Starfish Family Services Great Hearts Gala 2025

Please join us for our 2025 Great Hearts Gala, benefitting children, youth, and their families.

This memorable and meaningful evening will celebrate our 2025 Great Hearts Award honoree, United Way for Southeastern Michigan. The evening will begin with a lively cocktail reception, setting the stage for an enchanting evening that celebrates children, youth, and families. The room will be filled with guests united by a shared purpose and sense of wonder, to support communities across Wayne County.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
The Icon
200 Walker St, Detroit, MI 48207

• 6:00 PM | Cocktail Hour
• 7:00 PM | Dinner and Program
• Afterglow | Music and Riverfront View (immediately following the program)

Our 2025 Great Hearts Gala Event Chairs are special friends of Starfish Family Services: 
Mark Stiers and Jacquelyn Lane

Great Hearts Award Recipient

Starfish Family Services is proud to honor United Way for Southeastern Michigan with the 2025 Great Hearts Award.

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Parking Information

The event will take place at The Icon. Upon arrival, event signage will direct you appropriately.   

Address: 200 Walker Street, Detroit MI 48207.

Upon arrival, you will pull up to a gate with the intercom. You will have the option of valet or self park.

Complimentary valet parking will be available at The Icon's circle drive, which is located immediately to your right as you pass through the gate.

If you prefer to self-park - underground parking will be available to you immediately ahead as you pass through the gate.

• Head down to the garage and park in the green section D. You can use the elevators or stairs to access the main lobby (floor 1).
• Once inside the garage follow the directional signage to find parking. Once parked, use the elevators or stairs to access the main level where registration will be.

Sponsors

Heart of Gold Sponsor

Donald & Mary Kosch - Dearborn Sausage Company

Heart of Generosity Sponsor

Rebecca A. Boylan and Thomas W. Sidlik
Edsel and Cynthia Ford
Emily and Henry Ford III

Heart of Kindness Sponsor

Heart of Loyalty Sponsor

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Lear Corporation
Leo E. & Ann June Mainville Fund
Karen and Patrick Smithbauer
Walbridge

Heart of Bravery Sponsor

BorgWarner
Burns & Wilcox
DTE Vantage
Nicole and Stephen Eisenberg
Sarah and Calvin Ford
MAGNA 
Village Ford
Walker-Miller Energy Services
Janet and Lawrence Witkowski

Heartwarming Sponsor

Bank of Ann Arbor
Blaze Contracting
Penny and Harold Blumenstein
Roxanne Brinkerhoff
Comerica, Inc / Comerica Charitable Foundation
Joe and Jodi Fadool
Goyette Mechanical Co
Jennifer and Chris Granger
The Guidance Center
Errol and Colleen Hau
Innovative Office Technology Group
Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C.
Marsh & McLennan Agency MI
Marcia Nunn
PwC
Wally Prechter
Sentinel Group
The Summit Company