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ADVISORY…for Thursday (Sept. 12)
WHAT:
March of Dimes to hold the seventh annual A Salud De Los Niños Awards Gala to honor community leaders who have balanced their personal and professional lives and have positively impacted the Latino community. Funds raised help support March of Dimes programs such as Comenzando bien and Proyecto Salud Latina, which serve Latino families in Southern California.
WHO:
Honorees
— Doctor Fernando J. Guerra, Director, Center For the Study of Los Angeles – Loyola Marymount University
— Kathleen A. Torres, M.P.H.
— Renan Almendarez-Coello (el “Cucuy” de la Mañana)
— The De Cardenas family, founders and owners of Cacique, Inc.
Hosts
— Ruth Livier and Mauricio Mendoza, stars of Showtime’s “Resurrection Blvd.”
Special Guests
— Aliza Lifshitz, M.D., “La Doctora Aliza” of Univision and La Opinion
— March of Dimes Ambassadors, Alma V. Marquez & Hector Herrera will share a personal story about their daughter, Miquitzli, born at 25 weeks of pregnancy.
— Actress Carmen Zapata
— Special performance by the Los Angeles Music & Art School Youth Chorus
— Chief Greg Gibson, Los Angeles Fire Department, who will deliver the invocation
WHEN:
Thursday, September 12
6:00 PM — Reception
7:00 – 8:00 PM — Dinner, Awards presentation and Chorus performance
WHERE:
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
INFO:
The March of Dimes is a national, voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes carries out this mission through programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy. The Southern California Chapter serves more than 22 million people, and has divisions in Greater Los Angeles, San Diego-Imperial County, Orange County, and the Inland Empire. For more information, please call 213/637-5050, the national Pregnancy & Newborn Health Education Center at 888/MODIMES, or go to http://www.marchofdimes.com or http://www.nacersano.org.
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CONTACT:
March of Dimes
Anita D. Roark
213/637-5058
213/400-3667 (cellular)
or
Conexion Public Relations
Gaby Kabrins
310/689-7305
310/748-4229 (cellular)
