On Friday, June 7, 2024, we will celebrate the single largest yearly gathering of community health centers in the Commonwealth: the Annual Awards Gala. The Mass League gala embodies and promotes our mission through the recognition of our committed workforce, organizations which are critical to our success, and the innovation generated across our one million-plus patient network to achieve health equity for all.

This year’s awardees include:

2024 STATE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Representative Aaron Michlewitz, Chair
House Committee on Ways and Means

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CLINICIAN AWARD
Cynthia Slaga, NP, School-Based Health Center
Lowell Community Health Center

Stephanie Billings, MD, Family Medicine
Holyoke Health Center

JOSEPH M. SMITH BOARD MEMBER AWARD
Joseph Scardino
Family Health Center of Worcester

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CEO AWARD
Guale Valdez, President & CEO
Mattapan Community Health Center

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER EMPLOYEE AWARDS
Jessica DaRosa, Director of Operations
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center

Joanne Mazar, Chief Human Resources Officer
Community Health Center of Cape Cod

EDWARD M. KENNEDY FOUNDER AWARD
Sue Joss, CEO
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center

Program Details:

  • 6:00 pm Cocktails
  • 7:00 pm Dinner, Program & Awards
  • 9:30 pm  Dancing and Socializing until 11:00 pm
  • Attire: Black tie or business formal

Ticket Price:
$250 per person or $2,500 for a table of 10.  Purchase your seats by May 23, 2024

  • To purchase individual tickets, please click here.
  • To purchase a table of 10, please click here.

Location:
The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
617-262-9600

Hotel Room: A limited number of overnight rooms for Friday, June 7th are available at the rate of $349/night until Friday, May 17, 2024.  Please click here to reserve your room.

Crowd Photo Release Notice and Disclaimer at The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Inc.’s Sponsored Events:
By entering an event or program of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Inc. (the “MLCHC”), or an affiliate or subsidiary of the MLCHC, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur. Your entry and presence into the event premises are solely voluntary and constitute your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with the MLCHC and its initiatives. This includes, but is in no way limited to, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising, and constitutes a waiver and release of any claims related to such use of photos, videos, or recordings, including but not limited to, any claims of invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, or copyright infringement.

Please email Cheryl Shaughnessy (cshaughnessy@massleague.org) with any dietary restrictions or if you have questions.