BE BEAUTIFUL BE YOURSELF

Cole Rodgers
2013 Ambassador

A fundraiser for the

GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION

benefiting the

Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Wednesday, May 8, 2013
6:00 PM Cocktail Reception 7:15 PM Dinner, Fashion Show, Live Musical Performance

Emcee Kyra Phillips CNN anchor

The Ritz-Carlton Washington DC 1150 22nd Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 Complimentary Valet Parking Business Attire

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Cathy McMorris Rodgers was born into a farming family and was the first in her family to attend college. She was elected to Congress in 2004 and has risen to become the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress. McMorris Rodgers represents Eastern Washingtons 5th District and is the chair of the House Republican Conference, the fourthhighest-ranking position among House Republicans. McMorris Rodgers is married to retired Navy Commander Brian Rodgers, and they have two children, Grace and Cole. Cole happens to have Down syndrome. She is a staunch advocate for the differentlyabled, and in 2007 she co-founded and is currently a co-chair of the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus. She works with the NIH to encourage increased funding for research benefitting people with Down syndrome, and she is co-sponsor of the ABLE Act and the Trisomy 21 Translational Research Parity Act. We are proud to announce Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers as the 2013 Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Awards recipient.

Congressman Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen has served in Congress since 2002 representing Marylands 8th District. His past positions include assistant to the Speaker and the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Today he serves as the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. Van Hollen, an advocate for the Affordable Care Act, successfully spearheaded the effort to ensure young adults receive expanded access to health insurance under the act. A champion of civil rights, he has worked to ensure schools provide accommodations for people with disabilities to fully participate. He is one of four cochairs on the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus. Van Hollen is a graduate of Swarthmore College, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Georgetown University Law Center. He lives in Kensington, Maryland, with his wife, Katherine, and their three children, Anna, Nicholas and Alexander. We are proud to announce Congressman Chris Van Hollen as the 2013 Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award recipient.

Kyra Phillips
CNN anchor

John Roberts

Fox News anchor

DeOndra Dixon

2011 Ambassador

Alex Sessions

Expect a STARSTUDDED fashion show with celebrities and beautiful models with Down syndrome

2011 Ambassador

Honorary Host Committee

Rep. John Barrow Rep. Joe Barton Sen. Michael F. Bennet Sen. Roy Blunt Sen. Sherrod Brown Rep. Michael C Burgess, MD Rep. Dave Camp House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Rep. Lois Capps Rep. Andre Carson Rep. Steve Chabot Rep. Howard Coble Sen. Thad Cochran Rep. Mike Coffman Rep. Chris Collins Rep. Gerald Connolly Rep. Ander Crenshaw Rep. Diana DeGette Rep. Charles Dent Rep. Lloyd Doggett Rep. Chaka Fattah Del. Eni Faleomavaega Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Rep. Cory Gardner Rep. Bob Goodlatte Rep. Sam Graves Rep. Gene Green Rep. Tim Griffin Sen. Tom Harkin Rep. Jeb Hensarling Hon. Chris Hill & Julie Hill Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Rep. Michael Honda Rep. Steny Hoyer Rep. Ron Kind Rep. Doug Lamborn Rep. Rick Larsen Rep. Tom Latham Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Rep. Michael Michaud Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski Rep. Jim Moran Rep. Richard Neal Rep. Ed Perlmutter Rep. Jared Polis Rep. Dave Reichert Rep. John Sarbanes Rep. Loretta Sanchez Rep. Brad Schneider Rep. Pete Sessions Rep. Albio Sires Rep. Adam Smith Rep. Lamar Smith Rep. Lee Terry Rep. Patrick Tiberi Rep. Scott Tipton Sen. Mark Udall Rep. Fred Upton Rep. Greg Walden Rep. Frank R. Wolf

Congressman Pete Sessions and his son, Global Down Syndrome Foundation Ambassador Alex Sessions

Past Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award Recipients

Quincy Jones Patrick Kennedy Tim Shriver John C. McGinley Sen. Tom Harkin Rep. Pete Sessions DeOndra Dixon Chase Turner Perry Alex Sessions Jamie Foxx DeOndra Dixon Karen Gaffney Sujeet Desai Luke Zimmerman

Past Ambassadors
Samantha Stevens Sophia Kay Whitten Katherine Vollbracht Winfield

Honorary Committee
Kathy Ireland Beverly Johnson Jeff Probst John Roberts & Kyra Phillips Kimberly Andrew Chauncey Billups Tom & Betsy Blumenthal Norm Brownstein George Dixon Loretta Solon Greene Fran & Kris Hickey Deana Perlmutter Casey & Brett Perry Ricki & Dave Rest Nete Sessions John & Cornelia Stephens John Franklin Stephens Brian & Kathy Stevens Gov. Tommy Thompson Beth Viola Bill & Leslie Vollbracht Tom & Michelle Whitten Alison & Kirby Winfield Jr. Senator Tom Harkin and emcee Kyra Phillips
Honorary Host Committee as of March 20, 2013

Cover photo provided by Will Schermerhorn

Sponsors
Anna and John J. Sie Foundation Aflac AT&T Sharon Magness Blake & Ernie Blake Tom & Betsy Blumenthal Kristine Bomgaars Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Clear Channel Comcast Dish Network Johnson & Johnson NextEra Energy Printing Industries John & Cornelia Stephens and John Franklin Stephens Time Warner Cable T-Mobile Wal-Mart The Whitten Family

Performance by

Sheryl Crow!

