Some of today’s most talented television and music stars will come together to join Judge Mablean Ephriam in honoring Fathers on Sunday, June 16th. Hosted by Judge Mablean Ephriam, Founder and Chair of the H.U. F. Awards, and the Mablean Ephriam Foundation. The Honoring Unsung Fathers (H.U.F.) Awards and Scholarship Brunch is scheduled to take place at 1:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Hotel of Long Beach, California, located at 200 South Pine Ave.
Celebrities including: Elise Neal, Vanessa Williams, Shari Headley, and Edwina Findley will present the five winning father’s with awards for their outstanding commitment to their family and/or community.
The event will include an awards program and brunch followed by a concert featuring performances by, Jennifer Holliday and Mike Phillips. Comedian Michael Colyar will serve as the emcee for the esteemed awards brunch. In addition to the Father’s Day Awards, the foundation will present ten (10) scholarships to students from the Greater Los Angeles area, high school graduates, continuing college and students between the ages of 19-35 who quit 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. The 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 the fathers who do their job well. The Mablean Ephraim Foundation has been honoring men for the last (11) years who make us proud and we salute this initiative!
