NVEEE to Host a Red Carpet VIP Premiere Celebration and Fundraising Event
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PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 03, 2012 – Miami, Fla. – National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE) to host the 2nd Annual “Not On My Watch” Red Carpet VIP Reception on September 15, 2012 to celebrate their appearance on ABC’s “Secret Millionaire.” NVEEE National Spokesperson, Jaclyn Stapp to attend, along with a special acoustic performance by husband, Grammy Award-winner, Scott Stapp, lead singer of Creed and author of his tell-all memoir, “Sinner’s Creed,” which will be released on October 2nd.
On Friday, December 2nd at a private residence in Coconut Grove (Miami), Co-Chairs Phillip & Patricia Frost, Penny & Roe Stamps of the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, Chip Brady, Jill Viner, Cheryl & Jaime Peisach, Diane N. Weiss, Amelia Balonek & Faquiry Diaz Cala, and David & Beth Ertel join forces for the first time with special guests Russell Simmons, Jaclyn Stapp and her husband Creed lead singer/songwriter Scott Stapp to raise funds for Penn Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
August 18, 2011|By Julie Levin, South Florida Parenting
Looking back on her school years, Jaclyn Stapp remembers they were not always kind years. The Boca Raton mother of three and wife of Grammy-winning artist Scott Stapp, former lead singer of the band Creed, can vividly remember being teased over her frizzy, black hair and thin legs. It didn’t help either that as the child of parents of Jordanian descent, she packed hummus and pita bread for lunch, not a traditional PB&J sandwich. Because she stood out, she paid a price.
“It was hard to not always fit it,” she recalls.
Those awkward school years behind her, Stapp now proudly stands out with a number of different roles.
“Wacky Jacky: The True Story of an Unlikely Beauty Queen” is a self-portrait of the author as a child, written for children to inspire those who encounter special treatment because of their differences. Jacky decides to try to enter a beauty contest even though she has crazy hair, skinny knees, and her ethnicity is exotic, she is Jordanian.
Jaclyn kicked off the book tour for her first children’s book, Wacky Jacky: The Story of An Unlikely Beauty Queen, on Friday, Feb. 25, at Le Petite Youth Spa in North Miami Beach. Jaclyn participated in a live reading, book signing and princess-inspired “play time” that included children trying on her authentic pageant crown and sash, baklava and pink lemonade tastings, and a fun question and answer portion. The launch marked her first appearance at multiple kid-friendly venues and book stores across the state.
Click here to read what Palm Beach Young Society Magazine said about Wacky Jacky – The Story of An Unlikely Beauty Queen and the upcoming Wacky Jacky book series.
A social issue that has always been close to her heart is the welfare of girls and young women around the world, which has inspired her to write a book dedicated to her children, “Wacky Jacky: The Story of an Unlikely Beauty Queen” published by Tri-Mark Press (at bookstores soon). (more…)
