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With the 50th anniversary of Star Trek on the horizon, you and a friend will make franchise history as the first fans ever to win walk on roles in a Star Trek movie. You’ll fly to the closed set of Star Trek Beyond and hang with the cast before hair, makeup, and wardrobe get you into character for the role of a lifetime. In addition to the grand prize winner, six additional winners will be randomly selected each week to form our Star Trek: To Boldly Go crew. As a member of the honorary crew, you’ll visit the set, meet the cast, and be among the first to witness scenes from the latest voyage of the USS Enterprise.
Live long and prosper.
Each To Boldly Go Honorary Crew Member will be randomly selected from pool of donors during the following periods:
Crew Member #1 – 7/14 – 7/18 – Audrianna D.
Crew Member #2 — 7/19 – 7/26 — Amy A.
Crew Member #3 — 7/27 – 8/2 — Steven C.
Crew Member #4 — 8/3 – 8/9 — Nick V.
Crew Member #5 — 8/10 – 8/16– Linda C.
Crew Member #6 — 8/17 – 8/23
The Grand Prize Walk-On Role Winner will be selected from all donors from the launch to close of the campaign.
Introducing Star Trek: To Boldly Go. A new initiative dedicated to supporting nine global organizations, each one chosen by a member of the cast of Star Trek Beyond:
Brave Beginnings, an organization dedicated to ensuring that ventilators and life-saving neonatal equipment are always available to newborns in critical need. Nominated by Zoe Saldana.
Camp Sunshine, a place where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families can regroup, reenergize, and restore hope for the future. Nominated by Anton Yelchin.
Direct Relief, a leading medical relief organization that is improving the health of people in need worldwide. Nominated by Zachary Quinto.
Heaven Homes, an organization helping establish children’s homes and centers, while providing secure, safe and loving environments where children can be nurtured to realize their full potential. Nominated by Idris Elba.
KidsCan, an organization that provides the basics such as food, clothing and healthcare to disadvantaged children in New Zealand. Nominated by Karl Urban.
Koreatown Youth & Community Center, an organization serving the evolving needs of the Korean American population in the greater Los Angeles area as well as the multiethnic Koreatown community. Nominated by John Cho.
Make-A-Wish, whose remarkable work is making wishes come true every day for children suffering from life-threatening illnesses. Nominated by Chris Pine.
Time is Precious, an organization helping to create a more comfortable and relaxed atmosphere for children, which in return helps assist with their treatment and recovery. Nominated by Simon Pegg.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, an organization that is leading the way in advancing cures for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Nominated by Susan Nimoy in honor of Leonard Nimoy.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Legendary actor Leonard Nimoy was an icon for generations of fans as “Mr. Spock,” but to Julie Nimoy, he was just Dad.
Nimoy in her first interview since her dad’s death revealed exclusively to CBS2’s Lisa Sigell cherished memories about the father she loved, the memories they shared and a final mission she is carrying on for him.
“Everyone out there in the world knows him as ‘Spock,’ ‘Star Trek,’ so I thought it was a nice thing to say, ‘Hi, I’m his daughter and he was my dad,’ ” she said.
Nimoy, who shared a home video of him from her first birthday, says her dad put family above all else.
“He’s holding me in his arms. He’s very happy and he’s got a huge smile, and you know I’m just a a little baby,” she said.
As Sigell reports, his kids were his heart, and he would do anything for them.
When smaller roles didn’t pay the bills, Nimoy said her dad did whatever it took to support the family.
“He worked in a tropical fish store. He had vending machines. Drove a taxi,” she said.
But when she was 11, everything changed when he got the role of a lifetime.
She remembers the night the first episode of “Star Trek” aired.
“It was just like, ‘Wow! My dad is on TV. He’s got his costume on.’ And it was just a very joyful night. Very exciting,” she recalls.
Life was changing for the Nimoys.
“At that point, he was not driving the taxi,” she said.
Leonard was becoming a star.
“He was out of the house at 5 in the morning because he had two hours of makeup,” she said.
And once in a while, the makeup would make its way home, or at least the eyebrows.
“They had to shave half of his eyebrows because his eyebrows went up, so yes, he would come home and half his eyebrows would be gone, and his hair, you know, was cut very short … like my bangs,” she said.
As the show got more popular and the family more visible, things got a little tricky.
“Kids in school they would say, ‘Oh, there’s Spock’s daughter,’ ‘He’s on Star Trek.’ And then, ‘Do you have pointed ears? Can we see your ears?’ ” she said.
When her dad created the famous Vulcan salute adopted from a Jewish ritual, Julie mastered it.
“Look, Dad! I got it,” she recalls telling him and he was so proud, she says.
Nimoy says her dad taught their family to be strong and independent but also laugh and love. He also passed his love of animals to her.
“We had turtles. We had rabbits. We had cats and dogs and hamsters and Guinea pigs. He even opened up a pet store in the Valley,” she said.
Yes, Mr. Spock owned a pet shop called Leonard Nimoy’s Pet Pad.
“On opening day of the store, he had an elephant,” she recalls.
From flying with her dad to her acting debut in an Oldsmobile commercial, looking through pictures brought the memories back.
For Nimoy and her entire family, Leonard was the rock – stoic but emotional when need be – like the character he played so well.
“He had his serious moments, but he had his emotional, loving, you know, softer part,” she said.
