Palm Springs Personalities
Part
3 of 3
20 year Palm Springs resident, film star, daytime television legend and local philanthropist, Tristan Rogers sat down with the Palm Springs Guru for an exclusive interview.
Palm Springs Guru: Do you have favorite charity
organizations?
The Desert AIDS Project provides medical care and comprehensive support services to people in our desert community living with HIV/AIDS.
Additionally,
the Desert AIDS Project provides testing, treatment, counseling,
transportation, housing and financial assistance to people living with
HIV/AIDS.
The
Palm Springs Desert AIDS Project has earned a national reputation as one of the
most comprehensive HIV/AIDS services providers in the U.S.
Palm Springs Guru: What are your favorite causes?
Tristan Rogers: There are several; I
will cite two:
1) I am proud of my,
1984 -1998, contributions to American
Cinema Awards Foundation. As the vice-president and director of shows, I worked
with David Gest, Jane Greer, Aaron Shelden, Leo Jaffe and Ron Higgins. We
worked together and we helped raise over $4,000,000 for the Motion Picture
Retirement Home and Hospital.
The American Cinema Awards Foundation
afforded me the rare opportunity to work with, and get to know such legendary
stars as: Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Robert Mitchum, Sophia
Loren, Glenn Ford, Joseph Cotton, Robert Preston, and many, many more.
Our
work opened many doors. Our work changed the Academy Awards program in that now
you see the actors and the actresses of bye gone eras honored and included in
the Academy Award night program broadcast world-wide.
2) Project Cuddle
is a non-profit charity that helps frightened girls and women in making safe
and legal decisions instead of abandoning their newborn babies. http://projectcuddle.org/
Debbe Magnusen, Founder & CEO of
Project Cuddle is an amazing person. She lives by the Cuddle Project code that:
We Can Help and will NEVER JUDGE.
Palm Springs Guru: What would Tristan Rogers like
to address during this interview?
Tristan Rogers: Like many parents I wonder and
sometimes worry as to what kind of a country and what kind of a world we are
leaving for our children.
I do not
understand why politicians and law makers have to make everything complex and
complicated. I wish they would work to keep things simple.
Palm Springs Guru: What message does Tristan Rogers
have for America?
Tristan Rogers: Be optimistic. Do not spend too
much time watching, listening or reading the daily news. Those sources tend to
focus on the adversarial and the negative.
We
Americans have the right to vote. Not all countries guarantee that right for
their citizens. The right to vote includes the responsibility to vote. Be an
informed voter, ignore the hype and focus on the issues.
America
is a good country; we are a good people. I love America. I love Palm Springs. Teresa and I choose to live here. We raise
our children here. I chose to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Palm Springs Guru: Thank you Tristan Rogers for
granting this exclusive interview. Our readers and your fans appreciate your
sharing and your openness.
Palm Springs Guru: We conclude Part 3 of our 3 part
interview with this Tristan
Rogers Fact: Tristan Rogers is the voice-over spokesman for
several major television advertising campaigns. His resume includes voice-over
work representing the famous restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse, Foster’s
Lager Beer, Reebok, Epson and others.
Tristan
Rogers voiced
Jake the kangaroo mouse in The Rescuers Down Under an animated
adventure motion picture produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released
by Walt Disney Pictures.
Learn
more about Tristan Rogers:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tristanrogers
LinkedIn:
Tristan Rogers - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tristan-rogers/2/435/192
The
Palm Springs guru says
“thank
you Tristan Rogers fans for your wonderful comments on twitter.”
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