Actress Jamie Lee Curtis To Help Continue Princess Diana's Work.

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On what would have been Diana, Princess of Wales' 41st birthday, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (U.S.) today announced that actress Jamie Lee Curtis will join its Board of Directors.

"I am proud to be joining the Board of an organization named for Princess Diana, a woman I admire so much," Curtis said. "I look forward to helping continue her compassionate work."

Curtis joins the Board just as The Fund is spearheading the development of a youth-driven, policy-oriented report series on the state of extremely marginalized youth in the United States. The report will focus on the issues facing these youth and what needs to be done at different levels to assist and empower them. Curtis is deeply committed to bringing these issues to the public's attention and to helping raise additional funds to expand and support the Fund's work with at-risk youth.

"The Fund doesn't shy away from complex and controversial issues, which is why we are so delighted to have the enthusiastic involvement of smart, frank-talking Jamie Lee Curtis in our organization," Kathryn Wittneben, the Fund's President and CEO said. "She's someone who will really help us get the job done!"

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (U.S.) was founded in 1997 to serve as a living memorial to honor Princess Diana and her concern for vulnerable youth. The Fund provides financial and strategic management support to youth-driven American nonprofit organizations working to empower especially disadvantaged youth and those who suffer from discrimination and prejudice.

The Fund is the catalyst by which all of the donations -- made by thousands of Americans upon the death of Diana, Princess of Wales -- are used to continue her work in the United States. Donations from the rest of the world were used to establish The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, the sister organization in London, England. To date, The U.S. Fund has committed more than $2 million in grant funding to 45 nonprofit organizations across the United States.

For more information about The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (U.S.), view its web site at http://www.usdianafund.org. For more information about The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund's global humanitarian efforts, view its web site at http://www.theworkcontinues.org.