There are 4 ways you can help support: a Brain Tumor and a Dream
1) a direct donation
Until I find a way to create a custom donation section, with Paypal, I am only able to stack vertically the different donation amounts.
2) write a check payable to: a Brain Tumor and a Dream
and mail to:
Larry Laske
P.O. Box 6600
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
3) a purchase through the Store, either merchandise or offered products
4) connections: perhaps you can put me in contact with one or more of the people listed at the bottom of this section, whom throughout my life have influenced and inspired me.
1) a direct donation
Until I find a way to create a custom donation section, with Paypal, I am only able to stack vertically the different donation amounts.
2) write a check payable to: a Brain Tumor and a Dream
and mail to:
Larry Laske
P.O. Box 6600
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
3) a purchase through the Store, either merchandise or offered products
4) connections: perhaps you can put me in contact with one or more of the people listed at the bottom of this section, whom throughout my life have influenced and inspired me.
click on the above for a $ 10 donation
click on the above for a $ 25 donation
click on the above: For any donation amount you desire
click on the above: For every donation of $ 2,500.00, you receive the following: ( 7 day ) stay in ( 1 ) apartment for ( 2 ) people, includes meals.
click on the above: For every donation of $ 5,000.00, you receive the following: ( 14 day ) stay in ( 1 ) apartment for ( 2 ) people, includes meals.
click on the above: For every donation of $ 10,000.00, you receive the following: ( 1 month ) stay in ( 1 ) apartment for ( 2 ) people, includes meals.
3) Store: merchandise
I am sourcing a company to produce items to buy directly from this website.
I will offer various items for sale: pins, wrist bands, t-shirts, and hats. If anyone reading this can help put me in contact with a manufacturer for these items, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, I will add them to this site for purchase as soon as I get them produced.
In the meantime, I can offer the following: if you donate the following amount through the DONATE button above, and if you are interested in receiving the following item, please go to the last section of this site ( contact ) and send me your name and address where I can ship it to you, and as soon as I get the pin, wristband, t-shirt, and hat produced, I will mail it to you.
$ 10.00 donation: pin, or wristband ( rubber )
$ 25.00 donation: t-shirt ( indicate medium, or large ) or hat
The logo I designed, which consists of a black circle ( completely black inside ) with a small round white object inside, not only representing my foundation: a Brain Tumor and a Dream, but even without the words, the logo represents brain tumor awareness. The inner white object, directly represents a brain tumor, and on a deeper level, an object with uncertainty, floating in the vastness of the universe.
Logos: A BRAIN TUMOR AND A DREAM © 2012 Larry Laske All Rights Reserved
my sketch for pin, wristband, t-shirt, and hat
click on image below to enlarge
click on image below to enlarge
3) Store: offered products
Through this site I will be offering:
It is all very exciting! I will offer what I can as everything becomes available.
4) Connections
At the end of this section, I have listed artists, singers / musicians, composers, actors, directors, comedians, other personalities and inspiring people, whom throughout my life have influenced and inspired me. If you ( whom are reading this ) can put me in contact with, or have any of them contact me, this would be a wonderful contribution, because: First, I would love to thank them for their inspiration. Secondly, ask them if they may be able to contribute to my foundation in one of several ways, ex: a donation of an item of their artistry, or a fundraising event involving them.
I hope you enjoy the following products. Your purchase will help support this foundation.
Through this site I will be offering:
- products, which I have designed, products by designers whom I have invited to design a specific product for sale only through this site, and products which various manufacturers have donated. I will list them as they become available.
- limited editions of: furniture ( editions ranging from 5 – 25 ) , ceramic / table objects ( editions ranging from 100 – 250, such as my ashtray design “NIKI” which Starck produced ( see design section ). I will most likely offer it in bronze. I am currently getting pricing for a new occasional table design of mine, which I will offer in an edition of 25.
- limited edition artwork prints ( of my own, and by selected artists ).
- original one of a kind sketches, drawings, monoprints, and paintings ( of my own, and by selected artists )
- I will be soliciting companies such as Alessi, IKEA, CB2 ( crate n barrel ) to produce my designs, and sell through this site ( high quantity volumes, verses limited editions ). I will also be offering one of a kind original artwork, in the form of drawings, watercolors, paintings, sculpture, as artists donate them ( if I do not hold on to them for a benefit auction which I am curating and will have at an auction house in either NYC or Chicago ).
