Chrysalis Butterfly Ball Pays Tribute to Linda Perry and Suzanne Todd

Todd was also celebrating her birthday during the evening. “It was completely accidental, but actually it was probably easier to get some of my friends — like lovely Sara Rue and Jennifer Morrison — because it was my birthday, because we might have been together anyway,” she said to THR, laughing.

Birthday or not, Todd was committed to “any opportunity that I have to support Chrysalis or to show up and help shine the light on Chrysalis, for people who become aware of the organization, especially people here in Los Angeles, to see what a real difference Chrysalis is able to make, a sustainable difference, a real change in people's lives,” she said.

“We all remember being in school or the first time you had a teacher, someone who really believed in you, who said, ‘You can do this,’ and, I'm here for you,’ and you felt like someone had your back, and that's what it feels like at Chrysalis, I think, for these clients,” said Todd. “They come in the door, and a lot of them haven't felt that way in a long time, or possibly felt that way ever, and they sit down with someone who's going to work with them, and for the first time in their lives they feel like someone is with you, someone is supporting you. And as any of us know, sometimes that makes all the difference. It's like Dorothy from Oz: nothing changed except your mind-set about it. It's really powerful.”

For more coverage of the event, see the original article on THR.