Palace Production Center produced the award-winning video used to open the December 2006 White House Summit on Malaria in Washington, D.C. The video features Palace Digital Studios's AfterEffects computer animation digitally composited with archival material, powerful imagery of families affected by malaria and compelling interviews shot on location in South Africa and the U.S. Narrated by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington, “The Gift of Growing Up” has been distributed worldwide to help raise awareness and funds for the fight against malaria.
The video won two 2007 Telly Awards--best in the non-broadcast category for charitable/not-for-profit programming and for non-broadcast fund-raising films. It also won a 2007 Aurora Platinum Best of Show Award and an Ad Club of Connecticut award.