MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. Actor John Bedford Lloyd, a familiar face from movies, including The Bourne Supremacy, Philadelphia" and The Manchurian Candidate, and television shows such as "Law & Order" and HBO's "John Adams," is doing his part to help Mount Kisco's community's premier child care and education center.
Lloyd, a Katonah resident, is slated to emcee the Mount Kisco Child Care Centers eighth annual Feed Me Fresh: An Edible Evening gala fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 22, at Ivanna Farms in Bedford Corners.
Proceeds from the event, which will feature fresh tastings from 20 local restaurants as well as live and silent auctions, will benefit the nonprofits scholarship program. It provides $800,000 in tuition assistance to nearly half the children enrolled there.
The Mount Kisco Child Care Center is banking on a great turnout, and Lloyd knows just how this works, having helped run the auction at the Northern Westchester Community Center in Katonah for the past eight years.
Theres a room full of people with like minds, said Lloyd, who has lived in Katonah for 25 years, raising two daughters with his wife, actress Anne Twomey.
People get in the giving spirit in part because they know everybody theyre talking to, they know everyone theyre standing next to, he said. They drive by this place every single day.
Were very fortunate to have John, Director Dottie Jordan said. Hopefully hell be a presence that will get people to listen and understand why theyre there.
Lloyd has acted in a number of Broadway plays, including Tartuffe and The Rainmaker, and at Carnegie Hall in Showboat. He currently can be seen in the USA miniseries Political Animals.
Since 2006, Lloyd has volunteered with Rehabilitation Through the Arts , along with Patrick Collins, another Katonah-based film actor. Last year, Lloyd directed inmates at maximum security Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville in a production of "Macbeth."
Saw Mill Club and Curtis Instruments founder and personal friend Curtis Beusman, a member of the centers board of directors, asked Lloyd to host the event. Another friend, late local builder George McTavey, oversaw the child care centers construction, he said.
The Sept. 22 event will honor Beusman as well as two other Mount Kisco luminaries: Frances and Isidoro Albanese, proprietors of Bellizzi and Frannies Goodie Shop. For information about tickets and donations, visit the centers website.
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