If you were at the Healthy Child Healthy World gala last night, you’d have seen that concern for children’s environmental health certainly brings out the celebs — though not child celebs, as the cocktail-party-and-dinner affair was really for the 21 and over crowd.

Sheryl Crow, Jessica Capshaw, Amy Smart and Ricki Lake were among the many celebrities who came to the LEED-certified Montage in Beverly Hills to show their support for the eco-health nonprofit Healthy Child Healthy World. They and many other supporters of the nonprofit came undeterred by the strong winds — which had Montage employees handing wraps to the guests trying to enjoy pre-dinner wines on the patio.

But the purpose of the gala wasn’t just to give Healthy Child Healthy World some star power. In fact, the event honored a “regular” parent, Shelby Rodriguez as the 2009 “Mom on a Mission” for her work to stop a polluting, roof-tarring project in Antelope, Calif. Read the powerful story about Shelby’s efforts to keep air cleaner in her community — despite multiple personal and scary threats — at Healthy Child Healthy World.

Know a “Mom on a Mission” in your community? The 2010 nominations are now open — so give your neighborhood activist her due praise. No, there is no “Dad on a Mission” — perhaps because we already have plenty of eco-awards that generally go to men.

I tend not to focus enviro causes that center around kids — Does a healthy world no longer matter if only adult bloggers are at stake?! :P — which is why I don’t write about Healthy Child Healthy World very often though it is an excellent locally-based nonprofit. I simply already get way too many emails about eco baby clothes and BPA-free breast pumps — perhaps because I reviewed the Healthy Child Healthy World book!

Photo of Sheryl Crow, Jessica Capshaw and Amy Smart via Healthy Child Healthy World

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