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April 25, 2007 | Issue 113 |
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“I’m hippie icon, flower geezer, and Pritikin success story!”
Since he stood on the stage of the original Woodstock concert in 1969 and announced, “What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000!" Wavy Gravy (aka Hugh Romney) has become world-famous as a cosmic cut-up, inspiration for a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, and most importantly, his good works on behalf of the planet and its least fortunate residents.
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Says friend James O'Dea, “Wavy Gravy really took the '60s idealism and made it his life.” Twenty-eight years ago, Wavy co-founded the Seva Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has served people round the world struggling for health, cultural survival, and sustainable communities. (www.seva.org).
Compassion in action
Seva has prevented blindness and restored sight in countries like Nepal and Cambodia, helped communities in Guatemala and Mexico create solutions to poverty and injustice, and supported Native American projects across the U.S., especially in the areas of health and wellness. “We call the Seva Foundation compassion in action,” says Wavy.
He and his spouse Jahanara have also for the past 25 years directed Camp Winnarainbow in Laytonville, California, a children’s summer camp that teaches performing arts and a whole lot more. (www.campwinnarainbow.org) “What we're really into is producing universal human beings who can deal with anything that comes down the pike with grace and compassion,” smiles Wavy. “We've been pretty darn successful at that.”
Each year, thanks to private donations, royalties from Ben & Jerry's, and funds from adult vacation camps at Winnarainbow (“Let Wavy Gravy lead you back to fun!” says its website), Wavy has been able to provide camp scholarships for economically-challenged children from the Bay Area and beyond. That assures what Wavy calls "a diverse miniworld."
His king-sized heart worked tirelessly until a couple of years ago when, plagued by severe back problems and weight gain, Wavy started slowing down. He just wasn’t feeling so great anymore.
“I’m mailing you to Pritikin…”
Longtime friend, philanthropist, and board member of the Seva Foundation, Lee Larson, told Wavy, “I’m mailing you to the Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida. I want you to live a long time.”
60 pounds lighter
In January 06, Wavy arrived at Pritikin with the aid of his wife and a wheelchair. Three weeks later, he left on fire. “I’m a Pritikin success story!” he enthuses. Over the past year, he’s shed 60 pounds (“I just have 20 more to go”).
Cholesterol levels plummet
And in his second visit to Pritikin in January 07, his physician Harold Blum “was astounded not only at my musculature and lack of fat but also that I’d brought my cholesterol and other numbers down so remarkably.”
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