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October
21,2006-A Night out with Howie D. and Celebrity Guests in New York December/January
2006 - Justine Magazine: 08/02/05 - Courier Post: 15 Minutes With Howie D/Singer Raises Lupus Awareness On July 28th, I became the envy of teenage girls across the nation as I was escorted past a growing line of eager fans to have a private interview with Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys. Dorough was making an appearance to promote his non-profit orginization, the Dorough Lupus Foundation. 07/28/05 - Q102 FM Philadelphia: Howie D Radio Interview Check out this Philadelphia moring radio show interview with Howie about the DLF and the Backstreet Boys. 07/27/05 - Courier Post: Backstreet Boy to Promote Lupus Awareness Teen heartthrob Howie D's Lupus Foundation aims to fund research into the disease, educate the public, and provide financial assistance to orginizations that help people living with lupus that cannot afford treatment. 06/06/05 - Buzz: Dorough Lupus Foundation Kicks Off Summer of '05 In less than one day, the Dorough Lupus Foundation smashed their previous fundraising record, selling out their kickoff fundraiser of the summer season, and raising over $25,000 for lupus research and education. 06/20/03 - Yahoo! Music: Backstreet Boy Hosts Orlando Benefit Concert Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough's fourth annual Lupus benefit concert, Lupus 2003, takes place Friday (June 20), at Hard Rock Live located at Universal Studios City Walk in Orlando, Florida. Dorough said that he will be performing at the event, along with many of his friends from the music world. 12/13/02 - Yahoo! Music: Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough's Lupus Cruise Sets Sail On Sunday Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough's third annual Lupus Cruise to benefit his Dorough Lupus Foundation sets sail from Miami on Sunday (December 15) for a seven-day adventure aboard the Carnival Victory. Dorough, his sister Pollyanna, and the rest of his family will be on board as the Victory visits ports in the Eastern Caribbean, including San Juan, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. 11/26/02 - CNN: Backstreet Boy Gives Back Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is known as "the quiet one." But when it comes to the disease that took his sister Caroline's life he is anything but quiet. 09/17/02 - Arthritis Foundation: Backstreet Boy Presents Check to Arthritis Foundation On Behalf of Dorough Lupus Foundation Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough, a.k.a. Howie D, and his sister Angie Herring, visited the Arthritis Foundation National Office on September 17, 2002, to present a check for $165,000 dedicated to lupus research. 10/20/01 - City of Orlando: Backstreet Boy Will Carry Olympic Torch Most of the world knows Howard Dorough as Howie D., a member of a pop group, the Backstreet Boys. But residents in the Orlando area know him as much more, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported Wednesday. The Dorough Family Lupus Foundation gives away tens of thousands of dollars for lupus treatment and research. The foundation was set up in his sister's memory.Dorough was selected to run with the Olympic torch through Orlando, and he was chosen as this week's WESH Hometown Hero. 10/30/01 - USA Today: Backstreet Boy A Hit With Lupus Sufferers The Backstreet Boys are back. With the release today of The Hits: Chapter One, the boy band is once again expected to race up the pop charts. But for band member Howie Dorough the fast lane and platinum records are no longer the main focus of his life. 08/11/01 - MTV: Backstreet Boy Howie D. Pays Visit To Children's Hospital Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough spent Sunday signing autographs for patients at the Boston Children's Hospital and talking about lupus. Dorough was promoting a new alliance between the Caroline Dorough-Cochran Lupus Memorial Foundation he founded after his sister died from the disease, and Veritas Medicine, a Web site that provides information on clinical trials and treatment for lupus and more than 50 other diseases, according to the Associated Press. 09/05/01 - CBS: Howie D. Raising Lupus Awareness Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough (better known as Howie D.) visited the Early Show along with Dr. John Yee, a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital to talk about Veritas Medicine, an Internet company that is giving new options to people with lupus. Dr. Yee is the chief medical officer at Veritas Medicine. 02/15/01 - AllPop Music: Backstreet's Howie Gives Ontario Donation Backstreet Boy Howie D. swept through this southwestern Ontario city Wednesday to present a donation to the local hospital. Thanks to the $27,500 donation from the Dorough Lupus Foundation, local patients with a life-threatening illness and their families will have a room to share some private time together. 10/06/00: - AllPop Music: Howie Cruises For Charity Howie Dorough of Backstreet Boys fame is inviting his fans to join him on a cruise. The cruise, which leaves on Dec. 18, is to benefit the Caroline Dorough-Cochran Lupus Memorial Foundation, Launch reports. 06/27/00 - MTV: Backstreet's Howie Raises $100,000 For Charity Backstreet Boy Howie D. raised over $100,000 at his Lupus 2000 benefit held Sunday night at Universal Studios in Orlando. The event benefited the Lupus Foundation and its ongoing research of the chronic autoimmune disorder which claimed the life of Howie's sister, Caroline Dorough, who died of the disease in 1998. |
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