Family Resource Center’s
Annual Children’s Hero Awards Gala
Happened on Friday, October 24th, 2014
at the Conrad Miami Hotel
Established in 2009, the Children’s Hero Awards honor local community leaders who have shown extraordinary leadership in providing services and support to those youth who have suffered child abuse and neglect in Miami-Dade.
Family Resource Center presented three awards to prestigious community members who have made a difference in the lives of foster children.
Mr. Alberto M. Carvalho, Miami-Dade County’s Superintendent of Schools, was this year’s recipient of the Children’s Hero Award in recognition of his provision of critical educational resources and services to children in the foster care system, including the establishment of a data sharing project between Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the local Foster Care Agencies.
In acknowledgement of his outstanding contribution as a Family Resource Center board member, as well as his ongoing commitment to the agency, Mr. Mario Trueba, CEO and President of Sabadell United Bank, N.A., received this year’s Children’s Sustainer Award.
And for the first time, Family Resource Center was pleased to present the Child Welfare Legacy Award. It was bestowed upon Mr.Lawrence S. Hurwit, accomplished real estate developer and composer, for his lifetime body of work supporting children who have suffered child abuse and neglect. Notably, Mr. Hurwit created the Hurwit Children’s Emergency Shelter for those most vulnerable and in need of a safe haven. Built in Miami Gardens in 1981, this complex has sheltered many hundreds of children of all ages, as well as teen mothers and their infants.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:
94th Aero Squadron Restaurant | Los Establos Boutique Inn, Panama |
Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre | Macy’s |
Adrienne Arsht Center | Maroosh Mediterranean Restaurant |
All Star Auctions | Miami Children’s Museum |
Anacapri Restaurant | Miami Heat |
Angelique Euro Cafe | Miami Marlins |
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami Seaquarium |
Bala Vinyasa Yoga | Miller Sports Training & Fitness |
Blue Martini | New York Philharmonic |
Body Details | Old Lisbon Restaurant |
Books & Books Café | Perez Art Museum Miami |
Bradford Renaissance Portraits Corp. | PRP Wine International |
Buffalo Wild Wings | Red Cap |
Busch Gardens Tampa | Rowley Portraiture |
Butterfly World | Sabadell United Bank, N.A. |
Cabot Creamery Cooperative | Season’s 52 |
Cake Lush | SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment |
Camp Cody | South Florida Parenting |
Carnegie Hall | Splitsville |
Carnival Cruise Lines | St. James’s Club Morgan Bay |
Chloe Di Leo | Tarpon Bend |
Coconut Grove Arts Festival | The Cheesecake Factory |
Coral Castle Museum | The Fillmore Miami Beach |
Courtyard Cadillac Miami Beach Hotel | The Verandah Resort & Spa, Antigua |
Creamy Dreamy Sweets by: Tutty | Travel Trackers |
Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld | University of Florida Athletic Assoc. |
Ed King Pop Art | Vicky Bakery |
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden | Vida Day Spa & Wellness Center |
Florida Museum of Natural History | Vizcaya Museum & Gardens |
Fred Astaire Dance Studio, Coral Gables | Walt Disney World |
Hacienda Cerrito Resort | Whisk Gourmet Food & Catering |
Intercontinental Miami | Wines for Humanity |
Island Queen Cruises | WonderWorks Orlando |
Jungle Island | Zeel Massage On Demand |
Kennedy Space Center | Zuma Japanese Restaurant |