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Prepare For Winter Dinner
n The Rise's Prepare for Winter Dinner brings together over 350 people for a delicous meal and inspiring evening to support the important work of On The Rise.
To learn more about last year's 2007 Prepare for Winter Dinner, please see Annual Dinner.
2008 Prepare For Winter Dinner
On The Rise invites you to join us on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 6:00-8:30pm at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA, to celebrate our 11th Annual Prepare for Winter Dinner.
Individual tickets are $150 and will be on sale in late July. If you would like to make an advance reservation, please email info@ontherise.org .
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 6:00pm-8:30pm
Location: Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA. For Directions>>
Keynote Speaker: Janice Erlbaum, Author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir Read More>>
Event Chair: Jeanette Clough, CEO & President of Mount Auburn Hospital Read More>>
Business Sponsorships and Advertising Opportunities Read More>>
Become a Table Host Read More>>
Donate to the Silent Auction Read More>>
Thank you to our Event Committee members Read More>>
Keynote Speaker
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| Janice Erlbaum, Author |
Our keynote speaker will be Janice Erlbaum, the author of two books, GIRLBOMB: A Halfway Homeless Memoir (Villard, 2006), and HAVE YOU FOUND HER: A Memoir (Villard, 2008).
A former resident of a shelter for homeless teens, Janice returned in her early thirties to volunteer at the same shelter that had helped to save her life. She is an active advocate for homeless
and at-risk youth. A former political columnist for BUST magazine, she lives in her native home of New York City.
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Event Chair
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| Jeanette Clough, CEO & President of Mount Auburn Hospital |
Our Event Chair is Jeanette Clough, President and CEO of Mount Auburn Hospital, a regional teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Mount Auburn has annual net
revenues of $300M and employs 2700 staff in 25 locations including the main campus in Cambridge. A major campus expansion including a 135,000 square foot patient care building is currently
underway. Prior to joining Mount Auburn in 1998, Ms. Clough served as President and CEO of Deaconess Waltham Hospital. She began her career as a staff nurse, nurse manager and educator at
Massachusetts General Hospital and holds a BSN from Boston University, a MSN from Boston College and a MHA from Suffolk University. She writes and lectures on executive leadership and the
CEO’s role in leading quality and safety initiatives.
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Business Sponsorships and Advertising Opportunities
Sponsoring the Prepare for Winter Dinner supports the important work of On The Rise,
while enhancing your business' visibility as corporate leaders in the Cambridge and Boston community.
So far our 2008 business sponsors include:
Visionary Sustainers ($5,000): Mount Auburn Hospital; Evergreen Investments; Pioneer Investments; Cambridge Savings Bank
Champions ($3000): J. Calnan & Associates; 1369 Coffee Houses; Boston Private Bank & Trust; Harvard University
Benefactors ($1,500): Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston; Cambridge Trust Company; Ray Perron Company
Partners ($1,000): VCS Enterprises, Inc.
Friends ($500): Bay State Charitable Trust; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; East Cambridge Savings Bank; Talbots Charitable Foundation, Inc.
View our Business Sponsorship form
for more information, or call Gillian Grossman at (617) 497-5757.
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Table Hosts
Table Hosts are key to the success of our Prepare for Winter Dinner.
Hosting a table is a great way to invite all your friends to this fun and inspiring event, while supporting
On The Rise's work with women who are homeless or in crisis.
Read More about becoming a Table Host, or call Gillian at (617) 497-5757 for questions or to sign up.
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Silent Auction
Last year, over 30 local businesses and individuals donated quality items and services to make our silent auction a huge success.
Below are just a few items at last year's event.
Red Sox - Yankees Tickets!
Enjoy 4 Loge or box tickets to a Red Sox versus Yankees game in 2008.
Donated by: Anonymous
Vacation in Bridgton, Maine
Enjoy a relaxing week stay in a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on the shore of Long Lake in Bridgton, ME.
Donated by: Steve Perron & Chartyi Reiter
East Coast Grille & Raw Bar
Take home a $200 gift certificate to East Coast Grille and 3 autographed cookbooks by chef/owner Chris Schlesinger.
Donated by: East Coast Grille & Raw Bar
Portraits by Romana Vysatova
Choose a family or single portrait sitting with photographer Romana Vysatova. Printing of photos included.
Donated by: Romana Vysatova
If you have an item that you would like to donate to our silent auction, please view our Silent Auction form, or contact us at (617) 497-7968
or info@ontherise.org.
Check back to preview auction items closer to the date of the event.
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Event Committee
Thank you to the volunteers who are helping us organize the 2008 Prepare for Winter Dinner.
Susan Bullock
Pioneer Investments
James Cahill
J. Calnan & Associates
Jennifer Costa
Cambridge Public Library
Jeanette Clough, Event Chair
Mount Auburn Hospital
Carol Goss
Development & Communications Consultant
Michelle Kinberg
Cambridge Savings Bank
Anne Meyer
Goulston & Storrs
Katherine Rafferty
Mount Auburn Hospital
Joanna Scott
Community Volunteer
David Steigerwald
Comerica Bank
Beth Whipple
State Street Global Markets
Anna Whitcomb
Counselor/Consultant Development
Kimmel Yeager
MIT Student Affairs
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