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“The way we really look at it is that UMass Memorial is really part of the fabric of the community, and we rely on the community as much as the community relies on us,” said Catheryn McEvoy, vice president of communications at UMMHC Health Care, and a prior co-chair of the event.
A black-tie event, the fundraiser is at once an opportunity to support the hospital network financially as it is a chance for the region s movers and shakers to gather in one space.
In 2020, of course, normal plans for a 450-person gala event were upended, and the event planners switched to a 90-minute virtual program. With donations still trickling in, McEvoy said the event is close to raising $1 million, about half of what it raised in each of the past two years.
Every winter, a who’s who of the Central Mass. business community puts on their finest and gathers – typically, at Mechanics Hall in Worcester – to celebrate and support UMass Memorial Health Care.