Maria Bello Received Key to Sea Isle City

SEA ISLE CITY – July 3, actress Maria Bello, the star of such films as Coyote Ugly, Payback (with Mel Gibson), The Secret Window (with Johnny Depp), The Cooler (with William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin) and The Mummy/Dragon Emperor (with Brendan Fraser), stopped by City Hall to receive a “Key to Sea Isle City” from Mayor Leonard Desiderio. The mayor, who was joined by members of Sea Isle’s City Council, local business leaders and New Jersey Senator Jeff Van Drew, presented Bello with the key to honor her charitable work in Haiti.

Following the Haitian earthquake in 2010, Bello co-founded the organization “We Advance,” a grassroots movement that promotes the health, safety and well being of women in that country.

According to Bello, a Norristown, PA native, whose family has been summering in Sea Isle City since she was age 10, efforts have been made to help the people of Haiti, however there is certainly more work to be done.

“A bill was recently passed that requires Haiti to have more elected females officials, and the government recently donated $10 million for women’s causes,” said Bello. “However, there are still many Haitians living in slums and washing in sewers.”
During the ceremony, Bello also commented about her feelings for Sea Isle City. “I have been all over the world but I love to return to Sea Isle City each summer,” she said. “This is my home, my roots…I love it here.”

Currently filming the movie “Grown Ups 2” with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, Bello also mentioned that while on location she told her fellow actors that they “need to see the beaches of Sea Isle City.”

To learn more about We Advance and the good work Maria Bello is doing for the women of Haiti, visit www.weadvance.org.

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