Family Resource Center's
Children's Hero Awards Gala

Friday, October 24, 2014 at 6:30PM
Conrad Hotel Ballroom

Ticket Information
Platinum Sponsor (Table of 12) - $10,000
Gold Sponsor (Table of 10) - $5,000
Table Sponsor (Table of 10) - $2,500
Individual - $150
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This year, Family Resource Center will present 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, will be 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., will receive this year’s Children’s Sustainer Award.

And for the first time, Family Resource Center is pleased to present the Child Welfare Legacy Award. It will be 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.