Animation Industry Coalition to Launch Wildfire Fundraiser at Annie Awards

variety.com:

Terry Flores Major players in the animation industry have come together with ASIFA-Hollywood, the professional organization behind the annual Annie Awards, to support members of the community affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires with a fundraising initiative that will be unveiled during the 52nd Annies on Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

The effort, called AnimAID, aims to raise $5 million over the next months to help the more than 60 families within the animation community who have lost or been displaced from their homes by the devastating fires.

Animation studios supporting AnimAID include: DreamWorks Animation; Illumination & Illumination Studios Paris; Mikros Animation; Netflix; Paramount Animation & Nickelodeon Animation; Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Imageworks; Skydance Animation; the animation studios of The Walt Disney Company, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, 20th Television Animation, Marvel Animation, and Lucasfilm Animation; Warner Bros.

Animation; Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and more. “So many people have volunteered their time, energy and passion, it is truly inspiring,” said longtime animation producer and film executive Sandra Rabins, AnimAID chairperson. “This incredible community prides itself on collaboration, from the work we do to bring joy to people of all ages around the world to teaming up to lend a hand when our colleagues are in need.