21 Oct 2014 3:25 PM PDT
Lorraine Schwartz (L) and Sofia Vergara (R) at Angels Ball 2014 Photo: on Instagram
NCIS Los Angeles’ LL Cool Jay attended The Angel Ball in memory of Gabrielle Rich Aouad to benefit Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research. The star-studded event was held at the Cipriani Wall Street last evening in New York City.
This fundraising event entertainment was hosted by Rosci Diaz and included Nile Rodgers & Cic, DJ Ruckus and very special surprise guests Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx and Ludacris. Avery Wilson opened the show with a beautiful ballad and music legend Nile Rodgers and Chic got the crowd on the floor with a string of their numerous hit songs.
Lorraine Schwartz chaired the gala and honorees included His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba (Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates) & Mrs. Abeer Al Otaiba, Jeff Gordon (4-time Nascar Cup Champion and founder of Gordon Children’s Foundation) Jho Low (Chief Executive Officer of Jynwel capital Limited and Dierctor of Jynwel Charitable Foundation Limited) and Nile Rodgers (multi-grammy award winning producer and composer). The black-tie event included cocktails and an online auction, dinner with a live auction and entertainment – live auction conducted by Simon De Pury. Decor of the luxurious event was sponsored by Emilio Pucci.
About The Gabrielle Angel Foundation
The purpose of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research is to encourage the development of more effective therapies for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and related cancers. The Foundation funds innovative clinical or basic science research that will lead to novel therapeutic approaches that could replace, or be used in combination with existing effective therapies. Such therapeutic approaches could include alternative or complementary medicine.
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle Rich Aouad grew up in Switzerland where she graduated from Aiglon School. She graduated with honors from Oxford University in England, earning her B.A. in philosophy and modern languages. Fluent in five languages, Gabrielle was a champion skier, an expert in horseback riding and a skilled rock mountain climber.
In the summer of 1991, she moved to New York and joined the NYU intensive film program where she met her future husband, Philip Aouad. At the tender age of 23, she was diagnosed with advanced stage Hodgkin’s disease. Her strength and feistiness never failed through months of painful treatment.
Gabrielle’s final wish was to create a leukemia foundation that would help spare others the suffering that she endured. One of its goals would be to invest in research for better treatments for leukemia, so people would not have to suffer from the side effects and damage of chemotherapy and radiation. Gabrielle Rich Aouad passed away in the fall of 1996 at the tender age of 27.
The work of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research continues in her honor and memory. Gabrielle’s strength and wisdom live on in her own words, “Love defies all pain, even death.”
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