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Deets: Chrysalis, the Southern California nonprofit organization that helps people find meaningful work and build futures they can be proud of, regardless of their past or present, announced that the cast of the beloved comedy series New Girl will receive the Rising Phoenix Award at the 2026 Chrysalis Butterfly Ball. Jared Wolff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Banc of California, will be honored with the Corporate Trailblazer Award, and Max Greenfield will host the evening.

The New Girl cast, (Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone and Damon Wayans Jr.) will reunite 15 years after the series premiered to receive the first-ever Rising Phoenix Award, in recognition of a seven-season comedy series built on starting over, and on the people who make starting over possible.

 Success is almost never a straight line, and it rarely comes without the unconditional support of others. That idea was at the foundation of the show and remains at the core of how Chrysalis works with its clients, supporting them from ashes to their success bells ringing. The award takes its name from one of the show’s most-quoted lines, delivered by Greenfield as Schmidt: “Without ash to rise from, the phoenix would just be a bird getting up.”

Join us as we bring together entertainment, business, and philanthropy in support of one simple idea: a job can change a life.

Hint for the Average Socialite: Tickets are on sale now.

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