Project Angel Food’s annual Angel Awards returned on Saturday, September 23, to honor Emmy Award-winner Sheryl Lee Ralph with the inaugural Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award, while AIDS activist, artist and author Mary Fisher received the 2023 Angel Award.
Jewel performs onstage during Project Angel Food's 2023 Angel Awards Gala
Credit/Copyright: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage for Project Angel Food
The event, held outside Project Angel Food's Hollywood kitchen in a ballroom under the stars, featured a performance by multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Jewel and an elegant dinner prepared by Los Angeles’ renowned Angelini Osteria. Funds raised from the Angel Awards will support the organization’s operating costs, as Project Angel Food prepares and delivers over 125,000 meals every month to people living with life-threatening illnesses at zero cost.
Introduced by actor and comedian Steven Weber and media personality Rachel Lindsay, Chief Executive Officer of Project Angel Food Richard Ayoub kicked off the evening with remarks to welcome guests.
Jewel performs onstage during Project Angel Food's 2023 Angel Awards Gala
Credit/Copyright: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage for Project Angel Food
The event, held outside Project Angel Food's Hollywood kitchen in a ballroom under the stars, featured a performance by multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Jewel and an elegant dinner prepared by Los Angeles’ renowned Angelini Osteria. Funds raised from the Angel Awards will support the organization’s operating costs, as Project Angel Food prepares and delivers over 125,000 meals every month to people living with life-threatening illnesses at zero cost.
Introduced by actor and comedian Steven Weber and media personality Rachel Lindsay, Chief Executive Officer of Project Angel Food Richard Ayoub kicked off the evening with remarks to welcome guests.
- 9/25/2023
- Look to the Stars
Project Angel Food announced last week that it will honor Sheryl Lee Ralph with the inaugural Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award at the highly anticipated Angel Awards on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Hollywood
AIDS activist, artist and author Mary Fisher will receive the 2023 Angel Award, a distinction previously bestowed on Judith Light, Elizabeth Taylor, George Michael, Sharon Stone and Whoopi Goldberg, among others. Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated singer and mental health pioneer Jewel will perform in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of her second studio album Spirit, which has sold more than 3.7 million copies. Released on November 17, 1998, Spirit topped the Billboard charts with empowering hits like “Hands.”
The Angel Awards Gala will be held at Project Angel Food’s Hollywood kitchen, and the parking lot will be transformed into a beautiful “ballroom under the stars,” with a menu provided by Angelini Osteria. Celebrity guests will include John Goodman, Tara Reid, Megan Hilty, Charo,...
AIDS activist, artist and author Mary Fisher will receive the 2023 Angel Award, a distinction previously bestowed on Judith Light, Elizabeth Taylor, George Michael, Sharon Stone and Whoopi Goldberg, among others. Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated singer and mental health pioneer Jewel will perform in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of her second studio album Spirit, which has sold more than 3.7 million copies. Released on November 17, 1998, Spirit topped the Billboard charts with empowering hits like “Hands.”
The Angel Awards Gala will be held at Project Angel Food’s Hollywood kitchen, and the parking lot will be transformed into a beautiful “ballroom under the stars,” with a menu provided by Angelini Osteria. Celebrity guests will include John Goodman, Tara Reid, Megan Hilty, Charo,...
- 9/20/2023
- Look to the Stars
Project Angel Food is finalizing its Angel Awards lineup, securing a program that will feature Emmy Award winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, singer, songwriter and activist Jewel and activist, artist and author Mary Fisher.
Ralph will receive an inaugural prize named after her — the Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award — designed to honor her longtime support of Project Angel Food and decades of leadership and activism in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Ralph got involved with Project Angel Food more than three decades ago after having just moved to Los Angeles following the success of Broadway’s Dreamgirls. As the story goes, she saw volunteers circulating around a church kitchen that served as the headquarters for Project Angel Food at the time when the organization was serving hundreds. She decided to get involved as she knew so many people impacted by the disease. She also co-founded the Diva Foundation which raised...
Ralph will receive an inaugural prize named after her — the Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award — designed to honor her longtime support of Project Angel Food and decades of leadership and activism in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Ralph got involved with Project Angel Food more than three decades ago after having just moved to Los Angeles following the success of Broadway’s Dreamgirls. As the story goes, she saw volunteers circulating around a church kitchen that served as the headquarters for Project Angel Food at the time when the organization was serving hundreds. She decided to get involved as she knew so many people impacted by the disease. She also co-founded the Diva Foundation which raised...
- 9/12/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Project Angel Food's highly anticipated Angel Awards, sponsored by Wells Fargo, is back for the first time in four years due to the pandemic.
The gala will take place on Saturday, September 23, 2023 in a ballroom under the stars created just outside the agency’s kitchen in Hollywood. The menu will be presented by Angelini Osteria.
Sheryl Lee Ralph, will receive the organization’s inaugural Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award for her decades of service to the organization, presented by Sharon Stone. Sandra Lee serves as honorary chair, with special guests Harry Hamlin, Jennifer Tilly, Loni Love, Megan Hilty, Pauley Perrette, Ronnie Woo, Steven Weber, and more to be announced.
Project Angel Food prepares and delivers over 1.5 million medically tailored meals each year to over 4,000 unique individuals living at the intersection of food, financial and health insecurity in Los Angeles County. Founded in 1989, in the AIDS crisis, Project Angel Food provides nutritional counseling,...
The gala will take place on Saturday, September 23, 2023 in a ballroom under the stars created just outside the agency’s kitchen in Hollywood. The menu will be presented by Angelini Osteria.
Sheryl Lee Ralph, will receive the organization’s inaugural Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award for her decades of service to the organization, presented by Sharon Stone. Sandra Lee serves as honorary chair, with special guests Harry Hamlin, Jennifer Tilly, Loni Love, Megan Hilty, Pauley Perrette, Ronnie Woo, Steven Weber, and more to be announced.
Project Angel Food prepares and delivers over 1.5 million medically tailored meals each year to over 4,000 unique individuals living at the intersection of food, financial and health insecurity in Los Angeles County. Founded in 1989, in the AIDS crisis, Project Angel Food provides nutritional counseling,...
- 9/6/2023
- Look to the Stars
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