Hosparus Candle Glow Gala nets nearly $140,000 to benefit its Grief Counseling Center
While nearly 500 people attended the recent Sixth Annual Hosparus Candle Glow Gala, it was hard to identify some of the guests as they sported masks in keeping with the Gala's masquerade theme. Between a great meal, the launch of Town Branch Bourbon, drink tastings, the Glow Lounge and a performance by This, That & the Other that rocked the house, this year's event garnered nearly $140,000 – the most in its history.
Event proceeds benefited the Hosparus Grief Counseling Center. The Center offers families of Hosparus patients a wide array of bereavement services at no charge to them for up to 13 months after the death. The Center also offers a myriad of services and programs for the community.
Hosparus thanks everyone who made the Gala a huge success:
Gold sponsor
Republic Bank
Silver sponsors
BB&T Insurance Services
Burke Financial Services
Evercare Medical Solutions
Garrett-Stotz Company – Insurance, Employee Benefits & Bonds
Green & Halliburton – Insurance and Financial Services
Harshaw Trane
Humana
Kindred
LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Office Environment Company/Haworth
Stites & Harbison Attorneys, PLLC
University Hospital / James Graham Brown Cancer Center – Members of U of L Health Care
Masquerade. Josianna Limones-Isenor, joined by her husband, David Isenor, was among many guests to don a mask and participate in the masquerade theme of this year's event. Josianna is the director of the Norton Healthcare Institute Research Program. David owns Intellicomm.
Bronze sponsors
Brown-Forman
Byerly Ford
Cardinal Industrial Insulation
Dahlem Realty Company
Dignity Memorial
Hospice Pharmacia/excelleRx, Inc.
Impressions Inc.
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare
Michael Koch & Associates Architects and Planners
Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP
Ratterman Family Funeral Home
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Today’s Woman
The Underwriters Group
Special thanks to:
Chick-fil-A – St. Matthews
Dee's Crafts
Dumante Verdenoce
Linda Gigante
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Community-minded. The Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County received an Ovation Award for their generous support of Hosparus’ capital expansion plans. The Foundation awarded Hosparus a $500,000 grant toward building a new home for the organization's Southern Indiana operations. From left are Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County Board President Mark Seabrook of Seabrook Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Homes; Eileen Moore, senior vice president/general manager, Horseshoe Casino; Phil Marshall of Hosparus and Jerry Finn, executive director of the Horseshoe Foundation.
Tim and Sara King
Adele and Mike Kleinhenz
Will McAnulty
Millennium Events
Mix It Up Soundworks – Ben Truby
Nanz & Krafts Florist
Sacred Heart Art Club
Señor Iguanas
Richard Stottmann
Tonini Church Supply Company
Town Branch Bourbon
TVRock Productions/Michelle LaRock
Volare Italian Restorante
Jean West, WAVE 3
Cathy Zion
Hosparus 2011 Gala Committee
Jeff McCall, Chair
Marie Beazlie
Mary Bright
Pat Brown
Cindy Daunhauer
Jeff Dunaway
Anne Garvey
Cheri Kane
Recognized. For her tireless commitment to Hosparus patients and families spanning some 25 years, Mary Gatton, Hosparus social worker, received the Sherrill Thirlwell Award of Individual Excellence from Phil Marshall. Marshall is Hosparus president and chief executive officer.
Eunice Krish
Keith La Belle
Jan Mueller
Katrina Ricker
Connie Stewart
Jill Webb
Megan S. Webb
Lynda Wicker
Congratulations to the 2011 Founders Award Recipients
Philanthropist of the Year
The Marshall Family Foundation
Sister Marilyn Spink Award
Mary Haynes
Sherrill Thirlwell Award of Individual Excellence
Mary Gatton
Ovation Award
Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County
Premier Award
Margaret Haynes
The Community Partner Award
Dr. Bonnie Lazor
