Our annual Gala will take place on Friday, May 2, 2025, from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM at Artists For Humanity.
This event is our largest fundraiser of the year and plays a crucial role in making these life-saving services possible. It's a fun time for a great cause, featuring dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions, and a short program about the importance of our mission. It draws a lively crowd of attendees of all ages, leaders from the worlds of government, healthcare, finance, human services, technology, and education-empathic citizens who care about our kids and their community.
Our Gala theme is "Growing Together" because we grow the hopes, coping
skills, and academic reach of the children and others we serve, helping them attain a brighter
future in the wider community. We've grown-and continue to grow-a wide variety of programs so
that as children's needs change, we can keep helping them, right here, in an environment that feels
familiar and safe. Of course, as we grow to meet the expanding needs of those we serve, we must grow our financial resources accordingly. The Gala is a vital milestone in our financial year.
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About Our Emcee
We are so pleased to welcome Danae Bucci as our emcee for this year's gala. Danae joined WCVB Channel 5's award-winning NewsCenter 5 team as a reporter in March 2022. She previously worked at WJCL in Savannah, as well as WHDH-TV in Boston, NBC's Meet the Press, the Colorado Springs Gazette, and several local newspapers including Wicked Local Media Solutions. Danae is the recipient of several journalism awards including a 2021 "Best Reporter" GABBY from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. She graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2020 and was a full-scholarship track and field athlete, competing as a high jumper. Along with being a reporter for WCVB, Danae is also a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University and a board member of Boston's Ellis Square Neighborhood Association.
About our Auctioneer
Television veteran, childcare advocate, and former Italian Home neighbor David Brown will serve as auctioneer at our "Growing Together Gala" on Friday, May 2, at Artists For Humanity.
David spent 17 years at WCVB-TV as a meteorologist, a career inspired by his childhood fascination with weather in Iowa. He is now Vice President of Communications and Development at Vinfen, a nonprofit supporting individuals with disabilities. Passionate about underserved youth, David toured the Home recently and has a long history of involvement, having brought his children to deliver holiday gifts to our kids.
An experienced auctioneer, David is known for his stage presence and once performed as a storyteller on PBS's Moth radio program. He's also run the Boston Marathon and rappelled for the Special Olympics. F
Who are we?
Over 100 years ago, Italian Home for Children was founded to help the most vulnerable young people in the community - Italian-American children orphaned by the great flu pandemic. Today, we promote the resilience and well-being of youth, adults, and families - of all backgrounds - facing mental health and educational challenges. We offer a broad range of life-saving programs for children other agencies often cannot assist.
Why Italian Home?
The demand for Italian Home for Children's services has never been greater. There is a waitlist for almost every program and thousands of people wait to receive the care they deserve. In addition, our care often extends beyond the model reimbursed by insurance and state agencies. This extra support provided to youth and families is not billable, however is critical to the success of the children and families we work with to avoid future hospitalizations and, ultimately, save lives. Your generosity to the gala directly impacts those we serve, helps us increase the number of lives we impact, and bridges the fiscal gap this organization faces every year.
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