Participating in Covenant House’s Sleep Out to End Youth Homelessness for the tenth year, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star remembers how her life was changed the first time she worked with the nonprofit
Rachel Brosnahan is celebrating her 10-year anniversary. No, not to her husband Jason Ralph — they married in 2016 — it’s for the other love in her life: Covenant House.
The nonprofit organization provides housing, food and healthcare to some of the 4.2 million children and youth who are currently facing homelessness in 31 cities in our country. The organization also works in five other countries.
On Sunday, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star will hit the streets for Covenant House’s annual New York City Sleep Out, which raises money and awareness for the unhoused. Provided with only a cardboard box and a sleeping bag, participants sleep outdoors, not to simulate homelessness but to spotlight the critical issue.
“I’m honored and thrilled to be participating for the 10th time,” Brosnahan, 32, tells PEOPLE exclusively.
For years, Broadway stars including Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Tony Award winners Adrienne Warren and Stephanie J. Block and more slept outside, without even a pillow to provide them comfort. One year, a flash-flood warning went off while the stars slept outside; another year, award-winning stage and screen actress Audra McDonald attended the event pregnant. But the stars wouldn’t let anything stop them from the cause at hand.
The event is also now available to attend virtually.
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