Jennifer Lopez to host LA hospital gala
LOS ANGELES (AP) - May 14, 2008 The 39-year-old singer/actress/entrepreneur is also thinking
about the 93,000 sick and seriously injured children treated
annually by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles - and how she can help.
Lopez announced Wednesday that she'll host and help coordinate
the third Noche de Ninos benefit gala. This year's star-studded
party, to be held Oct. 11 at the Nokia Center, will feature
performances by Lopez, Anthony, Alejandro Sanz and Latin rockers
Juanes and Mana.
Lopez, who was Noche de Ninos' first honoree in 2004, said her
twin son and daughter inspired her to get more involved.
"Doing something where I was proactive ... where I was the one
pushing and making something happen, that just became very
important to me," Lopez told The Associated Press. "I don't know
if it was because I was pregnant and thinking about children,
thinking about the world. Definitely my children inspire me very
much in so many ways, even just in the past two and a half months
of their little lives."
"They inspire me to want to be better, to be a better person,
to do something for the world, to set an example for them, to make
them proud of me and to know that there's a certain way that you
should live," she said. "I've been very fortunate over the years,
but I've also worked very hard, and that's the example I want to
set for my children."
Lopez said she was looking for ways to contribute more to the
charity.
"I kind of fell in love with the kids," she said, "and it's
just magnified now that I have my own children."
Working with her sister Lynda and Noche de Ninos founder Giselle
Fernandez, Lopez came up with the idea of a concert and started
asking friends for help.
"They've been very forthcoming with their time and, in this
case, their talent to make this really a one-of-a-kind concert,"
she said, adding that she rarely calls to ask for favors. ("I
don't ask for a glass of water when I'm on the set. It's just not
my style.")