Stephen Tako

Honored to be selected to participate in this worthy event tonight!

13 days away!!! We are excited and hope to see you in San Diego!!

Thank you to Jeff Yota for sponsoring 5 Preuss students to attend this event!
Thank you to Bart Ziegler for sponsoring 20 Preuss students/family members to attend this event!
This is open to the public and we hope to see you there!

Join us for a great day of fun in San Diego on October 14th! Help us show children the importance of respecting all cultures and that bullying is not acceptable!
Meet former NFL stars Dave DesRochers and Brett Faryniarz!
Bring your dancing shoes and also be prepared to watch amazing multicultural performers as well!

Very nice meeting LeVar Burton over the weekend at the Innocent Lives Foundation Gala. He certainly does dedicate so much to the prevention of harmful activities towards children. .burton We we’re able to talk briefly about and hope to work with him at some point.

Here are a few photos from the Santa Clarita book signing this past weekend. Thanks to everyone who came by. Please remember to post your photos and tag

Today, Saturday September 23rd, we are doing a book signing in SCV! Come by from 11-1pm and pick up your copy of the book. We have the whole award winning book series here! Let’s grab a photo together too!
All proceeds help prevent bullying.

Santa Clarita! Join us this Saturday, 9/23/23 at Route 66 Classic Grill from 11am-1pm!
Pick up your copy of Junga the Dancing Yeti in Yeti, Set, Go!
Proceeds support Motivated To Act!
Would be great to see you. Bring the kids and let’s get a photo together!
Thank you to Route 66 for hosting this event!

Santa Clarita! Join us this Saturday, 9/23/23 at Route 66 Classic Grill from 11am-1pm!
Pick up your copy of Junga the Dancing Yeti in Yeti, Set, Go!
Proceeds support Motivated To Act!
Would be great to see you. Bring the kids and let’s get a photo together!
Thank you to Route 66 for hosting this event!

Like to Dance? Come join the party!!
Dance all you want and watch some of our international dance troupes perform as well. October is Bullying Prevention and kids need your help!

RIP Jimmy Buffet.

Known for his Margaritaville song.
Buffett died from skin cancer that eventually metastasized into lymphoma.

We have four dance troupes performing tomorrow night at our Motivated To Act party. One group is another is Polish dancing, another is Mexican Traditional and then we have a MYSTERY Troupe performing! Anyone in San Diego is welcome to attend this event at from 6-8pm on Aug 23. We invited and other media to show their support to end bullying for children.

“Here we go again, Toto!”
The last time a Tropical Storm made landfall in CA was 1939. The same year The Wizard of Oz premiered!

Very excited to have these Championship Irish dancers performing at our event on Aug. 23rd in San Diego’s University Club Atop Symphony Towers
Join us from 6-8pm for a great evening of networking, entertainment and information on our upcoming Dance-a-thon!

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RIP Pee-wee Herman
Paul Reubens died from cancer.
He was 70.

RIP Sinéad O’Conner. 56 years old.
Talented singer indeed.
Cause not listed.

Guess where I am!!

Next week we are revealing our new program!
The pathway to peace starts with our children.
Join us on the path to build more bridges across cultures.

This is a beautiful new song that tugs at the heart. Many people struggle to understand their purpose in life. We are all made to be happy, but there is so much uncertainty and unhappiness in the world.

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Grandma Yeti’s Top 10 Summer Safety Tips for Children

As we begin summer and start planning for our children to be outside of their regular school
schedule, keeping these 10 tips in mind will help them enjoy this season!

1) Keep Them Hydrated. As the weather warms up, we all tend to perspire more, and even when not playing sports or sitting in the sun, we all need to drink plenty of water.
Drinking 8 glasses a day is a good plan. If urine is golden or dark yellow, it is a sign of dehydration and easily corrected with more water. Stay away from sugary or caffeinated beverages that can dehydrate you and your children.

