Connecting Together: A Celebration of Hope & Gratitude
Support Our Event
Many thanks to all who participated in our first-ever virtual event, Connecting Together: A Celebration of Hope & Gratitude, on September 12. Thanks to generous donors and sponsors, we raised $315,000 for hospice services and the Hulitar Hospice Center!
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Seventh HopeHealth Human Dignity Award
Congratulations to The Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson, Chaplain of Brown University, who received the seventh HopeHealth Human Dignity Award during Connecting Together: A Celebration of Hope & Gratitude. This special award is given to people who have dedicated themselves to the core values of hospice: to offer comfort, compassion and dignity to patients at the end of life and hope and healing to their families. Dignity at end-of-life means recognizing the person, their rich history, their lifetime of relationships and their desire to be empowered in their choices, even when physically compromised.
Thank you to Our 2020 Leadership Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Elms Foundation
Diamond Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Mayer & Judy Levitt
Bronze Sponsors
Peter Karczmar, MD & Cathy Lund, DVM
Ruth & Jonathan Fain
Diana & John Franchitto
Lundh/Soscia Family
Edward W. Martin, M.D. & Linda Resnik, PhD
Meridian Printing
Friend Sponsors
Amica Insurance
Aspen Group
Bender Strategies, LLC.
Brown Medicine, Inc.
Brown University
The Reverend Janet M. Cooper Nelson & Stephen Nelson
Deborah J. and Barry N. Cornwall
Deslandes Construction, LLC.
Dimeo Construction Company
M. DiSandro and Sons Masonry, Inc.
Gilbane Building Company
Hall Capital Management Co., Inc.
Keough Kirby Associates, Inc.
Koffler Bornstein Family Foundation
MICAMP Solutions LLC
Rich & Allyn Michaelson
Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
North Main Radiation Oncology
Plimoth Investment Advisors
Residential Properties, Ltd.
Paul J. & Pamela S. Stajduhar
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
Sandra L. & Mitchell Wilkerson
Mark A. Tracy
Yankee Travel, Inc.
Patron Sponsors
Alexander’s Uniforms
George & Petrina Babcock
The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company
Brian Berger & Matthew Jacobson
Maureen & Tom Bischoff
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Sam & Jean Brickle
Gary & Laurie Croteau
Meredith Curren & Gary Frishman
Delta Dental of Rhode Island
The Providence Real Estate Guy – Jim DeRentis
DiSanto, Priest Charitable Foundation
Charles & Nancy Dunn
Diane Fasching
Suzanne Fortier
Furey Roofing Co.
Gilder Foundation, Inc.
Samuel Havens & Audrey Kupchan, M.D.
Stefani Hulitar
Kathryn Jordan/American Funds
Keith & Lynne Kelly
Don McRobert Design Inc.
Samuel Mencoff
Vincent Mor, PhD & Margaret Wool, PhD
Navigant Credit Union
Joanne & George Haworth
Neighborhood Health Plan of RI
Chrissy Nevins-Herbert, M.D.
Oakland Animal Hospital
Pawtucket Credit Union
Providence River Animal Hospital
Rhode Island Medical Imaging
Jennifer Ritzau, M.D. & Stephen Ritzau, PhD
Nancy Rogers
Patrick K. Sullivan, M.D.
T. Rowe Price
Vision 3 Architects, Inc.
Washington Trust
Diana Zapata & Marc Filipkowski
Connecting Together Committee
Co-Chairs
Peter Karczmar, MD
Keith Kelly
Cathy Lund, DVM
Honorary Chair
Ruth Fain
Committee
Christina Ardente
George Babcock
Greg Caldarone
April Chase-Lubitz
Jeff Chase-Lubitz
Michael DiSandro
Diana Franchitto
Sam Havens
Mayer & Judy Levitt
Earl Lundh
Christopher Marsella
Tim Monahan
Frank O'Reagan
Andrew Pappas
Arthur S. Robbins
John Sayles
Steve Soscia
Mark Tracy