PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital Foundation raised nearly $70,000 through sponsorships, ticket sales and a silent auction at its A Masterpiece of Hope II event at the Providence Art Club on May 8.
The event, which also marked the 175th anniversary of Butler Hospital, was attended by about 150 people and raised money to support individualized mental health care for adults ages 65 and older in the hospital’s Senior Specialty Program.
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Also, Kelly Doern was honored as Corporation Member of the Year and Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen received the Lila M. Sapinsley Community Service Award.
“Both Kelly and Dr. Van Dahlen are truly deserving of this special recognition,” said Mary Marran, president and chief operating officer at Butler Hospital. “Their compassion and dedication to reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and to helping change the lives of our most vulnerable citizens is unparalleled.”
Doern has volunteered as a member of the hospital’s Community Development Committee and as a corporator since 2013. She became a director of the Butler Hospital Foundation in 2014 and is serving as its secretary. For the past three years, Doern has shared her expertise with hundreds of patients at Butler partnering on their annual “Job Search: Resume Building and Interview Preparation” workshops assisting those who are planning to get back into the work force. She has served as co-chair with John Sinnott for the hospital’s A Masterpiece of Hope fundraiser for the last two years.
Van Dahlen, named to Time magazine’s 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, is the president of Give an Hour, a nonprofit she founded in 2005 to provide free mental health services to the military and veteran community. Give an Hour’s nearly 7,000 mental health professionals have given more than 284,000 hours of care valued at more than $28 million. Van Dahlen also developed the Campaign to Change Direction, a global initiative focused on changing the culture of mental health. The initiative launched in 2015.
Proceeds from Butler’s event will help support the hospital’s Senior Specialty Program, which provides treatment for adults age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s disease, memory disorders, depression, anxiety, and other conditions that may cause behavioral difficulties.
Additional gifts can be made to support this program at foundation.butler.org.
