Hollywood celebrities join forces to create a healthier world for kids
Los Angeles, CA (May, 2011)—Celebrities are concerned parents, too. That’s the message behind Healthy Child Healthy World’s new Luminary Advisory Board, which launched this month and counts Laila Ali, Gabrielle Anwar, Amy Brenneman, Laura Dern, Jenna Elfman, Mariel Hemingway, Josie Maran, Kelly Rutherford, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Taylor as members. These concerned parents join Healthy Child to inspire small steps to big change.

“I joined the Luminary Board of Healthy Child Healthy World to shine some light on the issues that affect my children and me everyday. Be it the environment we live in to the foods we eat or the products we use, all of these things have an impact in our health and well being. It's important for me to do my part as a mother to keep my children healthy and myself healthy—so I can be here to watch them grow up. Creating awareness is so important.” –Kelly Rutherford, “Gossip Girl”

“I joined Healthy Child’s Luminary Board because I want to protect my children and all children who are being unknowingly harmed by things they can't see. Just a few years ago, I knew nothing of the dangers of additives in food, BPA, household cleaners—the list goes on and on. But what really opened my eyes was when my baby had an "all natural" teething biscuit and broke out into red hives all over her...