Announcement

Health and Human Rights Leadership Awards

On May 19, 2008, more than 300 friends, supporters, and volunteers of DOW gathered to honor our 2008 Health and Human Rights Leadership Awards honorees—Bill Roedy, Vice Chairman of MTV Networks and DOW Board Member; Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of The New York Times; and the Wharton Healthcare International Volunteer Project.

The evening highlighted DOW’s efforts, and those of our honorees and partners, to address the needs of children and youth around the world.  DOW has implemented a wide range of initiatives that enable communities to meet needs that are crucial to healthy development, including child survival and maternal health programs in rural Kenya, care and support for street and at-risk children and youth in Russia and Ukraine, and child protection initiatives in Nepal. 



"The impact of aid when it is delivered well - and I think Doctors of the World-USA is a terrific deliverer - is enormous"   - Nick Kristof




    Nick Kristof (right), with David Remnick
           
CNN/U.S. Correspondent Alina Cho hosted the dinner, which was chaired by Shereen and Steven Berger, FrontPoint Partners, Stephen M. Sammut, and Dr. Victoria L. Sharp.  Awards were presented by David Remnick, Editor of The New Yorker; Kelly Rowland, Sony BMG recording artist and MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation Ambassador; and Dr. Mitchell J. Blutt, CEO of Consonance Capital. 

The dinner raised over $300,000 to support DOW’s health and human rights work around the globe.  Major sponsors included MTV Networks, Viacom, Pfizer, Inc., The Malcom Hewitt Wiener Foundation, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. 
                                                                    
                                                                                             The WHIVP volunteers with Mitchell J. Blutt


12th Annual Golf Classic

The 12th Annual Doctors of the World-USA Golf Classic was held on June 30, 2008 at the Rock Spring Golf Club in West Orange, NJ.  Hosted by Co-Chairs Patricia Quilty and Allison McCauley and sponsored by Triple i and Elsevier, this fun and exciting event raised crucial support for DOW's international health and human rights work.

                                                                                                                          The 2008 DOW Golf Committee   

Craft Dinner

On November 1, 2007, DOW Board member Tom Colicchio generously hosted an intimate dinner for some of DOW’s most generous supporters at Craft Private Dining.  Attendees enjoyed a distinctive meal selected by Tom while being provided with an update on DOW projects.