).
In addition to the Father’s Day Awards, the foundation will present scholarships to students from the Greater Los Angeles area, high school graduates, nursing students and adults between the ages of 25 – 40 who are just entering or continuing college., but have now returned.
The Honoring Unsung Fathers Awards program is an event designed to pay tribute to everyday fathers who go about their daily lives providing the love, nurturing and support their children need, but who often go unnoticed. Its purpose is to highlight the fathers in our community who are indeed great role models of fatherhood with an effort to dispel the negative image of the “Dead Beat” dad. Too much focus is placed on the absent and neglectful father in the news, radio, television and film. Little attention is given to fathers who do their job well. The Mablean Ephraim Foundation has been honoring men who make us proud for the past (13) years. Go towww.hufawards.com or www.mableanephriamfoundation.
