Virtual event to take place on Thursday, September 24
Laura Shea at last year’s Making Lives Better gala, talking about the positive impact of Road to Responsibility on her family
Road to Responsibility (RTR), one of the region’s largest and most successful non-profit organizations, recently announced that its annual “Making Lives Better” Gala will be held virtually this year, on Thursday, September 24, beginning at 6:45 p.m. The event will celebrate Road to Responsibility’s 32 years of Making Lives Better for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Given the ongoing pandemic, attendance via Zoom is free, but registration is required, and participants are encouraged to donate in lieu of a ticket or table purchase. The event will welcome back emcee Michael Page of NBC Boston and feature a special program highlighting and celebrating the progress and change Road to Responsibility has made for individuals, families, and local communities.
The celebration will also feature an online auction, and all participants will receive mobile bidding and streaming instructions prior to the event.
Xerox Business Solutions is the gala’s featured sponsor. Additional sponsors include VHS Transportation Company, Inc. and Patriot Investment Corp.; the Benoit and Parsons Family; Eastern Bank; M&T Bank; Unicorn Realty; Black Rock Advertising & South Shore Magazine; Dr. Chris White & Ms. Treva Sabin-White; Ms. Pattricia Clark; Sesco Realty Trust; Sigma Mechanical Services; South Shore Bank; Baker, Braverman & Barbadoro; Callahan/Hoffman Co.; HarborOne Bank; Legacy Resnik, LLC; Philadelphia Insurance Companies: Rockland Trust; and Signet Electronic Systems, Inc.
“This will be a gala different than any of us are used to,” said Christopher White, Ed.D., CEO of Road to Responsibility. “But we still have so much to celebrate and so much to be thankful for. We look forward to coming together, and hope that many of our ‘attendees’ might be able to gather in small groups together as well. Now more than ever, we also need your support to continue our mission of making lives better for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, especially during this challenging time.”
Tickets and sponsorships are now available. For more information about the gala or to register, please contact Erin Cohen at ecohen@rtrinc.org, or visit: https://roadtoresponsibility.ejoinme.org/MLB2020.
About Road To Responsibility, Inc.
Celebrating over 30 years of making lives better, Road To Responsibility, Inc. (RTR) was established in 1988 with the overarching belief that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve to have full, rich, and rewarding lives in the community, and therefore works to provide the means, the opportunity, and the support necessary to allow citizens with disabilities to take their place as productive members of the community. RTR offers residential, work/employment, day habilitation and other day supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. RTR supports individuals with very diverse needs, including those with significant challenges who would otherwise go unserved if not for RTR. It succeeds where other organizations often fail, through the use of an integrated clinical behavioral approach. This model has proven successful and yielded positive results for the organization and the individuals served.
Road To Responsibility offers services to almost all the towns and communities throughout the South Shore and South Coast of Massachusetts, operates 48 residences as well as co-operative and supportive living apartments, and manages nine day-service locations that focus on education, employment, and community enrichment. Road To Responsibility’s main office is located at 1831 Ocean Street, Marshfield, MA. For more information, please visit www.roadtoresponsibility.org.
