Demi Moore took home the Giving Tree Award at the 15th annual Baby2Baby gala, which also raised more than $20 million for the organization that provides basic necessities for children and their families.
The headlining honoree, whose three daughters also attended the event, was lauded for her work with vulnerable children. During her speech at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif., on Saturday night, she asked the audience to breathe.
“That breath is the breath of relief Baby2Baby provides when a mother no longer has to choose between dinner and diapers, rent or formula,” the Oscar-nominated actress, who wore a Carolina Herrera gown, said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Your child matters. You matter. You are not alone. That is what community is all about. Baby to baby, mother to mother, soul to soul.”
Andrew Garfield presented the award to Moore, who was among a starry guest list at the event. Jessica Alba, Keke Palmer, Kerry Washington, Julie Bowen, Ciara, Katy Perry and more attended the gala, presented by Paul Mitchell, with Cardi B closing out the night with a 20-piece band.
Moore’s daughters with ex-husband Bruce Willis — Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Willis — posed with their mom at the gala, with Tallulah even writing an essay for Vanity Fair about the event titled “I Stayed Out Past My Bedtime to Celebrate My Mom at the Baby2Baby Gala” and describing the “frenzy of joyful energy” that surrounded her mom.
After Moore’s speech, Tallulah wrote that, “She leaves us with the idea that the essence of this work is to be remarkably human.”
Baby2Baby is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization headed by co-CEOs Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein. Since the pair took over leadership in 2011, the organization has distributed more than 850 million items, including diapers, food and clothing, to children across the country.