Special Events

From our Reach for the Stars gala to our Annual Meeting, we host several events throughout the year. Scroll down to learn more about each event and how you can get involved.

Community Empowerment at Our 2026 Gala!

We threw our gala crowd a bit of a curveball this year by moving our Reach for the Stars Gala from a Saturday to a Thursday, but that didn't stop over 200 people from attending and helping us raise over $400,000 for survivors! Many thanks to everyone who helped make our 2026 gala into such a memorable experience, including returning emcee Jericho Tran and auctioneer Tom Best, our brave survivor speaker, the team at AE Events, Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio, and, of course, all of our gala supporters, donors, volunteers, sponsors, and attendees. We can't wait to celebrate with you all again next year!

Thanks to All of Our 2025 Holiday Gift Program Donors and Helpers!

Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2025 Holiday Gift Program another rousing success! Every year we put out the call to help support survivors and their families during the holiday season, and every year we're absolutely astounded by the wave of positive responses (though we really shouldn't be at this point, you all are amazing).

Here's what we accomplished with the 2025 Holiday Gift Program:

382 individuals served, including survivors and their families
16 shelter residents served along with advocacy clients
48 volunteers who helped with the giving space, item donations, gift sorting, and more

Whether you made a financial gift, donated in-kind items, volunteered, or contributed in any other way, you helped make the holidays brighter and warmer for our survivor clients. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

2025 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING - RECORDING AVAILABLE

Thanks to everyone who attended our 2025 virtual Annual Meeting! If you weren't able to attend, you can watch the video recording above. An extra special thanks to all of our Annual Meeting speakers and facilitators, and to our 2025 Voice of Justice winner Karen Hoffman for the kind words she offered!

AN AMAZING TURNOUT FOR OUR 2025 CORPORATE LUNCH!

We couldn't have asked for a better response to our 4th Annual Corporate Lunch event. Attendees showed up ready to engage with REACH staff and listen to our panel discussion featuring experts in the fields of domestic violence and employee law along with a brave survivor speaker. Our sincerest thanks go out to the Waltham Chamber of Commerce for helping us host the event, and to the Waltham Chamber's Executive Director, Molyna Richards, for moderating the panel. If you'd like to support survivors in your own community, whether in or out of the workplace, we encourage you to look into our prevention programming or to start your own community engagement initiative.

THANKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2025 FALL FESTIVAL!

Our deepest thanks to the volunteers, runners, community members, staff, vendors, sponsors, and everyone else who made our 2025 Fall Festival & 5k a resounding success! You all helped us absolutely crush our $20,000 fundraising goal, and we couldn't have asked for better weather as we hosted a fun day of activities on the Waltham Common.