Spring Gala

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 36th annual Spring Gala. Thanks to your support, we raised a record-breaking $1.3 million dollars!  

Your support is so important to our mission. Rediscover the video shared the evening of the gala featuring our educators on the importance of our work and the impact it has on families in our program. 

 

Check out photos from the festivities here and photos from the step & repeat and photo booth here

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We offer a sincere thank you to our emcee Bianca Beltrán and our resilient and inspiring mom speaker, Kiara. And special gratitude to our Spring Gala Committee for ensuring our event was an outstanding success.   

2025 Gala Committee

Jennifer Cohn
Jen Garran
Amy Guidi
Chip Hazard
Katherine Jetter
Kate Lubin
Eliza Miller
Marla Mullen
Debby Robbins
Brian Sung
Denele Willett

Thank you again to our amazing event sponsors. 

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Achieving the Impossible 

Anita & Josh Bekenstein 
Sandy & Paul Edgerley 
Lauren* & Joseph Mazzella 
Edward W. & Betty Knight Scripps Foundation
Andrea & Ted Killory 
Victoria* & Don Sullivan 
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
MFS Investment Management

Coloring Outside the Lines 

Barbara & Michael* Eisenson  
Gifford Family Foundation
Jessica Gifford Nigrelli & Andrew Nigrelli
Anne & Chad Gifford 
Donna & Chip* Hazard 
Linda Mason & Roger Brown 
Tracy & Michael* Roberge 
Luly & Maurice Samuels 
Ali & Brian* Sung 
Bain Capital Community Partnership  
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley  

Strengthening our Families  

Bronwen* & Ryan Carroll  
Kate Lubin* & Glen Sutton 
Diane Margolis 
Colleen & Greg* Morzano 
Kate* & Ford O’Neil 
Lori & EJ* Whelan 
Berkshire Partners
Goulston & Storrs  
Silversmith Capital Partners 

Advocating for Change  

Anonymous  
Susie & Scott Allen
Nicole Connolly & Erika Murphy
The Engler* Family
Susanna & Timothy* Estella  
Linda & Michael Frieze
Katherine Jetter & CJ Brucato 
Lauren & Aaron Miller 
Judith & Jack Remondi 
Christine Scordato* & Sean Gallagher 
Kerry & Brendan Swords 
Susan Whitehead 
Denele & Chandler Willett 
M.S. Walker, Inc. 
oneZero Financial Systems 
V2 Communications 

Inspiring Imagination

Elizabeth Crowley* & Ben Sprayregen
Elizabeth Kleinerman & Allison Blecker
Lillie & Bart Lombardi
Pamela Mann* & David Baron
Amy & Michael Medici
Barbara Raab & Jeff Protentis
Debby & Joe Robbins
Eastern Bank Foundation
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Kaplan Construction
Liberty Mutual Insurance
The One By One Project

*denotes Horizons board member

spring gala festivities photos

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Step & Repeat and Photo Booth

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