{"id":478491,"date":"2026-09-28T18:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478491\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:44:13","slug":"chrysalis-butterfly-ball-set-to-honor-reunited-cast-of-new-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478491\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrysalis Butterfly Ball Set to Honor Reunited Cast of \u2018New Girl\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The group will become the first-ever recipients of the inaugural Rising Phoenix Award<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Oct. 10, Chrysalis will host its annual Butterfly Ball at The Beehive in Los at 5:30 p.m. During the evening gala, the Southern California non-profit \u2014 which aids struggling individuals with finding work \u2014 will present its inaugural Rising Phoenix Award to the cast of New Girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leading faces of the widely beloved Fox show include Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone, Damon Wayans Jr. and Max Greenfield, who returns as the <a href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/arts-and-entertainment\/chrysalis-butterfly-ball-2025-max-greenfield-davine-joy-randolph\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Butterfly Ball<\/a>\u2019s host. The cast, who come together next month 15 years after the show\u2019s premiere, was selected as honorees because of\u00a0 the series\u2019 messaging of being able to start over during tough situations. New Girl showed that success is not always linear, and the people that support you in those times are of the utmost importance \u2014 something core to Chrysalis and how it approaches their clients.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the award even comes from one of the most recognizable lines from the show: \u201cWithout ash to rise from, the phoenix would just be a bird getting up,\u201d Greenfield evangelized as Schmidt in New Girl season 4 episode 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chrysalis Ball will also give Jared Wolff, chairman and CEO of Banc of California, the Corporate Trailblazer Award. This honors individuals and companies who show a long-term authentic commitment to serving Chrysalis communities. Following the January 2025 wildfires, Wolff joined Steadfast L.A.\u2019s league of business leaders prioritizing the restoration of the city. Beyond that, Wolff has demonstrated prolonged support for Chrysalis and a passion for improving Los Angeles for the citizens that live there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wolff.jpeg\" alt=\"Jared Wolff\" class=\"wp-image-317257\"  \/>Jared WolffCredit: Courtesy Chrysalis<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis year\u2019s honorees reflect the resilience and second chances at the heart of Chrysalis\u2019 work,\u201d says Mark Loranger, president and CEO of Chrysalis. \u201cEvery year, Chrysalis helps thousands of people achieve goals they may not have thought possible, and the Butterfly Ball allows us to celebrate their accomplishments while ensuring that even more people have access to the support they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-chairs for the 2026 Butterfly Ball include Betsy Beers, Rebecca Gayheart Dane, Greenfield, Hayward Kaiser, Susan Harris, Chris Hart, Amelia Williamson, Rick Hess, Josh Liberman and Cynthia and Bob Hart. Sponsors include The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation, TruAmerica and US Bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, the gala raised <a href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/arts-and-entertainment\/chrysalis-butterfly-ball-2025-max-greenfield-davine-joy-randolph\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$1.72 million<\/a> through its live auction event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-2 has-lg-margin-top wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.changelives.org\/chrysalis-butterfly-ball\/\">Tickets<\/a> and donation submissions are open now.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group will become the first-ever recipients of the inaugural Rising Phoenix Award On Oct. 10, Chrysalis will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[187770,12919,12920,48,52,51,47,50,49,187771,169899],"class_list":["post-478491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-butterfly-ball","tag-chrysalis","tag-gala","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-max-greenfield","tag-new-girl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}