Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann Make Rare Red Carpet Appearance With Their Three Children

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Mariska Hargitay, her husband, Peter Hermann, and their kids made a rare red carpet appearance for a gala celebrating a great and worthy cause.The  star and Hermann on Monday attended the 21st annual Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY) Benefit Gala at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.

The couple, who have been married for nearly two decades now, were flanked by their three children — August, 16, Amaya, 12, and Andrew, 11.

The actress welcomed August in 2006, and the couple later adopted Amaya and Andrew within six months of each other in 2011.Hargitay and Hermann — along with Wayne Brady and journalist/author John Hendrickson — were both being honored at the gala for their continuous work with SAY, a non-profit organization «that empowers, educates, and supports young people who stutter and the world that surrounds them.» The couple is the organization's new Hall of Fame inductees, while Brady and Hendrickson were bestowed with the SAY: Hero Award.

Joann Fabric & Craft Stores earned the SAY: Budd Mayer Advocacy Award.It's an especially meaningful cause for Hargitay and Hermann, whose son, August, has a stutter.In video posted on Hargitay's Instagram Story, the couple is shown at the podium delivering a few words, which included Hermann seemingly choking back tears while addressing August: «First, August, thank you.