God’s Love We Deliver—the New York-based nonprofit that home-delivers nutritious, medically tailored meals for people too sick to shop or cook for themselves—announced they will honor Scarlett Johansson and Ben Platt for their work on behalf of AIDS, cancer, food, hunger and inclusion at the 17th Annual Golden Heart Awards on October 16.
Hosted by co-chair Michael Kors, their tentpole fundraiser will also feature a performance by Tony Award-winning actor J. Harrison Ghee, who currently stars as Jerry/Daphne in Some Like it H๏τ on Broadway. They are far from the only entertainment—fellow theater veteran Erich Bergen is directing a diverse array of A-list acts as well as overseeing the night’s auction, whereas DJ Lina Bradford will occupy her booth all night long. For food and drinks, the organization teamed up with perennial downtown H๏τspot Indochine. (Expect some of the French-Vietnamese restaurant’s signatures, including their spring rolls.)
The night’s co-chairs also include Blaine Beard and John Idol, while Vogue’s global editorial director and Condé Nast chief content officer Anna Wintour serves as honorary chairwoman.
God’s Love We Deliver was founded in 1985 in response to the AIDS crisis, when tens of thousands of New Yorkers suffered from the then little-understood disease and needed safe, healthy sustenance. Since then, the organization has expanded its mission to all individuals living with severe illness: during the COVID-19 pandemic, their volunteers made over 2.3 million meals. “I’ve been working with God’s Love for over 30 years, and in that time, I’ve had the pleasure of watching them grow from a small kitchen on the Upper West Side to a major operation in SoHo, delivering meals to people in need across the five boroughs and beyond,” Kors previously said of the organization to Vogue.
Over the past years, the Golden Heart Awards has celebrated a number of high-profile figures for their advocacy work: in 2021, the gala’s honorees included Huma Abedin, Karen Pearl, Bella Hadid, and Jessica Alba.
