Emcee – Karen Holmes Ward

7:00 p.m.
Registration & Cocktail Hour
Silent Auction Bidding Opens

8:00 p.m.
Guests Seated
Salad Course

8:30 p.m.
Dinner Served

8:45 p.m.
Welcome Remarks
Joel Abrams, CEO Dorchester House

Silent Auction Bidding Closes

9:00 p.m.
Partner of the Year Award
accepted by Michele Garvin, Partner, Ropes & Gray

9:15 p.m.
Table Portion of Costume & Mask Contest*

9:30 p.m.
Silent Auction Winners Announced
Parade of Costume & Mask Nominees **

10:00 p.m.
Costume & Mask Contest Winners Announced
Dance Floor Opens

* Each table will be asked to choose the best mask and best costume from among those seated at the table.

** Those selected to represent their table will be asked to approach the podium. Judges will then deliberate and choose the overall winner in each category. A big “thank you” to our panel of judges: Joe Burnieika of Carney Hospital, Commissioner Edward Davis of the Boston Police Department, Representative Carlos Henriquez of Massachusetts, Nam Pham of Viet-AID, and Kate Walsh of Boston Medical Center.