Since the release of her seventimes Platinum, Grammy awardwinning debut, Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow has garnered nine Grammys, performed duets with musical luminaries such as Sting and Mick Jagger, released seven studio albums (each charting Top 10, four of them platinum-plus), a quadruple-platinum greatest hits collection and a Christmas album. Crow has also been nominated for an additional 27 Grammys, her most recent for 2008s critically acclaimed Detours. Crow launched her very own clothing line, Bootheel Trading Co., is a cancer survivor, has performed for President Obama and is a passionate supporter of a variety of environmental and health-related charities, including the NRDC, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and The World Food Program. Crow has sold more than 35 million records worldwide. Her new single, Easy is off her forthcoming Warner Music Nashville release out later this year. We are proud to welcome Sheryl Crow to the 2013 Be Beautiful Be Yourself Gala!

Former Washington Redskins linebacker Rocky McIntosh escorts Kendra Hager down the runway
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Featured Live Auction Items

Hollywood Red Carpet Getaway
Get into your black-tie best as you get up close and personal with your favorite stars. This holiday includes two nights at the 5-star Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel and two Loge tickets to the 2013 Emmy Awards at the NOKIA Theatre in L.A. on Sept. 22, 2013. This holiday for two also includes two coach airline tickets, passes to walk the red carpet like a celebrity, a pre-event cocktail hour, and luxury coach transportation to and from the show.

A Girls Best Friend

Need to say I love you? I appreciate you? Or just Forever all over again? Whether you want to bring a smile to someones face and glitter to their hand OR pamper yourself, this custom hand-crafted 14-karat white gold three-stone diamond is your ticket! This beautiful ring, donated by the elite private jewelers Mark & Nataliya Hadley, features diamonds hand-set into micro-pave settings and 3 oval cut diamonds. This one-of-a-kind piece boasts 44 round brilliant cut diamonds equaling .47 carats and oval cut diamonds equaling 1.19 carats. Destined to bring a lifetime of happiness, this ring was exclusively gifted to the Global Down Syndrome Foundation.

Retail sponsor About the Global Down Syndrome Foundation

The Global Down Syndrome Foundation is a public nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to significantly improving the lives of people with Down syndrome through Research, Medical Care, Education and Advocacy. The Foundations primary focus is to support the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, the first academic home in the U.S. solely committed to research and medical care for people with the condition. The Global Down Syndrome Foundation has funded approximately $5 million in research including grants investigating the co-occurrence of Alzheimers disease, certain leukemias, immune disorders, sleep apnea, and autism in the Down syndrome population. The Foundation organizes the Be Beautiful Be Yourself galas the largest annual awareness-raisers and fundraisers benefiting people with Down syndrome. The gala expanded to Washington DC in 2011 and attracts over 500 attendees, including self-advocates, families, celebrities and government officials. The Global Down Syndrome Foundation is an inclusive organization without political or religious affiliation or intention. The Foundation believes that educating the United States Federal Government is important to correct the alarming disparity of funding for Down syndrome research. Tax ID number: 26-4431001

www.globaldownsyndrome.org

www.BeBeautifulBeYourself.org

Cole Rodgers
2013 Ambassador My name is Cole Rodgers. I am 6 years old. I love music, school and peanut butter. I also am chromosomally enhanced. I have Down syndrome. My family is from Eastern Washington State, but most of the time, we live in Washington, D.C. That is because of my moms job. You may have heard of her, Cathy McMorris Rodgers. She represents the 5th Congressional District of Washington State. She started and co-chairs the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus with Representatives Sessions and Van Hollen, and Delegate Holmes Norton. I love my mom she tells me I make her a better person, and she calls me a gift from God. I love my dad too. I also love my little sister, Grace, even though she gets into my stuff. I spend most of my time playing. I love music, cars and kicking balls. I have fun at school with my friends. I love to learn - a good thing, since I have a lot of homework. Can you believe that they give us homework in kindergarten? Along with my teachers, my mom and dad help me learn. They help with my homework, they teach me how to behave, and they teach me to care about others. My parents think that I need to learn all of the same lessons as everyone else. They have high expectations for me. The Global Down Syndrome Foundation has high expectations for all people with Down syndrome. Wont you please support their efforts? My name is Cole. And this is my story. So far...