Lamp for Haiti Annual Fall Gala and Silent Auction

Took place on:

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Glen Ridge Women’s Club
219 Ridgewood Ave, Glen Ridge, NJ

View 2025 Gala Video Here!

Thank You to All!!!

We are very happy to report that the 2025 Gala met its fundraising goal with room to spare! That means that we can continue to move forward, providing high quality medical care to an ever-expanding family! We are pleased to pass on thanks from our staff in Haiti!

Lamp Haiti staff 2025

SPONSORS

Key to reaching our goal was our generous sponsors.

Beacon Level
  • Lewis M. Gabbe Foundation
  • Mary and Tom Heyman
  • Mushett Family Foundation
  • Michael and Valerie Puglisi

Torch Level

  • Mary Ann Ford
  • Job Haines Home
  • John C. Meditz
  • Gwendolyn M. Thompson

Beam Level

  • Kathleen Carroll and Stephen Twomey
  • Robert P. Kramer and Tracy A. Fontao
  • Donna and Richard Vogel

Lantern Level

  • Nancy Birdsall
  • Condella Family Charitable Fund
  • Daniel Schulgasser
  • Patricia Connors
  • Jonathan Cox
  • Margaret Cunningham
  • Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast
  • Roger and Laura Lavan
  • Marie Josephe Malivert
  • Rich and Annie McMahon
  • Kathy A. Morgan
  • Gerard and Melinda O'Brien
  • Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf and Perry Robbins
  • Daniel and Alyse Shin
  • Marianne and William Sweeney
  • Ellen Fahey Smith
  • Brian Zeug
  • The College of St Francs Xavier - Xavier HS
  • Sandra and George Kenney

SILENT AUCTION

Thanks also to those who donated items for our Silent Auction.

 

    • Agnes Dembia
    • Arden and Alan Epstein
    • Faubourg Restaurant Montclair
    • Fitzgerald’s
    • Grenville Hotel
    • Ellen and Stephen Higgins
    • Joia Restaurant
    • Stacy Kilkenny

    • Kelli D. Herd
    • Rosemary and Pat LePore
    • Montclair Film Festival
    • Montclair Foundation/Van Vleck Gardens
    • Susan O’Donnell
    • Rabbit Rabbit Interior
    • Marianne and Bill Sweeney
    • The Vanguard Theater Company

Painting by Harry Abilhomme
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A special thank you to Marianne Sweeney and Stacy Kilkenny who solicited the gifts and organized the auction. The Silent Auction raised over $17,000 this year!

VOLUNTEERS

Thanks to the enormous work done by Lamp volunteers to ensure that this year's gala was a success!

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  • The Gala Committee

    • Tom Burleigh

    • Kathleen Carroll

    • Noreen Conolly

    • Ellen Cunningham

    • Suzanne & Richard Evans

    • Kelli D. Herd

    • John Jerbasi

    • Rachele Jean-Louis

    • Stacy Kilkenny

    • Thomas Mullane

  • James Morgan

  • Susan O'Donnell

  • Patrick O'Neill

  • Henry Reimer

  • Alan Smith

  • David Smith

  • Walter Springer

  • Marianne Sweeney

  • Stephen Twomey

  • Richelle Wilson

  • Genevieve Wrenn

  • Christina Young
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Thanks to Vag Twoubadou for their

wonderful performance!

 

 

Thanks to our special guests Award-Winning Journalist and Founder of the Haitian Times     Garry Pierre-Pierre. 

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Thank you Custodi Catering for a delicious meal and excellent service!

 

 

 

Congrats again to this year's winner of the Lamplighter Award, Marianne Sweeney for over ten years of dedication to Lamp for Haiti!

Marianne

See you next year when we celebrate 20 years of Lamp in Haiti!