It is all very exciting! I will offer what I can as everything becomes available.
4) Connections
At the end of this section, I have listed artists, singers / musicians, composers, actors, directors, comedians, other personalities and inspiring people, whom throughout my life have influenced and inspired me. If you ( whom are reading this ) can put me in contact with, or have any of them contact me, this would be a wonderful contribution, because: First, I would love to thank them for their inspiration. Secondly, ask them if they may be able to contribute to my foundation in one of several ways, ex: a donation of an item of their artistry, or a fundraising event involving them.
I hope you enjoy the following products. Your purchase will help support this foundation.
Store: offered products
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Product 1 Larry Laske Dog Leash
I am proud to offer this product on this site, because it is this leashes' Worldwide debut.
Made in Italy.
I have designed every detail of this leash, and spent 3 years developing this leash in coordination with a manufacturer of climbing carabiners and rescue harnesses. All materials are of the highest quality, literally indestructable. All hardware is cast, Non corrosive ISO Naval Bronze, for superior strength, and beautifully polished. The leash material is Dyneema, a soft to touch material which bullet proof vests are made out of. The Dyneema manufacturing process creates a material twice as strong as hardened steel. You can say that this leash is bullet proof. If your dog chews on it, their teeth will not penetrate nor destroy the Dyneema.
Benefits of this leash:
1) Instead of offering different leash sizes, this leash adjusts to any length between 59" and 36", which makes it perfect for a dog which you are training with a shorter leash length and would like close to your side, and for those who will allow their dog more leash length.
2) The sliding clip slides effortlessly along the Dyneema, and due to the orientation of the two loops, the Dyneema is "pinched" when the leash is taught, so the leash length will not change. When the dog is at rest, and the leash is slightly slacked the sliding clip does not move, but does allow the user to slide the clip effortlessly along the Dyneema, to change the leash length. The sliding clip is impeccably polished so that it will not fray the Dyneema as you slide it, to adjust the leash length and diameter of the loop.
3) The minimum diameter loop is 6" ( which is the handle when the leash is at its maximum 59" length ), which you can secure your dog to a parking meter, and as you slide the clip along the Dyneema the diameter of the loop becomes larger, maximum apr. 20", to secure your dog to a tree in the park.
4) The stitching is not only beautiful, but rated at the highest of International climbing requirements. Climbers feel safe hanging from rock faces, so no problem in securely walking your dog.
You'll never need another leash - unless you get additional dogs."
scroll down for photos and purchase button
I am proud to offer this product on this site, because it is this leashes' Worldwide debut.
Made in Italy.
I have designed every detail of this leash, and spent 3 years developing this leash in coordination with a manufacturer of climbing carabiners and rescue harnesses. All materials are of the highest quality, literally indestructable. All hardware is cast, Non corrosive ISO Naval Bronze, for superior strength, and beautifully polished. The leash material is Dyneema, a soft to touch material which bullet proof vests are made out of. The Dyneema manufacturing process creates a material twice as strong as hardened steel. You can say that this leash is bullet proof. If your dog chews on it, their teeth will not penetrate nor destroy the Dyneema.
Benefits of this leash:
1) Instead of offering different leash sizes, this leash adjusts to any length between 59" and 36", which makes it perfect for a dog which you are training with a shorter leash length and would like close to your side, and for those who will allow their dog more leash length.
2) The sliding clip slides effortlessly along the Dyneema, and due to the orientation of the two loops, the Dyneema is "pinched" when the leash is taught, so the leash length will not change. When the dog is at rest, and the leash is slightly slacked the sliding clip does not move, but does allow the user to slide the clip effortlessly along the Dyneema, to change the leash length. The sliding clip is impeccably polished so that it will not fray the Dyneema as you slide it, to adjust the leash length and diameter of the loop.
3) The minimum diameter loop is 6" ( which is the handle when the leash is at its maximum 59" length ), which you can secure your dog to a parking meter, and as you slide the clip along the Dyneema the diameter of the loop becomes larger, maximum apr. 20", to secure your dog to a tree in the park.
