Italian Home for Children’s Annual Gala
Growing Together Gala
Friday, May 2, 2025 | Artists For Humanity | Boston
Our annual Gala, to be held on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Artists for Humanity in Boston, is our biggest fundraiser of the year-crucial to making these life-saving services possible. It’s a fun time for a great cause, featuring dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions, and a short program about the importance of our mission. It draws a lively crowd of attendees of all ages, leaders from the worlds of government, healthcare, finance, human services, technology, and education-empathic citizens who care about our kids and their community.
Our Gala theme is “Growing Together” because we grow the hopes, coping
skills, and academic reach of the children and others we serve, helping them attain a brighter future in the wider community. We’ve grown-and continue to grow-a wide variety of programs so that as children’s needs change, we can keep helping them, right here, in an environment that feels familiar and safe. Of course, as we grow our financial resources accordingly. The Gala is a vital milestone in our financial year.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsorships directly serve IHC’s mission. We thank you in advance for your generous support of this wonderful cause.
Our Fundraising success would not be possible without the support of corporate sponsors and benefactors like you.
If you are interested in being a Gala Sponsor, please contact:
Marc Davino, VP of Agency Advancement at mdavino@italianhome.org or call (617) 512-8501.
Auction Items
Are you a business or individual interested in making an in-kind donation to Italian Home for Children? We would love your support to further our mission.
Please complete this fillable form and we will be in touch.
If you are interested in donating, please contact:
Jack Kretzmer, Development Database Coordinator at jkretzmer@italianhome.org.
Why Italian Home?
The demand for Italian Home for Children’s services has never been greater. There is a waitlist for almost every program and thousands of people wait to receive the care they deserve. In addition, our care often extends beyond the model reimbursed by insurance and state agencies. This extra support provided to youth and families is not billable, however is critical to the success of the children and families we work with to avoid future hospitalizations and, ultimately, save lives. Your generosity to the gala directly impacts those we serve, helps us increase the number of lives we impact, and bridges the fiscal gap this organization faces every year.
Who are we?
Over 100 years ago, Italian Home for Children was founded to help the most vulnerable young people in the community – Italian-American children orphaned by the great flu pandemic. Today, we promote the resilience and well-being of youth, adults, and families – of all backgrounds – facing mental health and educational challenges. We offer a broad range of life-saving programs for children other agencies often cannot assist.
Contact us
If you need more information please contact:
Bujana Balla, Director of Annual Giving.
Email: bballa@italianhome.org
Phone: 857-225-7763