2025 Recipient of the Michael T. Meltzer Humanitarian Award

Honorees for Maya's Hope Lotus Ball 2025 - Kate and Michael McLaughlin

Join us at the Maya's Hope Lotus Ball in 2025 as we pay tribute to Kate and Michael's unwavering commitment

to creating positive change in the world.

The Michael T. Meltzer Humanitarian Award is named after Michael T. Meltzer, who helped found Maya’s Hope in 2010. The award was created in 2018 to acknowledge the efforts, dedication, and service of extraordinary individuals making an impact on the lives of children around the world.

Previous awardees are Michael T. Meltzer (2018), Yale E. Cohen (2019), Keshia Melton (2020), Steven T. Young (2021), Jacky Flood Soeda (2022), Jason Birchard (2023), Philippe and Stephanie Dauman (2024).

In the picture: Steven T. Young and Jacky Flood Soeda.