4) The stitching is not only beautiful, but rated at the highest of International climbing requirements. Climbers feel safe hanging from rock faces, so no problem in securely walking your dog.
You'll never need another leash - unless you get additional dogs."
scroll down for photos and purchase button
$ 50 + shipping and handling
Note:
Shortly before my tumor diagnosis I finished the final development of this leash, but then I experienced a 2 year hiatus from my personal and professional life due to my tumor recovery. Now, I can move forward, and listing my dog leash on this site is its' Worldwide debut. The minimum initial production run is 400 leashes, so I need 400 leashes purchased, then I can commit to the production run. Once I commit to the production run, I will have all 400 leashes in hand in 60 days, to begin mailing them to all whom purchased. I thank you for your support in advance, and know you will love this leash, and agree that it is of the highest quality of design, materials and manufacturing, as in the reputation of all my products. I appreciate not only your support by purchasing a leash to benefit this foundation, but your trust knowing that your leash will arrive apr 60 – 90 days after 400 leashes are purchased. So make sure you supply your shipping address with your purchase information. Even email me at: [email protected].
Shortly before my tumor diagnosis I finished the final development of this leash, but then I experienced a 2 year hiatus from my personal and professional life due to my tumor recovery. Now, I can move forward, and listing my dog leash on this site is its' Worldwide debut. The minimum initial production run is 400 leashes, so I need 400 leashes purchased, then I can commit to the production run. Once I commit to the production run, I will have all 400 leashes in hand in 60 days, to begin mailing them to all whom purchased. I thank you for your support in advance, and know you will love this leash, and agree that it is of the highest quality of design, materials and manufacturing, as in the reputation of all my products. I appreciate not only your support by purchasing a leash to benefit this foundation, but your trust knowing that your leash will arrive apr 60 – 90 days after 400 leashes are purchased. So make sure you supply your shipping address with your purchase information. Even email me at: [email protected].
An enormous help is if you know of a retailer, boutigue, or distributor whom you feel may carry my leash. If so, please go to ( contact ) the last section of this site and email me such helpful information. Also, feel free to call me.
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Apart from the store on this site, I am offering for sale: all rights to the following the ( 2 ) products I have designed and developed.
Both have been tooled, manufactured and sold by me, at one period of time. My focus now is on this foundation, and selling all rights, patent, and tooling to these products, in order to help fund this foundation.
1) Beachthingy ( beach chair ) which I have described in the section of this site ( design career )
www.beachthingy.com
Please go to the website to see the entire product and packaging. Since I introduced this beach chair in 2008, I have sold several thousand chairs through this website, a few retailers, such as DWR, and two very successful FAB.COM sales ( July 18, 2011, and August 20, 2012 ), and several design focused mail order magazine. On May 21, 2012 2012 there was a wonderful mention in Forbes magazine. Please return to the ( design career ) section of this site, scroll down to this beach chair, to see the ( 5 ) major International design awards it won. It swept all 5.
I have done this all through my own effort. A distributor is needed.
Promotional idea:
I am currently sourcing a towel manufacturer, to produce the sleeve and a sleeve towel combination, made out of 100% cotton, or terry clothe. The sleeve has two functions: 1) it acts as a perspiration absorber. When the user rests against the plastic, there will be some perspiration due the plastic being in the sun. 2) one side of the sleeve ( which will be located on the back side ) is a great promotional idea, because silk screening, or embroidering, a logo or company information on the sleeve, will act as a billboard to all the passerbys on the beach. I can email you a pdf of the prototypes for the sleeve and sleeve towel combo. This is a great idea for an exclusivity for a Cruiseliner. The chair can be purchase in their onboard store, and they can give out a sleeve as a gratuity, or charge very little to cover the manufacturing cost, and their logo…can be one of many little billboards on the beach.
The Master Carton is designed to display ( 10 ) chairs in the retail environment. Perfect for a small onboard Cruiseship store.
Perhaps, someone reading this has a contact with a cruiseliner, whom I can solicit this chair, and license it as an exclusivity. If I am able to license this chair, then my hands are free, and I can generate monies for this foundation, otherwise I am interested in the sale of all rights to this beach chair: intellectual property, patent, tooling ( which also includes all the packaging tooling ).
