Jennifer Lopez will be honored with the Hero Award at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA), in recognition of her fervent and unceasing philanthropic efforts in the U.S. and around the world. The RDMAs, music’s biggest event for families, will take place Saturday, April 25 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The awards show will be presented Sunday, April 26 on Disney Channel and in the months to come, on Disney Channels around the world.
Jennifer is being honored for her work with the The Lopez Family Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The Lopez Family Foundation is a not-for-profit organization she founded with her sister, Lynda, to improve the health and well-being of women and children around the world through health education and increasing the quality of medical care available to them. The organization, in partnership with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, opened its first telemedicine center in Puerto Rico in 2010 and seven new centers in Panama since. The foundation also recently opened the Center for a Healthy Childhood in the Bronx, New York, in partnership with the Montefiore Medical Center, which aims to promote healthy eating, exercise and improve outcomes and access to care for women, children, and families. Additionally, Jennifer has a longstanding and supportive relationship with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. As a young teen, she was an early member of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club’s Performing Arts Program where she honed her performance skills. She now serves as a National Spokesperson for the organization alongside Denzel Washington.
Congratulations, Jennifer!
