Jane Doe Inc. - Voices For Change

2005 Spirit Awards Gala!

On March 22, 2005 over 300 of Jane Doe Inc.’s supporters gathered at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel for a night of fantastic food, great music, exciting auction prizes, and outstanding company!

L-R: Flipside; auction items; multicultural buffet.

This year's Spirit Awards Gala - Jane Doe Inc.’s signature fundraising event to further its mission of ending violence against women, men, and children in the Commonwealth - honored awardees:

• Community Leadership: Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals (COBTH) Domestic Violence Advisory Council
• Public Policy: Chris Butler, Attorney
• Activism: Carmen Nieves, Community Educator, Womanshelter/Compañeras
• Activism: Bill Weston, Board member, Rape Crisis Services of Greater Lowell

L-R: Event co-chairs Jerry and Karen, with awardee Bill Weston and JDI Executive Director Mary Lauby; Awardees Chris Butler, COBTH Executive Director Elizabeth Stengel, Bill Weston, and Carmen Nieves with Mary Lauby and JDI Board President Sheila Moore; JDI Government Affairs Director Nancy Scannell and awardee Carmen Nieve.

Event Co-Chairs Jerry Rossi, COO of the Marmaxx Group, and Karen Holmes Ward, Director of Public Affairs and Community Services for WCVB Channel 5, emceed the evening together with Mary R. Lauby, JDI’s new Executive Director, and Board President Shiela Y. Moore. Flipside provided lively music throughout the night.

Photo of Rep. Koutoujian and Co-chair Karen Holmes Ward

L-R: Mayor Thomas Menino and Attorney General Tom Reilly; JDI Board Members Bob Gottlieb and Ylisabyth Bradshaw; Rep. Peter Koutoujian and Event Co-chair Karen Holmes Ward.

JDI would like to thank all our corporate sponsors for their general support, as well as all our individual donors who came out to celebrate with us. Special thanks goes out to those who donated auction items and the winning bidders!

2005 Spirit Awards Sponsors:

Sustainer
Verizon

Partners
New Balance Foundation
The TJX Companies, Inc.

Sponsors
Boston Globe Foundation
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
Massachusetts Medical Society & Massachusetts Medical Society Alliance
Next Generation Printing

VIP Table Hosts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Boston Public Health Commission
Brody Hardoon Perkins and Kesten LLP
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
Filene’s/ Kaufman’s
Massachusetts Port Authority
Mayor and Mrs. Thomas M. Menino
Partners Health Care
Stacy Malone & Al Tringali
Verizon Wireless
WCVB Channel 5

A special thanks to our In-kind donors who offered their services or products as a donation or at a significantly reduced rate. We could not have done it without you!