I am open to any discussion.
2) StandPlant ( plant stand )
www.produchology.com
Don’t ask me why I came up with this name for this particular site. The product on the site is a plant stand. I designed it so that plants can be raised off the floor, and able to receive sunlight through the windows. I just finished the initial manufacturing run, and then September 11, 2001 ( 911 ) happened. The caution and uncertainty which followed affected us all. I had great response to my product and orders with several retailers, and garden centers, but post 911 made it more difficult to sell my plant stand, mainly because I was manufacturing it in Grand Rapids Michigan ( where I lived at the time ) and it was just too expensive. In June 2002 I moved to Italy, focusing on designing and developing products and furniture, so this plant stand was removed from my mind. I have the tooling for: the base, the pot, saucer, and plate, which I have stored in a warehouse since 2001. I had all the tooling produced in Grand Rapids, which from my memory was apr. $ 70,000.00 in total.
I would like to sell all rights to this plant stand: intellectual property, tooling, at a ridiculously low price, so that I can put the monies into this foundation.
I am open to any discussion.
Both have been tooled, manufactured and sold by me, at one period of time. My focus now is on this foundation, and selling all rights, patent, and tooling to these products, in order to help fund this foundation.
1) Beachthingy ( beach chair ) which I have described in the section of this site ( design career )
www.beachthingy.com
Please go to the website to see the entire product and packaging. Since I introduced this beach chair in 2008, I have sold several thousand chairs through this website, a few retailers, such as DWR, and two very successful FAB.COM sales ( July 18, 2011, and August 20, 2012 ), and several design focused mail order magazine. On May 21, 2012 2012 there was a wonderful mention in Forbes magazine. Please return to the ( design career ) section of this site, scroll down to this beach chair, to see the ( 5 ) major International design awards it won. It swept all 5.
I have done this all through my own effort. A distributor is needed.
Promotional idea:
I am currently sourcing a towel manufacturer, to produce the sleeve and a sleeve towel combination, made out of 100% cotton, or terry clothe. The sleeve has two functions: 1) it acts as a perspiration absorber. When the user rests against the plastic, there will be some perspiration due the plastic being in the sun. 2) one side of the sleeve ( which will be located on the back side ) is a great promotional idea, because silk screening, or embroidering, a logo or company information on the sleeve, will act as a billboard to all the passerbys on the beach. I can email you a pdf of the prototypes for the sleeve and sleeve towel combo. This is a great idea for an exclusivity for a Cruiseliner. The chair can be purchase in their onboard store, and they can give out a sleeve as a gratuity, or charge very little to cover the manufacturing cost, and their logo…can be one of many little billboards on the beach.
The Master Carton is designed to display ( 10 ) chairs in the retail environment. Perfect for a small onboard Cruiseship store.
Perhaps, someone reading this has a contact with a cruiseliner, whom I can solicit this chair, and license it as an exclusivity. If I am able to license this chair, then my hands are free, and I can generate monies for this foundation, otherwise I am interested in the sale of all rights to this beach chair: intellectual property, patent, tooling ( which also includes all the packaging tooling ).
I am open to any discussion.
2) StandPlant ( plant stand )
www.produchology.com
Don’t ask me why I came up with this name for this particular site. The product on the site is a plant stand. I designed it so that plants can be raised off the floor, and able to receive sunlight through the windows. I just finished the initial manufacturing run, and then September 11, 2001 ( 911 ) happened. The caution and uncertainty which followed affected us all. I had great response to my product and orders with several retailers, and garden centers, but post 911 made it more difficult to sell my plant stand, mainly because I was manufacturing it in Grand Rapids Michigan ( where I lived at the time ) and it was just too expensive. In June 2002 I moved to Italy, focusing on designing and developing products and furniture, so this plant stand was removed from my mind. I have the tooling for: the base, the pot, saucer, and plate, which I have stored in a warehouse since 2001. I had all the tooling produced in Grand Rapids, which from my memory was apr. $ 70,000.00 in total.
I would like to sell all rights to this plant stand: intellectual property, tooling, at a ridiculously low price, so that I can put the monies into this foundation.
