LAMP FOR HAITI’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA & SILENT AUCTION
20 Years of Showing Up… Together
Friday, October 9, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Glen Ridge Country Club | Glen Ridge, New Jersey
20 Years. One Extraordinary Community.
For 20 years, Lamp for Haiti has stood alongside the people of Haiti, providing compassionate healthcare, opportunity, and hope. This anniversary is more than a milestone—it is a celebration of the patients, partners, supporters, and friends who have made this work possible.
Because of you, care has been there for 20 years.
20 Years of Impact
≈300,000
Patient visits over 20 years
15,000
Patients receiving care each year
OVER 51,000
Care episodes for expectant mothers
Twenty Years of Showing Up
For twenty years, Lamp for Haiti has been there — providing care, building trust, and standing with the people of Haiti through moments of crisis and moments of hope.
And we’re just getting started.
The Next Chapter Begins Here
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of care, courage, and community and help us light the way forward.
Keynote Speaker
Brian Concannon
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH)
A human rights lawyer and longtime advocate for justice in Haiti, Brian Concannon has spent decades working alongside Haitian advocates to advance human rights, democracy, and accountability. We are honored to welcome him as keynote speaker for Lamp for Haiti’s 20th Anniversary Gala.
Silent Auction
Bid. Give. Make an Impact.
Bidding begins September 1.
Explore our 20th Anniversary Silent Auction featuring exciting experiences, dining, entertainment, travel, and more. Every winning bid helps support Lamp for Haiti’s work providing compassionate, high-quality healthcare to the people of Haiti.
Become a Sponsor
Partner with us as an anniversary sponsor and help make this milestone celebration and the work ahead possible.
Celebrate With a Journal Tribute or Ad
Honor someone special, celebrate Lamp for Haiti’s 20 years of impact, or share a message from your business or organization in our commemorative anniversary journal.
Can’t Attend? You Can Still Make an Impact
Celebrate with us from wherever you are. Your gift will help carry Lamp for Haiti’s work into the next twenty years.
Our 20th Anniversary Sponsors
We look forward to recognizing the generous partners who will stand with Lamp for Haiti as we celebrate 20 years of care, and community.
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Dr. Barrère Hyppolite
Lamp for Haiti is honored to present its inaugural Humanitarian Award to Dr. Barrère Hyppolite. As Lamp’s In-Country Medical Director for eleven years, Dr. Hyppolite played an integral role in the formative years of Lamp’s work, demonstrating unwavering dedication to the people of Cité Soleil. His medical expertise, leadership, and commitment have helped shape every aspect of Lamp’s work. Dr. Hyppolite embodies the compassion, service, and commitment to humanity that this award was created to celebrate.
LAMPLIGHTER AWARD
Tom Mullane
ANSANM. Together.
For 20 years, communities in Haiti and the United States have come together in a shared commitment to compassionate care.
20th ANNIVERSARY GALA COMMITTEE
Honorary Host Committee
Patricia Connors and Daniel Schulgasser
Garry Pierre-Pierre
Gala Committee
Tom Burleigh
Noreen Connolly
Claire Cunningham
Dr. Ellen Cunningham
Anne Marie Grady
Kelli D. Herd
John Jerbasi
Rachele Jean-Louis
Thomas Mullane
Susan O’Donnell
Stacy Kilkenny
Anne Marie Morgan
Dr. James Morgan
Tiara Moultrie
Richelle Wilson
WITH GRATITUDE TO OUR GALA SPONSORS
HOPE SPONSOR — $10,000
Anonymous
COMMUNITY SPONSORS — $5,000
James Corcoran
Tom and Mary Heyman
Mushett Family Foundation
Michael and Valerie Puglisi
FRIENDS OF LAMP — $2,500
Noreen Connolly
Daniel M. Schulgasser and Patricia M. Connors
Tom and Lata McGinn
Marcia Robbins – Wilf and Perry Robbins
Dan Sheehan
Matt Sheehan
SUPPORTERS — $1,500
Margaret Cunningham
George and Mary Pat Evans Family
Thomas Evans
Esther Kuykendoll
Kathy Morgan