2) Protect The Skin. Be sure to cover the skin of children with sunscreen… read more go to:

Grandma Yeti’s Top 10 Summer Safety Tips for Children - Motivated to Act These 10 summer safety tips will help keep our children safe and let them enjoy their summer break from school.

Looking forward to seeing all the children on Sunday!!

Bring your families to Liberty Station this Sunday at 2:00 for a fun Family Story Hour with author Stephen Tako. Photos with Santa will follow!

Joyride bookshop will have Stephen Tako’s Junga book series and other children’s books for sale. Reading Legacies will give away a book for every book sold.

If you get a moment, please visit all three of my Junga IMDb pages to view the amazing VO talent we have on each production.

Stephen Tako - IMDb Stephen Tako. Director: Junga the Dancing Yeti. As the creator of the book/film series Junga the Dancing Yeti®, Stephen is known for his extensive work as an anti-bullying advocate while presenting "Meet the Author" to primary school children. This Ohio native is also the author of 'Motivated to Ac...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in or from the USA!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family. May you reflect on the things and people who cause you to feel thankful.

Looking forward to this very special holiday event with and plus even will be there! It’s open to the public. .

Thank you to for being the newest bookstore to carry the full line of Junga the Dancing Yeti books!
If you are in the Liberty Station area of San Diego, be sure to stop by their charming store! .

Thank you to Robert Strickland and Tyler Strickland with for sponsoring and their campaign with Junga the Dancing Yeti book, film and school anti-bullying programs! we are making a great difference together for children! .

is working with schools to implement our curriculum into their programs to help young children with inclusion, sportsmanship and other topics. We are making a difference with our books and films.

Very grateful to be working with motivational speaker and former NFL player on our new film. introduced us and it’s great to have him as the wise Coach Hawksie to help the children with lessons on and We have a short time left to reach our funding goal with the non-profit

We are very honored to have five former NFL players in the cast of the upcoming film. Each are motivational speakers making a positive change in people’s lives. plays a football player in our upcoming film Junga the Dancing Yeti in Yeti, Set, Go!
Ask how you can have your name in the Film Credits!

Want to help children? Please visit our Kickstarter anti-bullying project for MOTIVATED TO ACT non-profit. Your support and generosity are appreciated!
http://kck.st/3gi2Q4a plays Heidi who helps win the game! plays Junga, plays Grandma Yeti.

Words of Encouragement! A quote from In the upcoming film adaptation of Junga the Dancing Yeti in Yeti, Set, Go, Wes the Wolf is voiced by the talented young actor and illustrated by Enjoy this with your

Introduction of our newest book cover! The book will be available before Christmas!
Junga and friends learn skills of sportsmanship, courage and forgiveness. .

Legend from Cleveland Browns joins the cast of Junga the Dancing Yeti in Yeti, Set, Go! Film!!

Talent only gets you so far. Without perseverance and a true mission, talented people tend to impress mainly their inner circle.

World Premiere 8/24/22 of the film version.
Now Spanish-speaking children will be able to enjoy the story of Junga the Dancing Yeti!

Waynimation Art illustrator Wayne Berg is providing amazing illustrations for the upcoming book Junga the Dancing Yeti in “Yeti, Set, Go!”
The book will also be adapted into a film with top notch voiceover actors bringing the characters to life.
11x Emmy recipient James R. Alburger will be editing the film. Five former NFL players will provide voices in this film including Dave DesRochers, Brett Faryniarz, Marques Ogden, and more.
Returning to reprise their roles are Kyla Carter, aKrysta Wallrauch, Shelby Kemper, Khristine Hvam Kies, Tre Mosley, Voice Actor, Margaret Ashley Voiceover, Dianna Conley. Introducing amazing talent joining our cast: Lani Minella, Reem Kadem, Austin Bourne, Lee Colee'.

A few years back working with on KC Undercover. It’s fun to see how well she’s doing in her career.