I am open to any discussion.
Connections
Throughout my life, the following people have influenced, and inspired me. If you ( whom are reading this ) can put me in contact with, or have any of them contact me, this would be a wonderful contribution, because: First, I would love to thank them for their inspiration. Secondly, ask them if they may be able to contribute to my foundation in one of several ways, ex: a donation of an item of their artistry, or a fundraising event involving them.
Artists
Fernando Botero
Chuck Close
Christo
Robert Crumb
H.R. Giger
David Hockney
Jasper Johns
Ellsworth Kelly
Anselm Kiefer
Claus Oldenburg
Robert Rauschenberg
James Rosenquist
Richard Serra
Frank Stella
Wayne Thiebaud
Architects
Santiago Calatrava
Sir Norman Foster
Frank Gehry
Helmut Jahn
Jean Nouvel
Singers / Musicians
Ian Anderson
Jon Anderson
Cecilia Bartoli
Jeff Beck
Beck
Adrian Belew
Pat Benetar
David Bowie
David Byrne
Eric Clapton
Phil Collin
Roger Daltrey
Pino Daniele
Keith Emerson ( EMP )
Peter Erskine
Eminem
Donald Fagen
Robert Frip
Peter Gabriel
David Gilmour
Philip Glass
Richie Havens
Ann and Nancy Wilson
Don Henley
Steve Howe
Joe Jackson
Mick Jagger
Sir Elton John
Grace Jones
Lenny Kravitz
Robby Krieger
Greg Lake ( EMP )
Nick Mason
Bette Midler
Pat Metheny
Lyle Mays
Paul McCartney
Alanis Morissette
Ted Neeley ( Jesus Christ Superstar )
Willie Nelson
Ted Nugent
Mike Oldfield
Yoko Ono
Carl Palmer ( EMP )
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jimmy Page
Robert Plant
Alan Parson
Prince
David Lee Roth
Riuichi Sakamoto
Grace Slick
Chris Squire
David Sylvian
Brian Setzer
Ringo Star
Pete Townshend
Robin Trower
Steven Tyler
Vangelis
Tom Waits
Rick Wakeman
Joe Walsh
Roger Waters
Alan White
Neil Young
Composers
Philip Glass
Randy Newman
Actors / Actresses
Elizabeth Banks
Roberto Benigni
Jeff Bridges
Josh Broslin
Steve Buschemi
Penelope Cruz
George Clooney
Chris Cooper
Russell Crowe
Johnny Depp
Leonardo DiCaprio
Robert Downey Jr.
Clint Eastwood
Jamie Lee Curtis
Sally Field
Jamie Foxx
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Tom Hanks
Dustin Hoffman
Tommy Lee Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Micheal Keaton
Harvey Keitel
Val Kilmer
Daniel Day-Lewis
William H. Macy
Tobey Maquire
Robert De Niro
Sean Penn
Brad Pitt
Natalie Portman
Ben Stiller
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Benicio del Toro
Christoph Waltz
Owen Wilson
Renee Zellweger
Directors I would like to pitch a movie idea which I wrote back in 2001, and as every year passes, my film idea seems more relevant than the prior year.
Mel Brooks
The Coen Brothers
Francis Ford Coppola
Sophia Coppola
Tim Burton
Carl Reiner
Guy Ritchie
Barry Sonnenfeld
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
Comedians I mentioned in the prior section ( and a Dream ), the idea of organizing a fundraiser, “Humor for Tumors”.
Josh Blue
Mel Brooks
Steve Carell
Jim Carrey
Dave Chappelle
Tommy Chong
Sacha Baron Cohen
Ricky Gervais
Chelsea Handler
Cheech Martin
Steve Martin
Kathleen Madigan
Mike Meyers
Bill Murray
Joan Rivers
Chris Rock
Jerry Seinfeld
Ron White
Gene Wilder
Monte Python
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Michael Palin
Terry Gillian
Others whom are hard to categorize, because these people are inspiring on many levels
Woody Allen
Mel Brooks
John McEnroe
Howard Stern
Robin Quivers
Other inspiring people
Sir Richard Branson
Rob Forbes
Bill Gates
Sir George Henry Martin
Howard Schultz ( Founder and CEO of Starbucks )
Mark Zuckerberg
TV personalities
Jimmy Kimmel
Jay Leno
David Letterman
Conan O’Brien
Oprah Winfrey
Chefs I am sure any of these 3 chefs would welcome a chance to cook in my restored church in Sicily. I would love to organize cooking seminars with them, and I am open to any of their suggestions.
