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Heroes in Health Care

 
Save the date for the Heroes in Health Care Benefit on Oct. 22, 2021. The event will begin at 6 p.m., with guests attending both in-person at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston and virtually. 
 
During our 2020 Heroes in Health Care event,  the community “came together” online to celebrate VNA Care’s extraordinary nurses and health care workforce and raise critical funds for patient care.
 
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our sponsors and donors, we raised nearly $200,000 to bolster our ability to care for patients and support our clinicians.
 
The Heroes event served as a special opportunity to honor the brave frontline nurses and staff that have been caring for COVID-19 positive patients in their homes, while also providing home-based care to those with other illnesses and injuries.
 
Dr. Mallika Marshall, Emmy-award winning journalist, physician, and health reporter at WBZ-TV in Boston, emceed the event, and Mayor Marty Walsh joined us for a special salute to our healthcare heroes. Civil rights trailblazer and recent patient Marvin Gilmore shared his experience with VNA Care and applauded the clinicians’ dedicated service to the community.
 
You can still take part in Heroes in Health Care. Watch the video on our YouTube channel.
 

Support VNA Care's Healthcare Heroes

To make a special Fund the Mission gift in honor of our Heroes, visit our online donation page or contact Laura Wise, manager of fund development, at Laura_Wise@vnacare.org or 617-886-6460.
 

View the 2020 Gala Program Book

Click here to see the Heroes in Health Care program book.   
 

Sponsor the 2021 Heroes in Healthcare Gala

For questions regarding sponsorship opportunities and leadership giving, please contact Laura Wise, manager of fund development, at Laura_Wise@vnacare.org or 617-886-6460.
 
 

2020 Sponsors

 

Presenting Sponsors ($25,000)

 
 

Trustee Sponsors ($15,000)

 
 
 

Patron Sponsors ($10,000)

Benefactors ($5,000)

The Wise Family — Bob, Marni & Laura Wise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Supporters ($3,000)

Chris & Meggan Bailey
Deborah & Ron Feinstein
 
 

Sponsorship Opportunities

 

PRESENTING SPONSOR $25,000

  • Special introduction and recognition at the start of the event
  • Gold Page virtual ad
  • Dedicated social media posts
  • Logo/family name on all event materials including VNA Care's home page (over 90,000 users annually), and post-event newsletter (circulation 15,000)
 

TRUSTEE $15,000

  • Recognition and shout-out during the event
  • Gold Page virtual ad
  • Logo/family name recognition on website and newsletters
  • Dedicated social media posts
 

PATRON $10,000

  • Recognition and shout-out during the event
  • Silver Page virtual ad
  • Logo/family recognition on website and post-event newsletter
  • Social media promotion
 

BENEFACTOR $5,000

  • Recognition during the event
  • Bronze Page virtual ad
  • Social media promotion
  • Name recognition on website and post-event newsletter
 

SUPPORTER $3,000

  • Name listing during the event and post-event newsletter
 

VIRTUAL JOURNAL ADS/TRIBUTES

  • $1,000 Full-page
  • $500 Half-page
 

Our Honor Roll of Heroes

Agios
Sonia L. Alleyne, MPA
John Auerbach, MBA
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD
Diane Bergeron
JudyAnn Bigby, MD
Joshua Boger, PhD
Tony Coles, MD
Joseph Coughlin, PhD
Thomas A. Croswell
Sandra L. Fenwick
Matthew Fishman
Joanne Handy, RN, MS
James W. Hunt, Jr., PhD
IBM Watson Health
Larry Jasinski
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Paula Johnson, MD, MPH
Patricia Joyce, RN
Joseph Kennedy II
Secretary of State John F. Kerry
Cleve Killingsworth
Carolyn Markey
Mayor Thomas M. Menino
Michael Minogue
Dolores Mitchell
Mutual of America
National Grid
Rich Rakowski
Dr. Joan Y. Reede
Shepard Remis, Esq.
James Roosevelt, Jr.
Pierantonio Russo, MD, FCPP, FAAP
Jill Shah
Steven Strongwater, MD
Kevin Tabb, MD
Henri A. Termeer
Third Rock Ventures
Mark Levin
Kevin Starr
Robert Tepper, MD
Elaine Ullian
Ronald L. Walker II
Kate Walsh, MPH
Susan Windham-Bannister, PhD
Lynn Wiatrowski
Robert Witzburg, MD
Ellen M. Zane

Meet Our 2019 Committee

 

Fund the Mission Chairs

Joshua Boger
Founder & Former Chairman, President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
 
Amy Boger
Ceramic Artist
 

Honorary Gala Chair

Jarrett G. Bauer
CEO, Health Recovery Solutions
 

Gala Chairs

John Murphy
Chair, VNA of Boston Board of Directors
 
Linda Hope-Springer
Senior Consultant, Right Management
 

Gala Committee Chairs

Debra Angeloni
 
Renee Picard Walsh
Co-Founder & President, ClinLogica
 

Mistress of Ceremonies

Dr. Mallika Marshall
Medical Reporter for WBZ-TV News
 

Fund the Mission Ambassador

David Brown
MAB Community Services
 

Gala Committee

Barbara Belony, RN
Clinical Manager, Partners Healthcare
 
Charlotte Bolster, PT
Physical Therapist, VNA Care
 
Donna Dupee
 
Rod Hemingway, OT
Occupational Therapist, VNA Care
 
Catherine James, RN
Registered Nurse, VNA Care
 
Jessica Piper, ACHNP
Nurse Practitioner, VNA Care
 
Susan H. Servais
 
Michelle Sofi
 
Maura Vitello, RN
Education Specialist, Brockton VNA
 
Laura Wise
Manager of Fund Development, VNA Care
 

Honorary Committee

Mayor Martin J. Walsh
City of Boston
 
Edward J. Benz Jr, MD
Retired President, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
 
Troyen A. Brennan, MD
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health
 
Thomas A. Croswell
President & CEO, Tufts Health Plan
 
Andrew Dreyfus
President & CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
 
Sandra L. Fenwick
President & CEO, Boston Children's Hospital
 
John R. Greed
Chairman, President & CEO, Mutual of America
 
Deval Patrick
Managing Director, Bain Capital &
Diane Patrick
Senior Counsel, Ropes & Gray
 
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD
President, Brigham Health
 
Richard Rakowski
CEO, Medically Home
 
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership,
Harvard Medical School
 
Emily Rooney
TV Talk Show Host
 
Kevin Tabb, MD
President & CEO, Beth Israel Lahey Health
 
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, PhD
Founder & Principal, Intersections SBD
 
Kate Walsh
President & CEO, Boston Medical Center
 
Susan Windham-Bannister, PhD
President & CEO, Biomedical Growth Strategies
& Gordon Bannister

2019 Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors and friends whose support of the 2019 Heroes in Health Gala raised $340,000 for patient care. We congratulate our 2019 Heroes Dr. Tony Coles, Dr. Steven Strongwater, and Patricia Joyce, RN, for their contributions to the health of our community. Amy and Joshua Boger served as Fund the Mission Chairs for this very special evening.
 
We are grateful to the following businesses and individuals for their generosity:
 

Presenting Sponsors ($25,000)

 
 

Trustee Sponsors ($15,000)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Patron Sponsors ($10,000)

 
 
 
 
 
Tufts Health Plan
 

Benefactors ($5,000)

Chris & Mary Beth Gordon
Elaine & Steven Strongwater, MD
 

Supporters ($3,000)

Deborah & Ron Feinstein
John & Denise Murphy
The Wise Family - Bob, Marni & Laura Wise
 
 
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