March of Dimes, a leading non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, says it raised a record $1.1 million at their 9th annual March of Dimes Celebration of Babies: A Hollywood Luncheon event Friday in Los Angeles.
The 2014 honorees were actor / filmmaker Elizabeth Banks, who was presented with the March of Dimes Grace Kelly Award and Elizabeth Gabler, President, Fox 2000 who was named the March of Dimes Inspiring Woman of the Year.
Additionally, Dr. James Byrne and Herman L. Hedriana M.D. were honored for their medical contributions to the cause. Celebration of Babies is chaired by Jimmy Horowitz, president of Universal Pictures, and his wife Joi Horowitz, as well as producer Wyck Godfrey and his wife Mary Kerr.
The March of Dimes Celebration of Babies event brings together and recognizes celebrities and prominent individuals in the entertainment community who are celebrating the recent birth of a child and are role models for the March of Dimes mission to improve the health of babies by helping moms have full-term pregnancies, with the goal that one day all babies will be born healthy.
Actor and filmmaker Elizabeth Banks received the 2014 March of Dimes Grace Kelly Award, which recognizes role-model celebrity parents who share the organization’s commitment to healthy pregnancies and families. The award was presented by actor Steve Carell.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by the March of Dimes with the Grace Kelly Award,” said Banks.
