6th Annual Fundraising Gala
Join us for an inspiring evening to support and celebrate Joseph House's transformative work.
Join us for an unforgettable night of inspiration, fellowship, and a chance to make a difference in our community. Your generosity and presence brings hope and restores men leaving the prison system.
Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: AC Marriott at Cascades
Featured Speaker: Gregory Boyle
We are honored to welcome Gregory Boyle, Founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, as our keynote speaker.
Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California – the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.
Fr. Boyle is a Jesuit priest who served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church from 1986 to 1992. It was then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, Fr. Boyle and parish community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings.
In 1988, they started what would become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises and provides crucial services to thousands of men and women who are seeking a better life.
He is the author of the 2010 New York Times bestseller, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024, the University of Notre Dame's 2017 Laetare Medal, and was named a Champion of Change in 2014 by President Obama.
Location:
AC Marriott at Cascades
Start Date:
December 6, 2024
Start Time:
7:00 pm
End Date:
December 6, 2024
End Time:
9:00 pm
When and where is the Joseph House Annual Gala taking place?
The gala will be held on Friday, December 6, 2024 from 7:00-9:00 PM at the AC Marriott at Cascades.
Who is the featured speaker at this year's gala?
Fr. Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and author of "Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion," will be our keynote speaker.
What sponsorship opportunities are available?
We offer Underwriter sponsorships (starting at $1000) and Table Sponsor options ranging from $1000 to $15,000. Each comes with different benefits and recognition levels.
Is there a cost for individual attendees?
Individual guests can register for the event at no charge after October 15. They will be assigned to tables in general seating.
What is the deadline for becoming an Underwriter sponsor?
The deadline for Underwriter sponsorships is November 15, due to print deadlines for promotional materials.
We are a reentry home and community for men released from prison.
We are more than a halfway house - we are a home.
Joseph House exists because 95% of the 100,000 men and women currently incarcerated in Florida will be released. Without support services, two-thirds will return to prison within three years.
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