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| HH Executive Director May Khadem presenting Service Award to Dr James Hill at the HH Opera Gala, April 8, 2006. |
La Leche League Founders to be Honored at 3rd Annual Health for Humanity Opera Gala, March 31, 2007
Health for Humanity, the Chicago-based non-profit international health organization, will celebrate its 15th anniversary of service to the global human family by hosting its 2007 Opera Gala on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the Swissôtel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The event will honor the seven Founders of La Leche League International on the 50th anniversary of that organization’s founding. Health for Humanity’s “Evening of the Arts” will include opera performances by artists from the V.O.I.C.Experience Foundation under the direction of world renowned baritone, Sherrill Milnes.
2nd Annual Opera Gala A Great Success
Health for Humanity, the Chicago-based international healthcare charity, celebrated fourteen years of service to the world’s poor by hosting its 2006 Opera Gala Saturday, April 8, 2006 at the Chicago Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Health for Humanity’s “Evening of the Arts” included opera and musical theater performances by artists from the V.O.I.C.Experience Foundation under the direction of world renowned baritone, Sherrill Milnes; an art sale featuring the work of prominent local African-American artists; and dinner. Chicago news personality Susan Anderson chaired the evening’s program, and Health for Humanity honored Dr. James A. Hill, nationally-known Professor of Orthopedics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Every year Health for Humanity’s Opera Gala honors a Chicago community member who has demonstrated his or her commitment to the principles of the unity and nobility of humanity and the equality of men and women. This year, Dr. James Hill was presented with the prestigious award, for his dedication to providing leadership in cultural competency within the medical profession and for his commitment to improving global health. Dr. Hill is a respected orthopedic surgeon who has volunteered internationally through Orthopedics Overseas, providing medical care in Africa beginning in 1987, especially in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he taught orthopedics to physicians at Tikur Anbessa Hospital (Black Lion Hospital). Locally, Dr. Hill is a spokesperson and point person for the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons who during their annual convention in March 2006 will build a free, safe, accessible playground for all kids in the Englewood community which is one of Chicago’s poorest communities.
The evening’s entertainment -- the “Voices Around the World” opera performance featuring artists from the V.O.I.C.Experience Foundation under the direction of world renowned baritone, Sherrill Milnes, and his wife, Maria Zouves –also highlighted and honored volunteerism and service to others. Triple Grammy winner Milnes is internationally recognized as the leading Verdi Baritone of his time. Having sung in every major opera house and with every major symphony of the world, his remarkable voice, artistic integrity, commanding stage presence, and forty-two year career has led him to legendary status. Milnes and his wife, soprano Maria Zouves, have now dedicated their time to helping young, talented opera singers find their own career direction. The charity they established, V.O.I.C.Experience, is committed to the education and development of classical singers throughout the theatrical and operatic world
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