COPLEY SQUARE — More than 250 guests attended the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s annual Bright Futures Grand Drawing Gala, which was held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel. The gala celebrated the club’s 50 years of supporting and enhancing the lives of Dorchester’s young people and raised $500,000. The black tie gala was hosted by noted designer and TV personality Taniya Nayak. For more on the club and its programs, click here. All…

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BOSTON — The energy was palpable as nearly 600 guests came together for Mass General for Children’s (MGfC) Storybook Ball on Saturday, November 2, 2024, celebrating 25 years of the spectacular fundraising event. Led by Co-Chairs Sarah and Walter Donovan and Laura Will and David Nicholson, the evening raised $2.1 million for MGfC’s extraordinary work and highlighted Complex Care, which includes Pediatric Coordinated, Supportive and Palliative Care programs. Rafanelli Events transformed the Omni Boston Hotel…

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BOSTON — 700 guests attended the The Ireland Funds 43rd Boston gala, which took place on Nov. 4 at the Westin Copley Place hotel, honored board member and long-standing supporter, State Street’s Chairman and CEO Ron O’Hanley, with the Distinguished Leadership Award. The presentation was made by Jean Hynes, CEO of Wellington Management. The gala celebrated the deep ties between Boston and Ireland, all in support of nonprofit organizations working across the island of Ireland.…

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FENWAY — A sold out crowd of 1,800 packed the House of Blues to hear country star Jake Owen rock out with Austin Williams as opener for the annual CoreyFest, which raises money for the Corey C. Griffin Foundation. In the 10 years since its founding, the Foundation has raised $40 million to support Boston charities that help the city’s youth. Also announced was that the Foundation will award ten $10,000 scholarships. The charitable Foundation…

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DORCHESTER — The sold-out 14th annual Boston Irish Honors luncheon was held at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum on Dorchester’s Columbia Point. The event, co-chaired by Katherine P. Craven and Paul Haley inducted three outstanding people with deep Boston Irish legacies into the Boston Irish Hall of Honors: Bill Cleary Jr., a 1960 Winter Olympics gold medalist in hockey and the longtime coach of Harvard’s men’s hockey team; Regina Quinlan Doherty, retired Superior Court judge; and…

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