Mario Batali
Anthony Bourdain
Jamie Oliver
PGA Tour golfers
I would like to solicit a few PGA tour golfers, asking them to wear my logo. The more exposure, the more awareness. I have enjoyed watching those below, and hope they may be open to wearing my foundation logo, even if simply a 1” dia. circle ( on their hat ).
Rickie Fowler
Graeme McDowell
Rory Macllroy
Phil Mickelson
Lee Westwood
and
David Feherty
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Skiers ( in order through my teenage racing days to present ). All were inspiring to my love of downhill skiing. I especially remember being 13 years old, sitting on the edge of couch, glued to the TV and moving with every turn as Franz Klammer won his 1976 Olympic gold medal. I still tear up as I watch it. I have had some amazing downhill runs since then, and crashes, but it was at that moment I wanted to be a downhill racer. Stenmark and Zurbriggen were amazing technicians, and Bode Miller ( a dream of mine to have lived and trained in Austria ). Hermann Maier actually retired the last year I was living in Austria. It was incredibly special ( and a lifelong dream for me ) to be in Kitzbuhel to experience the Hahnenkamm live. As a result of living in Austria, in January 2009 my dream was realized. I was in Kitzbuhel for the Hahnenkamm. Special enough, but even more special because Bode Miller raced, and it was the last Hahnenkamm for Hermann Maier, before his retirement.
Franz Klammer
Ingemar Stenmark
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Bode Miller
Hermann Maier
I would like to get in contact with the following talk shows
Good Morning America
The Today Show
Katie Couric
and not to forget: Georges St-Pierre to have my foundation name and logo on his fighting shorts would be unbelievable. Perhaps he will donate one of his fighting shorts which he wore during a championship fight.
Throughout my life, the following people have influenced, and inspired me. If you ( whom are reading this ) can put me in contact with, or have any of them contact me, this would be a wonderful contribution, because: First, I would love to thank them for their inspiration. Secondly, ask them if they may be able to contribute to my foundation in one of several ways, ex: a donation of an item of their artistry, or a fundraising event involving them.
Artists
Fernando Botero
Chuck Close
Christo
Robert Crumb
H.R. Giger
David Hockney
Jasper Johns
Ellsworth Kelly
Anselm Kiefer
Claus Oldenburg
Robert Rauschenberg
James Rosenquist
Richard Serra
Frank Stella
Wayne Thiebaud
Architects
Santiago Calatrava
Sir Norman Foster
Frank Gehry
Helmut Jahn
Jean Nouvel
Singers / Musicians
Ian Anderson
Jon Anderson
Cecilia Bartoli
Jeff Beck
Beck
Adrian Belew
Pat Benetar
David Bowie
David Byrne
Eric Clapton
Phil Collin
Roger Daltrey
Pino Daniele
Keith Emerson ( EMP )
Peter Erskine
Eminem
Donald Fagen
Robert Frip
Peter Gabriel
David Gilmour
Philip Glass
Richie Havens
Ann and Nancy Wilson
Don Henley
Steve Howe
Joe Jackson
Mick Jagger
Sir Elton John
Grace Jones
Lenny Kravitz
Robby Krieger
Greg Lake ( EMP )
Nick Mason
Bette Midler
Pat Metheny
Lyle Mays
Paul McCartney
Alanis Morissette
Ted Neeley ( Jesus Christ Superstar )
Willie Nelson
Ted Nugent
Mike Oldfield
Yoko Ono
Carl Palmer ( EMP )
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jimmy Page
Robert Plant
Alan Parson
Prince
David Lee Roth
Riuichi Sakamoto
Grace Slick
Chris Squire
David Sylvian
Brian Setzer
Ringo Star
Pete Townshend
Robin Trower
Steven Tyler
Vangelis
Tom Waits
Rick Wakeman
Joe Walsh
Roger Waters
Alan White
Neil Young
Composers
Philip Glass
Randy Newman
Actors / Actresses
Elizabeth Banks
Roberto Benigni
Jeff Bridges
Josh Broslin
Steve Buschemi
Penelope Cruz
George Clooney
Chris Cooper
Russell Crowe
Johnny Depp
Leonardo DiCaprio
Robert Downey Jr.
