Hope and Healing

We are bringing the Kentucky Derby to the Hope and Healing Celebration.

The 2025 event has a Kentucky Derby theme which is represented by inverted horseshoe, mint julep, and red roses.

Join us for the Hope & Healing Celebration, Worcester’s premier fundraising gala to support the lifesaving work of UMass Memorial Health.

Where

Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street
Worcester, MA

When

Saturday, May 3, 2025
Reception: 5:00 pm
Dinner and Auction: 6:00 pm

What

Festive Derby Attire

2025 Steering Committee

Tom Bartholomew - Bartholomew & Company, Inc.

Melanie Bonsu - Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.

Julie Bowditch - CASA Project Worcester County

Jeff Burk - Re/Max Vision

Julie Davenport - Consigli Construction

Marianne Felice, MD - UMass Memorial Pediatric Chair Emerita

Theresa Flynn - Brown & Brown

Beverly Goodell - Lupus Foundation New England

Bob Goodell - Cumulus Media

Shana Hazen - Rockland Trust

Rachel Massad - Diamond Chevrolet

Chip Norton - Franklin Realty Advisors

R. Norman Peters - Peters & Sowyrda, Attorneys at Law

Gary Premo - Retired

Nadine Premo - Uniquely Your Decor

Jim Umphrey - Kelleher & Sadowsky

Sponsorship Levels

Presenting
$50,000

20 Tickets Provided

Name in Event Slideshow
Social Media Recognition
Name in Event Program
Logo on Event Website
Feature in Post-Event Ad: Logo
Name in Pre-Event Emails
Name on Event Invitation

Gold
$25,000

10 Tickets Provided

Name in Event Slideshow
Social Media Recognition
Name in Event Program
Logo on Event Website
Feature in Post-Event Ad: Logo
Name in Pre-Event Emails

Silver
$15,000

6 Tickets Provided

Name in Event Slideshow
Social Media Recognition
Name in Event Program
Logo on Event Website
Feature in Post-Event Ad: Logo
Name in Pre-Event Emails

Bronze
$10,000

4 Tickets Provided

Name in Event Slideshow
Social Media Recognition
Name in Event Program
Logo on Event Website
Feature in Post-Event Ad: Name
Name in Pre-Event Emails

Patron
$5,000

2 Tickets Provided

Name in Event Slideshow
Social Media Recognition
Name in Event Program
Logo on Event Website
Feature in Post-Event Ad: Name

Presenting Sponsors

Crothall Healthcare

Dr. Eric Dickson and Dr. Catherine Jones

Shield's Health

Shields Health Solutions

Gold Sponsors

Bank of America

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA

Coastal Medical Transportation Systems

Dunkin' and the Batista Family

Sodexo Health & Care

Michael and Dorothy Tsotsis

UMass Chan Medical School

Whiting-Turner

XLO 104 5

Silver Sponsors

Frias Family Foundation

IPG Photonics

Helen P. Koskinas is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Mirick

Salmon Health and Retirement

Synergy is a Silver sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Unibank

Worcester Business Journal

Bronze Sponsors

Chacharone Properties

Consigli Construction

Eastward Capital Partners is a 2025 sponsor of the Hope and Healing Celebration.

Ed and Dawn D'Alelio

Fallon Health

Franklin Realty Advisors

The Hanover Insurance Group

Hospital for Behavioral Medicine

Kaufman Hall

Kelleher Sadowsky

J. J. Bafaro Inc., Mechanical Contractors

Presidio/Cisco is a 2025 bronze-level sponsor of the Hope and Healing Celebration.

The Savickas Family

Vizient

Whalley Computer Associates, Inc.

The Worcester Railers are bronze-level sponsors of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Patron Sponsors

Abbvie is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Avidia Bank

Leslie and Peter Bovenzi

Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Divurgent is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Paula and Eric Dunphy are Patron sponsors of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Fontaine Brothers, Inc.

Homewood Suites by Hilton, Downtown Worcester and First Bristol Corporation

Insurance Marketing Agencies. Inc.

KMD Mechanical is a patron-level sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Lupus Foundation of New England is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Marois Brothers, Inc. is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Sergio Melgar and Dr. Teresa Melgar

Mass General Brigham Health Plan

MTS

Oriol Health Care is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Ostrow Electric Company is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Peters & Sowyrda

Anna Ling Pierce, Re/MAX Vision

Karyn Polito is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Justin and Rebecca Precourt

Quest Diagnostics is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Rand-Whitney is a patron-level sponsor or the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Re/Max Vision is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Renaissance Medical Group

Rockland Trust Bank

The SLAM Collaborative

Sullivan Group

Stephen E. Tosi, MD and Mrs. Lindsay Tosi

unum

WooSox

Webster Five is a Patron sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Willis Towers Watson is a patron-level sponsor of the 2025 Hope and Healing Celebration.

Lynda M. Young, MD and Robert W. Sorrenti, MD