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My friends,
The Harden Family Foundation has agreed to match any monies raised by the Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition up to $40,000.00!
That means, if we raise $40,000.00 it'll become $80,000.00!!!!
Please consider making a donation. The web address is www.childrenshospice.org.
You can also learn more about the Coalition and our programs.
My sons have each donated $10.00. They challenge you all to match that or do even better.
Imagine what all of you can do to help these terminally ill children and their families!!
Please help!?
Thank you and bless you,
MGB
APRIL / MAY 2007 Message from Melissa and Bruce.
May 28, 2007
Memorial Day
Hello Friends!
Sorry it has been so long since we last posted a message. It seems that we set out to do something and then, the next thing we know, six months have gone by and we still haven't done it.
We lead very busy lives here, especially with the end of the school year just around the corner. It seems to us that the work gets piled on our poor kids!
On the work front we have both been busy, Bruce's mini-series "Pandemic" premiered on the Hallmark Channel this weekend. He also just finished a movie for Spike TV called "Sharp Shooter" co-starring Mario Van Peebles and James Remar. He is also doing press and gearing up for the release of the new Babylon 5 movies.
Melissa finished "Daniel Steel's Safe Harbor" for New Line Home Cinema. Don't know the exact release date of that yet but will send out a heads-up. We have seen a rough cut and it's quite a lovely...well...love story. Definitely a chick flick and Brad Johnson is a total hunk! (This is Melissa talking, not Bruce). He also happens to be a wonderful actor and his performance is really, really, solid (this IS Bruce talking).
After finishing the film MGB went off to NYC to workshop a new, musical version of "Little House on the Prairie". It is called "Prairie: The Musical"...and now Melissa will take over from here;
Well, my friends I must tell you that when I was first approached about this project I thought "No Way! If it is silly I will be mocking what maybe the most important legacy of my career". Then I found out just who is involved;
My favorite playwright in the world; Beth Henley
Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman
Lyricist Donna DiNoveli
And our extraordinary director; Francesca Zambello.
(All of who have web sites that you can check out)
All I can tell you is that the workshop and performances we did for investors worked and "Prairie:The Musical" will be opening next summer. Not sure just where yet but after we open we will tour a bit and then, fingers crossed, go to Broadway.
It's all so exciting and new. I've never done a musical before. What a challenge!!..also... I am sure you can guess, I am not playing Laura...I am playing Ma. Full circle indeed!! The musical stays very true to the books and begins with the family settling in DeSmet..the rest you will have to see for your own eyes!!!
So, as you can see our lives are very full right now.
Melissa has an official myspace page. The link is on our home page. She is a brand new baby blogger (doing a terrific job according to Bruce) and does answer questions she gets there when ever possible. Though, you must be patient if a response does not come immediately. Word has spread and the messages are a bit overwhelming. Please be patient.
Finally, one of Melissa's MySpace friends requested her White Chocolate Coconut Cake recipe. We put it at the bottom of this message. Melissa’s best friend Sandy Peckinpah created it and it is truly spectacular. Be careful though, it is highly addictive!
We hope that you all have a wonderful summer and we will send updates as soon as we have them.
Be well, be happy and be safe!
MGB and BB
Ms. P's White Chocolate Coconut cake
1 box white cake mix
1 cup water
3 whole eggs
1 stick of butter softened
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 cup FLAKED coconut
3 ounces white chocolate baking squares
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup flaked coconut
extra coconut for decorating
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flower two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans. Mix first six ingredients at medium speed for two minutes. Fold in 1 cup od flaked coconut. Pour evenly into pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
For frosting; melt the white chocolate squares with the whipping cream. Do not allow it to get too hot, just melted and combined. Let cool to room temperature. Beat two cups whipping cream in a chilled mixing bowl until soft peaks begin to form. Then drizzle in cooled white chocolate mixture. Add powdered sugar and beat until incorporated. Do not over beat!!! Gently fold in 1 cup of coconut.
To assemble; Put one layer on cake plate. Frost top, sprinkle lightly with coconut. Place second layer on top. Frost top and sides. Sprinkle all over with coconut.
You can refrigerate it but it is best served at room temperature.
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!
Melissa Gilbert
Board President
Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition
www.childrenshospice.org