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.
Save the Date: Reach for the Stars 2025 Gala
REACH's annual Reach for the Stars Gala will be returning to the Artists for Humanity Epicenter in downtown Boston on May 3, 2025! We hope you'll join us for a reception style evening of hors d’oeuvres, exquisite cocktails, an empowering program featuring survivor speakers, and dance-worthy music supplied by Boston local DJ Deja.
If you'd like to learn more about the gala or purchase tickets, please click the button below. You can also email our Annual Giving & Events Manager Casey Tobin at casey@reachma.org if you have any questions or if you'd like to sponsor the gala.
2024 Holiday Gift Program
Thanks to all the staff, volunteers, supporters, interns, community members, and everyone else who helped ensure a smooth and successful rollout of our 2024 Holiday Gift Program! This year, the generosity of our supporters allowed us to:
- Provide Target gift cards to 500 individuals through our Giving Space
- Keep survivors warm with over 100 quilts donated by the Rising Star Quilters Guild
- Efficiently coordinate our holiday programs and gift deliveries with the help of 25 dedicated volunteers
You all did so much the make the holidays brighter, safer, and more joyful for our survivors and their families. We appreciate all that you do, and more importantly our survivors appreciate it as well.
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP WINE & NETWORKING FOR GOOD
Thanks to everyone who braved the rain to make our first ever Wine & Networking for Good REACH Young Professionals event an incredible success! We are so grateful to be expanding our amazing community of support among people early in their career journeys. If you'd like to get involved and stay in the know about future Young Professionals events, please reach out to our Annual Giving & Events Manager Casey Tobin at casey@reachma.org.
2024 CORPORATE LUNCH
We were honored to host a very successful REACH Corporate Lunch for local Waltham businesses and organizations! Many thanks to the over 60 participants who showed up to learn more about how employers can better support domestic violence survivors in the workplace. An extra special thanks to our amazing speakers, and to our event sponsors: Sally Marrer and Stephen Langlois, Rodman Employment Law, and SBLI Life Insurance.
2024 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING
Thanks to everyone who attended our 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting! A video recording of the meeting is available for viewing below.
2024 FALL FESTIVAL
REACH's 10th annual Fall Festival was a roaring success! We want to thank all the staff, volunteers, community partners, vendors, performers, and festival attendees who helped us kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month with an amazing day of fun, laughter, celebration, and joy. An extra special thanks to Sydney Carter, REACH's Community Engagement Specialist, and Sarah Shiffman, our 2024 Fall Festival intern, not only for putting the festival together but also for making sure everything ran smoothly on the day of. The Fall Festival will be returning next year, we hope to see you there!
REACH WITH ME! 2024
The REACH team would like to thank everyone who contributed to our 2024 Reach With Me! fundraising campaign. Thanks to your generous contributions, we can put just under $6,500 towards our domestic violence survivor assistance and advocacy initiatives. The money we raised will be used to fund local outreach and education programs, advocacy services such as legal and financial aid, our Waltham-based emergency shelter, and more.
Here are just some of the amazing highlights from our 2024 Reach With Me! campaign:
- Total amount raised: $6,497
- Number of supporters: 104
- Top of the team leaderboard: Deb Heimel with $1,572 raised
- Largest single donation received: $500
Reach With Me! may be over, but you can still help support REACH's mission of ending domestic violence by making a general donation, donating in-kind items, or even volunteering with us.
