Jeff Blugrind racks up 10 telly's in 2 years.

With over 11,000 entries from all 50 states and around the world, this year’s competition was one of the most competitive and successful in the long history of the Telly Awards. Jeff is the President of Beacon Point Productions. His video “Zoe,” a six-minute documentary that shares the story of a 5-year-old girl – Zoe Hunter shown here with Jeff – fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare, aggressive form of the cancer, was the star this year.

Not surprisingly, a child’s illness takes a toll on the whole family – a physical, emotional, and financial toll. Spending her time suddenly caring for a sick child, Zoe’s mom Suzanne found herself losing first her job, and then her home. As a single mom, she did not know where to turn.

Enter Miracles For Kids, a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the lives of kids with cancer and other life threatening illnesses by providing financial aid so their parents can be by their child’s side.

They commissioned Jeff to create the “Zoe” video for their annual fundraiser gala to create awareness of and raise money for their new Fund-A-Family program, which has helped Zoe’s family. “The Zoe video helped us raise over $500,000 at our 2009 fundraising event,” said Autumn Strier, President of Miracles for Kids.

“To this day, the video has an emotional impact on me every time I watch it.” The video was the recipient of one bronze and two silver awards this year, including a prestigious People’s Telly Silver Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Telly Awards.

The “People’s Telly Award”, in its first year, is voted on by the general public rather than the Silver Telly Council. People viewed the entries on YouTube, and voted thumbs-up or thumbs-down for each video. “Zoe” received the highest positive vote count in its category.

Blugrind is also the host and producer of FOCUS ON, a video documentary series which shares with viewers all over the world just what goes on behind the scenes with the technology and infrastructure of communities.

The “Up the Creek” episode of FOCUS ON, featuring the natural water filtration system in Ladera Ranch, won a bronze Telly this year.

The “Zoe” video can be viewed at beaconpoint.com and FOCUS ON can be viewed at laderalife.com.

A Ladera Ranch resident since 2002, Blugrind has been a small business owner in the event and television production industry for more than 25 years. He serves as the President of the LARMAC, the community’s homeowners association. Married to his wife, Danielle, for 18 years, they have an 11-year-old daughter.

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