Presented by Ladies Touch Healthy Choices
Event Details
Healthy Choices Benefit Concert & Festival is a nationwide movement uniting music, wellness, resources, and generosity. Our mission is to gift 10,000 individuals with essential resources including food, clothing, shoes, housing support, job resources, and financial literacy — while hosting guests for a full day of live entertainment and empowerment.
What is the course of the battles?
Day: Saturday October 3, 2026
Time: 9am - 7pm
Location: Los Angeles, California
About Healthy Choices Benefit Concert & Festival
The Healthy Choices Benefit Concert & Festival is a dynamic, purpose-driven event that brings together music, wellness, and community to create real impact across Los Angeles County. Featuring a diverse lineup of live performances, immersive wellness experiences, and curated food options that promote healthier living, the festival delivers both inspiration and entertainment.
At the heart of the event is a powerful community giveback initiative—gifting 10,000 individuals and families with clothing, personal care essentials, and home clean-up supplies. In partnership with trusted agencies working to prevent evictions, the festival also supports access to housing stability through rent relief, down payment assistance, and moving support for those in need.
While attendees can expect an unforgettable day of music and connection, the mission remains clear: to uplift, restore, and empower communities through meaningful resources and access. Star performers and special guest appearances will be announced as we get closer to the event.
Join us as we celebrate, give back, and create lasting change where every moment of enjoyment supports a healthier, stronger future along with our presenting partners, Aaron Community Cultural center, Watchitgrow Inc. and over 40+ other organizations from across Los Angeles county.
The First Festival to Gift 10,000 People in Need
Empowering our community through the universal language of music and the transformative power of radical generosity.
Impact
Our commitment to transparency ensures that every contribution creates a visible, lasting change in the lives of 10,000 people.
10,000 Gifts Distributed
Jobs, Housing & Financial Resources
Hundreds of Guests Expected
Health & Wellness Activation Zones
Join the Movement
SPONSORS
Align your brand with impact, community visibility, and many live impressions.
DONORS
Help us reach our multi-million-dollar impact goal and directly support families in need.
VENDORS
Food, retail, wellness, community organizations, job placement services welcome.
Booth pricing details available upon inquiry.
VOLUNTEERS
Be part of the team that powers the gifting experience and guest engagement.
Volunteer Line: 310.281.2078
The Movement Begins In…
Be Part of the 10,000 Lives We Impact
Every donation fuels food distribution, job placement resources, housing support, and wellness services.
Biography | Celebrity Chef Ewanda
Celebrity Chef Ewanda is a culinary professional, health advocate, and community leader dedicated to transforming lives through food, education, and wellness. She is the founder of Healthy Choices, a platform focused on promoting sustainable, nutritious, and culturally inspired eating habits that support long-term health and well-being.
Her journey is rooted in personal transformation. Following the devastating loss of her daughter, Lashawn Tucker, to obesity-related health complications, Chef Ewanda made a life-altering commitment to reclaim her own health and purpose. Through discipline, education, and lifestyle change, she lost over 100 pounds and discovered the healing power of intentional nutrition.
Today, she uses that experience as the foundation of her mission—to educate, inspire, and empower individuals and families to make healthier food choices that lead to lasting change. Chef Ewanda specializes in creating flavorful, culturally rich meals that prioritize wellness without sacrificing taste. She believes healthy eating should be accessible, enjoyable, and reflective of cultural identity.
Beyond her culinary work, she is deeply engaged in community service, focusing on increasing access to nutritious food and providing practical wellness education in underserved communities. Her work emphasizes empowerment, dignity, and long-term impact. Chef Ewanda is also committed to the well-being of future generations, especially within her own family, where she actively works to ensure her granddaughters are equipped with the knowledge and foundation to live healthy, empowered lives.
She continues to support and uplift others through mentorship and culinary leader, dedicated to reshaping how communities think about food, health, and healing.
My Mission Today
Today, I continue that mission with even deeper purpose. I fight to protect the next generation within my own family, especially my granddaughters, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge, habits, and foundation to live long, healthy, and empowered lives. This commitment fuels everything I do.
