Hearts & Homes for Youth is excited to have Leon Harris emcee our HONORS Gala again this year!

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HONORS 2015 will be hosted at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Thursday, October 8th, 2015 from 6pm-11pm. The annual event is held to raise money and awareness for our organization’s life-changing programs for youth in Maryland. The event is dedicated to celebrating special individuals who have selflessly dedicated their lives to the betterment of children’s futures. We are looking forward to this fun and exciting night!

Award-winning journalist Leon Harris anchors the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts for ABC7/WJLA-TV. He came to Washington after 20 years at CNN’s Atlanta Headquarters, where he co-anchored CNN Live Today and Prime News, and hosted CNN Presents and American Stories.

Harris has covered a wide variety of stories including the September 11^th terror strikes, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Asian Tsunami of 2004, the explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 and the Los Angeles riots. He has interviewed presidential candidates, and reported live from both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

Harris’ work has earned him a number of honors, among them multiple CableAce awards for Best Newscaster, and National Emmy Awards for coverage of the September 11^th terror strikes, the Oklahoma City bombing and the 2000 presidential election. He was honored, too, with a National Headliner Award and more recently with a National Capital Area Emmy Award for Best Anchor.

Leon Harris is passionate about improving the lives of children. His weekly segment entitled Harris’ Heroes profiles adults helping kids or kids helping their peers in the DC metro region. The series runs every Wednesday evening during ABC7 News at Five. The news segments can also be found on wjla.com.

Harris also works with many charitable groups including For Love of Children, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, Unique Learning Center, March of Dimes and many others.

He is a Cum Laude and honorary doctorate recipient from Ohio University.