RESPOND would like to thank all guests, donors and our Benefactor Sponsor, Pegasystems, and Community Service Sponsors, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Nancy Busnach and Joe D’Ovidio, Rockland Trust – Peoples Federal Foundation, and Winter Hill Bank. This generosity helps RESPOND serve over 10,000 people in the community each year.RESPONDing to Domestic Violence Gala was RESPOND’s most anticipated event of the year. Hundreds joined RESPOND to raise funds that help survivors of domestic violence and their children to achieve safe, dignified, independent lives free from emotional abuse and violence.
The evening included a cocktail reception with plentiful hors d’oeuvres and dessert, award presentation, and silent and live auctions.
Sponsors
Benefactor Sponsor
Pegasystems
Community Services Sponsors
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Nancy Busnach & Joe D’Ovidio
Rockland Trust-Peoples Federal Foundation
Winter Hill Bank
Patron Sponsors
Janeen Blake & Clare Kiley
Ruth & Tim Carey
Kendra Chencus
Dizzyatom LLC
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Rachel Esch & David Bremser
Katherine & Jonathan Gates
Middlesex Federal Savings Bank
Mintz Levin
Missy & Justin Shireman
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers PC
Don & Cheryl Warner
First Church of Somerville
Supporting Sponsors
Haley Adams
Deb & Jim Bowdring
Jessica Brayden & Randy Veno
Cambridge Savings Bank
Seven Hills Communications
W.J. McDonough Fence
Kiwanis Club of Somerville
Next Level Now, Inc.
About RESPOND Inc.
RESPOND’s Mission
RESPOND partners with individuals, families and communities to end the serious public health issue of domestic violence. RESPOND strives to achieve its mission through prevention, intervention and education services that promote safe, healthy relationships.
RESPOND’s History
A pioneer in the movement to end domestic violence, RESPOND is New England’s first domestic violence agency and the second oldest in the nation. Its work began in the early 1970s, when four women from Somerville, Massachusetts started a grassroots effort to support victims of domestic violence by opening their own homes as safe havens for women fleeing abuse. In 1974, these “founding mothers” formed RESPOND, an organization that has provided life-saving shelter, support services, training and education programs to more than 150,000 members of the community for over 40 years.