Work With Me
Whether you are a sponsor, organization, school, or community partner, I welcome collaboration that supports healthier futures.
Let’s make impact together.
I am not just a chef I am a woman with a mission to empower lives, protect future generations, and inspire lasting change, one healthy choice at a time.
Biography | Erica-Lane Brown
Erica-Lane Brown is an accomplished event producer, talent booker, entertainment publicist, and sponsorship strategist with more than 20 years of experience producing high-profile events and connecting brands with influential entertainment and cultural projects. Throughout her career, Erica-Lane has contributed to more than 1,700 projects and has produced or supported over 1,000 events, raising significant funding and creating memorable experiences through strategic sponsorship partnerships.
Known for her ability to merge entertainment, philanthropy, and brand marketing, Erica-Lane has worked with a wide range of corporate partners and cultural organizations. Her sponsorship and brand partners have included Anheuser-Busch, BET, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Toyota, Wells Fargo, L’Oréal, and CoverGirl among many others.
Her work spans celebrity events, cultural festivals, brand activations, and charity initiatives. Erica-Lane has produced or supported events and special activations featuring notable talent including Nick Cannon, Tony Rock, LisaRaye McCoy, Tyrese Gibson, Robi Reed, Jamie Foxx, and Stephen Bishop, including the RAKE Gold Charity event and numerous entertainment and philanthropic gatherings across
Los Angeles.
Earlier in her career, Erica-Lane served as President of Media at The Kartel Company, where she developed strong media and brand partnerships while helping to elevate celebrity-driven campaigns and high-profile events.
In addition to producing events, Erica-Lane is known as a sponsorship educator, teaching nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and event producers how to build event budgets and scale their projects using corporate sponsorships. Her work often focuses on helping organizations create sustainable funding strategies while producing culturally impactful experiences.
Today, Erica-Lane selectively manages media and publicity for strategic projects while continuing her work as a producer and sponsorship director. She is also the creator and lead producer of the Healthy Choices Music Festival, a national initiative designed to combine music, community wellness, philanthropy, and economic empowerment.
Through her work with Healthy Choices Music Festival, Erica-Lane continues to develop high-profile campaigns, partnerships, and cultural events that bring together celebrities, corporate sponsors, media, and communities to create meaningful impact.
Biography | Andrea Harlin, M.A.
Aaron Community Cultural Center
Andrea Harlin is a seasoned educator, psychotherapist, family systems consultant, and gerontologist with decades of experience serving diverse populations. Throughout her career, she has supported families with special needs infants, guided youth in personal development, and provided compassionate care for seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Her professional background has given her a deep understanding of the social, emotional, and practical challenges faced by vulnerable populations across multiple generations.
As the Executive Director of Aaron Community Cultural Center (ACCC), Andrea leads programs that address critical community needs, including shared housing for those seeking stability, youth employment preparation, food distribution for individuals and families facing food insecurity, and life skills workshops and support groups that promote resilience and self-sufficiency.
Andrea is also the author of How to Have Fun With Homework and a contributing co-author in the award-winning book Step Into Your Vision, reflecting her lifelong passion for education, empowerment, and community building.
Her leadership continues to inspire ACCC’s mission of creating a thriving, connected community where every individual has the opportunity to grow and succeed.
Andrea Harlin M.A. Can be contacted WWW.ACCCBSM.COM
Biography | Donna Wajid
CEO, Watchitgrow
Donna Wajid is the founder and CEO of Watchitgrow Incorporated, a Los Angeles based non-profit organization dedicated to addressing homelessness, dual diagnosis, co-dependency, substance abuse recovery, and food insecurity in underserved communities.
In 2004, she founded a Shelter/Transitional Living program for men and women, uniquely integrating an on-the-job training program to facilitate workforce re-entry for residents.
Under her leadership, and through key partnerships with LA Foodbank, Giving Children Hope, and Feed the Children, Watchitgrow Incorporated has consistently hosted weekly food distributions and bi-monthly 10-pallet donation giveaways since 2006, actively involving shelter residents in these impactful community efforts.
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