Clint Eastwood
Jamie Lee Curtis
Sally Field
Jamie Foxx
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Tom Hanks
Dustin Hoffman
Tommy Lee Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Micheal Keaton
Harvey Keitel
Val Kilmer
Daniel Day-Lewis
William H. Macy
Tobey Maquire
Robert De Niro
Sean Penn
Brad Pitt
Natalie Portman
Ben Stiller
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Benicio del Toro
Christoph Waltz
Owen Wilson
Renee Zellweger
Directors I would like to pitch a movie idea which I wrote back in 2001, and as every year passes, my film idea seems more relevant than the prior year.
Mel Brooks
The Coen Brothers
Francis Ford Coppola
Sophia Coppola
Tim Burton
Carl Reiner
Guy Ritchie
Barry Sonnenfeld
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
Comedians I mentioned in the prior section ( and a Dream ), the idea of organizing a fundraiser, “Humor for Tumors”.
Josh Blue
Mel Brooks
Steve Carell
Jim Carrey
Dave Chappelle
Tommy Chong
Sacha Baron Cohen
Ricky Gervais
Chelsea Handler
Cheech Martin
Steve Martin
Kathleen Madigan
Mike Meyers
Bill Murray
Joan Rivers
Chris Rock
Jerry Seinfeld
Ron White
Gene Wilder
Monte Python
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Michael Palin
Terry Gillian
Others whom are hard to categorize, because these people are inspiring on many levels
Woody Allen
Mel Brooks
John McEnroe
Howard Stern
Robin Quivers
Other inspiring people
Sir Richard Branson
Rob Forbes
Bill Gates
Sir George Henry Martin
Howard Schultz ( Founder and CEO of Starbucks )
Mark Zuckerberg
TV personalities
Jimmy Kimmel
Jay Leno
David Letterman
Conan O’Brien
Oprah Winfrey
Chefs I am sure any of these 3 chefs would welcome a chance to cook in my restored church in Sicily. I would love to organize cooking seminars with them, and I am open to any of their suggestions.
Mario Batali
Anthony Bourdain
Jamie Oliver
PGA Tour golfers
I would like to solicit a few PGA tour golfers, asking them to wear my logo. The more exposure, the more awareness. I have enjoyed watching those below, and hope they may be open to wearing my foundation logo, even if simply a 1” dia. circle ( on their hat ).
Rickie Fowler
Graeme McDowell
Rory Macllroy
Phil Mickelson
Lee Westwood
and
David Feherty
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Skiers ( in order through my teenage racing days to present ). All were inspiring to my love of downhill skiing. I especially remember being 13 years old, sitting on the edge of couch, glued to the TV and moving with every turn as Franz Klammer won his 1976 Olympic gold medal. I still tear up as I watch it. I have had some amazing downhill runs since then, and crashes, but it was at that moment I wanted to be a downhill racer. Stenmark and Zurbriggen were amazing technicians, and Bode Miller ( a dream of mine to have lived and trained in Austria ). Hermann Maier actually retired the last year I was living in Austria. It was incredibly special ( and a lifelong dream for me ) to be in Kitzbuhel to experience the Hahnenkamm live. As a result of living in Austria, in January 2009 my dream was realized. I was in Kitzbuhel for the Hahnenkamm. Special enough, but even more special because Bode Miller raced, and it was the last Hahnenkamm for Hermann Maier, before his retirement.
Franz Klammer
Ingemar Stenmark
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Bode Miller
Hermann Maier
I would like to get in contact with the following talk shows
Good Morning America
The Today Show
Katie Couric
and not to forget: Georges St-Pierre to have my foundation name and logo on his fighting shorts would be unbelievable. Perhaps he will donate one of his fighting shorts which he wore during a championship fight.
