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Former First
Lady, Laura
W. Bush,
excepts an
honor from
Malaria No
More’s 5th
Anniversary
International
Honors
Benefit,
with her
daughters,
Jenna Bush
Hager and
Barbara
Bush, CEO
and
co-founder
of Global
Health
Corps.
Photo by:
Jemal
Countess/
Getty
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2011 MALARIA
NO MORE
INTERNATIONAL
HONORS
FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY
BENEFIT
Event
Honored
Leaders in
the Malaria
Fight
Featuring
Laura W.
Bush, Simon
Fuller,
Katherine
McPhee,
Angelique
Kidjo and
more
WHAT:
This
past Sunday
November
6th, Malaria
No More
celebrated
its fifth
anniversary
by honoring
and awarding
key
supporters
for their
outstanding
contributions
to fight
against
malaria.
Honorees
have
impacted the
organization’s
mission of
ending
malaria
deaths in
Africa by
2015. The
event
includes
performances
from
Katharine
McPhee,
star of
NBC’s
upcoming
Smash
and
Grammy-awarded
artist,
Angelique
Kidjo.
WHO:
Former
First Lady
of the
United
States,
Laura W.
Bush,
was awarded
with the
Raymond G.
Chambers
Global
Leadership
Award, named
after
Malaria No
More
co-founder
and the UN
Secretary-General's
Special
Envoy for
Malaria.
Creator and
Executive
Producer of
American
Idol,
Simon Fuller,
was awarded
the Malaria
No More
International
Humanitarian
Award.
ExxonMobil
Corporation
was awarded
the Malaria
No More
Corporate
Citizenship
Award.
The evening
was hosted
by
professional
athlete,
author and
television
star,
Dhani Jones.
Arrivals
Included:
Laura W.
Bush, David
Arquette,
Katharine
McPhee,
Simon
Fuller,
Peter
Chernin,
Barbara
Bush, Jenna
Bush,
Spencer Day,
Raymond G.
Chambers,
Dhani Jones,
Angelique
Kidjo, Osas
Ighodaro,
Flaviana
Matata, and
performers
from the
Tanzania
House of
Talent
and more.
WHERE:
IAC
Building,
555 West
18th Street,
New York, NY
10011
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