Henry Winkler and his family showed their support for his daughter, Zoe Winkler Reinis, at the sixth anniversary celebration for her organization, This Is About Humanity. The former “Happy Days” star attended the This Is About Humanity’s 6th Anniversary Soirée in Los Angeles Aug. 24, alongside his wife of more than 40 years, Stacey Weitzman.
Winkler posed for several photos at the event, including a sweet moment featuring his wife and their only daughter. Among the various celebrity attendees at the annual event, which included Eva Longoria, Xochitl Gomez, and Jordana Brewster, were more members of the Winkler family. Winkler Reinis, one of the organization's co-founders, was photographed at the event with her three sons, all of whom she shares with actor Rob Reinis: Ace, Jules and Gus.
TIAH was founded in 2018 by Winkler Reinis, Elsa Collins and Yolanda Selene Walther-Meade. The organization works to raise awareness about both separated and reunified families and children at the United States-Mexico border as well as provide access to legal services and living essentials, facilitate trips, help individuals find shelter and more. Winkler , which was conveniently held at his home in Los Angeles.
“We got an invitation (that read), ‘Come because your daughter and her friends are having an event,’” Winkler told TODAY and attendees at the event. “And then we look to where we were going, it was our house!” The shared his daughter’s initial inspiration for forming the organization, explaining, “She’s sitting on the couch. She’s watching the news.
She’s watching the stories about the children in cages.” “She said, ‘Oh my god, those could be my children. My three boys,’” he continued.
“And out of that came this with her two very good friends. A thought, follow through and an amazing organization.” At the time, Winkler Reinis said that she saw herself in the mothers and her three sons in the children she was witnessing.
“That really was all it took. That was the only thing that separated us, was where we were born,” she explained. “There was literally nothing else.
..I just knew that I had to do something.
” Winkler and his wife share two children: daughter Zoe, 44, and son Max, 41. The actor is also a stepfather to his stepson, Jed, from his wife’s previous marriage. The couple, who have been married since 1978, are also proud grandparents to six grandkids.
Francesca Gariano is a New York City-based freelance journalist reporting on culture, entertainment, beauty, lifestyle and wellness. She is a freelance contributor to TODAY.com, where she covers pop culture and breaking news.
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