Since that time, the Scleroderma Research Foundation has raised over $35 million dollars. So, just three years after I found out what ‘scleroderma’ was, my sister was sitting in the audience at the benefit, now actually diagnosed with this orphan disease. (Apologies, but that’s a long time for me to be serious without a shot of gallows humor to get me through the pain of discussing it.) The more you experience, the more you tend to believe, “there are no accidents.” Except occasionally in your pants. I have since hosted 'Cool Comedy-Hot Cuisine' over 30 times.
It was such a moving night for me that I personally promised Sharon that I would be there the following year. The first year I went, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell performed as well. Savenok / Getty Images for Scleroderma Research Foundation
With Andy Cohen at Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, A Benefit For The Scleroderma Research Foundation at Carolines On Broadway on Decemin New York City. Robin returned for a total of five times, helping Sharon to raise millions for research programs and the Centers of Excellence at Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford and UCSF, among other universities and major medical institutions. I was a performer and later served as its host. The beautiful, generous Robin Williams was the first performer to stand up for this cause.
