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Denzel Washington to Host Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon Benefit

Denzel Washington
(© Tristan Fuge)
Denzel Washington
(© Tristan Fuge)

Tony Award winner and film star Denzel Washington will host the 100th Anniversary Gala benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon, to be held at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye Brook, New York, on Saturday, March 24, 2012.

The actor is an alum of the organization, and has been a longtime spokesman and board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America since the mid-1990’s.

Washington won the Tony for Fences and also appeared on Broadway in Julius Caesar. He won Academy Awards for his work in Glory and Training Day, and was nominated for his work in Cry Freedom, Malcolm X, and The Hurricane.

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