And he used those traits when he revealed to his family that he had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung disease that would eventually take his life.
Experts say smoking is the No. 1 cause of COPD.
Nimoy says when her dad announced he had COPD, it wasn’t easy but he made it his mission to raise awareness.
He did so, she recalls, by going on television and using social media. He even tweeted: “I quit smoking 30 yrs ago. Not soon enough.”
“It takes a very big person to get out there and tell the world ‘I’m human,’ ” she said.
It was then Nimoy and her husband told Leonard they wanted to make a documentary about COPD to carry on his message after watching how it affected him. It will be called “COPD: The Logical Way To Improve Lung Function And Breathe Better.”
“He couldn’t walk long distances. As it progressed, he needed oxygen. It becomes debilitating,” she said.
The film will be completed this year and will pay tribute to him by exploring those who live with COPD, treatments available, and offering support to those who need it the most,” she said.
“There’s over 14 million people throughout the country that have it, and there’s another 12-13 million that actually have it but they’re unaware that they have it,” said David Knight, Julie’s husband and the co-producer of the film.
This was his final mission, which Nimoy says she will carry on.
“If I can help one person, that would be great,” she said.
She says she’s happy she didn’t take the moments she had with her dad for granted.
“That was our last photograph together,” Nimoy said referring to a picture with her dad. “And we were just sitting in the sun, listening to the waves. I’ll treasure that moment forever. I’m going to miss him.”
She knows the world does, too, and that’s why a piece of her heart is with his fans.
“I love him always,” she said.
Nimoy says she knows her father is watching over her, their family, and this film that he so believed would make a difference.
Final Tweet by Leonard Nimoy - "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." LLAP
Leonard Nimoy's friends, colleagues and fans have been taking to social media to share their grief about the passing of the entertainment, pop culture and Star Trek icon. Among those paying tribute are William Shatner, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Eugene Roddenberry and many others. Here are some of their tweets and statements...
“He was quite wonderful. He was also a huge cheerleader for women” - @WhoopiGoldberg on Leonard Nimoy
Farewell Leonard. Glad I knew you. Thinking of Susan, Adam, and his entire family. And his vast extended family of Star Trek. - @BrentSpiner
From The Reading Rainbow Website
Actor, director and educator LeVar Burton has been an icon for more than 35 years. 1977’s TV miniseries Roots propelled the 19-year-old Burton onto the world stage with his unforgettable performance as Kunta Kinte. As Star Trek: The Next Generation’s blind chief engineer Geordi La Forge, Burton reminded audiences that it’s not our disabilities but our contribution to society that defines us. In 2012 he formed RRKidz with his business partner Mark Wolfe. They hold the global rights to the Reading Rainbow brand through a partnership with series creator, WNED/Buffalo.
Reading Rainbow The Rhino Who Swallowed the Storm by Levar Burton
Biook Overview From Amazon - When little Mica Mouse is scared by thunder booming outside her cozy home, Papa Mouse reaches for just the right story to comfort her. Hugging her close, he begins to read The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm. In this poetic book-within-a-book, a happy little rhinoceros is overwhelmed by a storm that sweeps away everything he loves. Swallowing the storm just makes him feel worse, so Rhino sets off on a whimsical journey toward healing. Along the way, he meets many friends, including a kind spider, a brave kangaroo, a wise tortoise, and an uplifting whale. With their help, Rhino lets go of the storm inside and learns to see the light in a world turned gray. Mica Mouse is soothed by the story and Papa’s gentle reminder that even though bad things sometimes happen, the world is full of people who care.
In his first children’s book, longtime Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton gives us an engaging resource to help children express their feelings and navigate through difficult experiences. The “Take a Deeper Look” page at the end of the book even provides discussion questions to facilitate a healing dialogue.
The Miniseries begins in Gambia, West Africa, Kunta Kinte, son of Omoro and Binta, distinguishes himself in manhood training rituals. But he does not enjoy his new status long: slave traders sweeping the countryside seize him. Chained with other captives, Kunta begins an agonized odyssey to the New World.
Now, check out the "Finding Your Roots" show on PBS.
Since the premiere of his groundbreaking series African American Lives (2006) through the first season of Finding Your Roots (2012), noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees.
Finding Your Roots & Ancestry Dot Com
Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
Star Trek Crew Members - Fun Photo
Levar Burton became a household name for science-fiction fans in the mid-'80s as a star of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).
Star Trek has moved on from TV to Films. Here is the trailer from the last film. I love this film. (Please don't change a thing for the next film) I hope they keep the same Film Director. Did I mention I love this Film. Yeah I do. I've been a Star Trek fan since 5th grade but this film is so awesome and the actors are perfect for their roles. Now, from Sci-Fi to the Science Fair at the White House. Wait! There's going to be Star Trek theme park in London! Book your shore leave now for 2020.
On Tuesday, May 27, the White House was filled with robots, science projects, and more for the 2014 White House Science Fair!
Hosted by President Obama, the Fair featured innovative projects, designs, and experiments from students all across America. With students from a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions, this year’s Fair also included a specific focus on girls and women who are excelling in STEM and inspiring the next generation with their work.
Before ending this feature story here are three more children's books that you might find interesting. Well, I really didn't post comments here. However, I had fun bringing you all the information. Please support the reading rainbow and you must watch this last video. Madison Loves Books!
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