Past Houston Fundraisers

2009 Seeds of Hope Benefit

for RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund

Friday October 16, 2009

Crowne Plaza Downtown

Joanne Carter Ana Malinow

Joia Mukherjee

Michael Winters

Patti Gras

Keynote speaker - Dr. Joia Mukherjee

Seeds of Hope Recipient - Dr. Ana Malinow

Joia Stapleton Mukherjee, MD, MPH, is a global leader in the treatment of MDR-TB and HIV/AIDS in resource-poor communities. She divides her time between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and clinical sites in Peru, Haiti, and Russia. Her work in Peru and Russia has led to the development of a new standard of care for the delivery of MDR-TB treatment in resource-poor settings, and she serves as a consultant to tuberculosis projects throughout the world, seeking to add MDR-TB to their existing treatment programs. Board-certified in Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, and Internal Medicine, she also serves as an Attending Physician for the adult and pediatric infectious disease services at BWH and the Massachusetts General Hospital, respectively. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Ana Malinow is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and full-time faculty at the Ben Taub General Hospital Pediatric Emergency and Ambulatory Center in Houston. Dr. Malinow’s experiences with the underserved in Cleveland and Houston motivated her in 2002 to co-found Health Care for All Texas to promote universal health care through education and policy setting. Dr. Malinow is a frequent speaker on health care reform in local and national venues, and has been featured on multiple television and radio programs. She is the author of numerous Op-Ed articles and is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, and organization having over 15,000 members and chapters across the United States working to educate the public as well as members of Congress and their staff about health care reform. She was a co-founder of Doctors for Change. She was a recipient of funding from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for "Teaching future doctors about the health care system."

RESULTS Houston - 2008 Benefit

Friday September 26, 2008Crowne Plaza Downtown1700 Smith StreetHouston, Texas

Seeds of Hope award recipient

Dr. Robert Sanborn - Children at Risk

(two weeks after Hurricane Ike)

Patti Gras

Kathleen Duncan

Joanne Carter

David Schubert

Joanne Carter & Dr. Robert Sanborn

Dr. Robert Sanborn

Beth Wachira

RESULTS Houston - 2007 Benefit

Paula Djabbarah

Oral Rehydration

Dr. Stanley Schultz & Christine Naylor

Rocket PR representative & Christine Naylor

Building Champions to End Poverty

Friday, September 28, 2007Crowne Plaza Downtown1700 Smith StreetHouston, Texas
6:30 pm Jazz Welcome Reception 7:30 pm Dinner, Program and Door Prize

Houston Champions to receive the RESULTS Seeds of Hope Award

  1. Dr. Stanley G. Schultz, honorary chair of the benefit, professor and former Dean at the University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand presents Dr. Schultz (left) with the 2006 Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Jan. 31 2007.

Dr. Stanley Schultz, honorary chair for the benefit, and world renowned research scientist and educator, has served as both professor and former Dean at The University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston. His pioneering research in Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) has saved the lives of over 25 million children who would have otherwise died needlessly of dehydration. RESULTS was largely responsible for the Childhood Survival and Diseases Account in our Foreign Aid budget which greatly expanded access to ORT by the world's poorest families. RESULTS is privileged to add to the numerous accolades Dr. Schultz has received including, most recently, the 2006 Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine, presented to him by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.

Dikembe Mutombo, Houston Rockets Center and four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year.

Houston Rockets Center and humanitarian

Dikembe Mutombo with Kofi Annan

Dikembe Mutombo, Houston Rockets Center and four- time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, is a champion both on and off the court. He has received numerous athletic and philanthropic awards, and was named "the most generous athlete in the world" by FOXSports.com. RESULTS is proud to honor Mr. Mutombo for his service to those in need, the most recent of which is the construction (through the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation) of the 300-bed Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in memory of his mother, in the Dominican Republic of Congo, his home country. RESULTS joins Mr. Mutombo in the quest to expand critical health care to those struggling with the diseases of poverty.

RESULTS 7th Annual Benefit Dinner

Held: Friday October 27, 2006

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Kline

Master of Ceremonies: Patti Gras of Channel 8

Robert Hart, founder of Globeleq

Barbara Best, Texas Executive Director of the Children's Defense Fund

Beth Wachira, RESULTS partner and native of Kenya

Michael Winters, RESULTS partner

A supportive crowd listened intently to learn about AIDS in Africa and issues of poverty affecting children in America. The interested audience remained after the presentations to further discuss RESULTS efforts to encourage funding and legislative support.

Over $36,000 was raised to support the efforts of RESULTS.