Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Veterans Legal Services annual event on June 18th at the Wellesley Country Club! Thanks to the generosity of individual donors, corporate sponsors, and foundations, the event raised a record-breaking amount -- over $375,000 -- to advance VLS's mission to help Massachusetts veterans overcome adversity by providing free civil legal aid that honors their service, promotes well-being, and responds to their distinctive needs.
If you haven't made a contribution yet, please considering donating today. Every donation supports VLS and veterans in our community.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HONOREES:
Edward M. Phillips, MD
VA Boston Healthcare System | Department of Veterans Affairs
Co-host, "Food, We Need to Talk" Podcast
Lynn A. Girton Distinguished Service Award
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Outstanding Advocate Award
Colleen Peters Hussey & Kevin Gaughan
Goulston & Storrs
Board Commendations
Bill & Diane Asher
Barbara Broccoli
Nicholas Hasenfus
Rosemary & Richard Allen
Anonymous
Jacqueline & Matthew Fearer
Edward & Robin Orazem
Ben Cammarata
Dan Boyle
Brian & Mary Carty
Stephanie Lin & Brian Hale
Stacy & Sean Mullaney
The Ryan Family
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Michael Douvadjian
Nicole Jackson Leslie
Martha & Michael B. Keating
The LaPenta Family
Amie Stevens
Jim Whitters
Charlie & Margo Yie
Anonymous
Karen Bruttaniti, in memory of John Bruttaniti
Ellen Callahan
Raymond DeSabato
Digger & Susan Donahue, in memory of Allan Ryan
Hon. Mary Hogan Sullivan (ret.)
Howard & Judy Kahalas, in memory of Richard Goldber, U.S. Army - WWII
Jeffrey Klinger
Jordan & Jean Krasnow
Cliff & Fannie Lin
Hon. James F. McHugh (ret.)
C. Stephen Parker
Scott Pitta
Jack & Joan Regan
J Robert Taylor & Kathy Ann Taylor
Alexandra Trobe
Harvey & Linda Weiner
Paul D. Wilson & Mary B. Donchez
Peter Worley
Dynamis LLP
Hogan Lovells
Peabody & Arnold
The Woody Williams Veterans Advocacy Project
Alamuddin-Ward Family Fund
Kaitlyn Baker
Jennifer Baublitz
Janet & Jeff Bernard, in memory of Leonard Buckley
Stephanie Chesney, in honor of Brian Simmons & Courtney Richards Ramos
Christina DiMare
Nick Dutter
Jean & Alex Dippold, in honor of Jean Healey, CIA
Eve Elliott & Jesse Bousquet
Deborah Fraize
Kate Garvin
Lynn Girton, in honor of Warren E. Girton
Barbara & Les Gore
Mark Grande
Wally Higgins
Robert & Emily Hurstak
Elizabeth Joyce-Grikis
Owen Kasmin
Nicholas Kong
John Koury & Maria Koury
Kimberly Langone
Brian Lynch, in honor of David Huston, Navy Seal
Elyse & Ethan Marks
Marisa & John McBrine
Kenneth L. Meador & Anita Meador
Sean Morrissey
Chanal Neves-McCain
Mariann Nogrady
Carina & Dan O'Neill, in honor of Dr. Eddie Phillips
Cindy Palmquist
Amelia Pennington
Edward Phillips
Bernard Pine, in honor of Roger Lesch
Anna & Clarence Richardson
Sarah Roxburgh & Eli Munkholm
Matthew Ryan, in memory of Allan Ryan
Peter Ryan, in memory of Allan Ryan
Melanie Schwarzer
Peter K. Seibert & Marjorie Nealon Seibert
William Sinnott, in honor of Col. Joe Collins, USMC
Sean Small
Dan Sullivan
Hannah Taylor, in memory of Anthony Magnole
Sharon Toffler
Jason Traue
Christopher Walton, in memory of Allan Ryan
Aneisha Worrell
About the Honorees
Edward Phillips, MD | Lynn A. Girton Distinguished Service Award
Edward M. Phillips, MD, is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM).
He serves as Whole Health Medical Director at VA Boston Healthcare System and is integrating Whole Health-lifestyle medicine training for trainees across VA as National Whole Health Education Champion for Health Professions Trainees.
He has appeared on Good Morning America, ESPN radio, Huffington Post, Slate, and Time Magazine. He co-hosted the NPR Daily Exercise Podcast, WBUR’s Magic Pill awarded an Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation and has more than 4.5 million downloads of the sequel podcast “Food, We Need to Talk.”
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Outstanding Advocate Award
Attorneys from Morgan Lewis have provided pro bono representation on individual VLS cases for many years, including veterans benefits cases and housing cases, helping to ensure that veterans can access the benefits they have earned and that they have safe, stable housing. Recently, Morgan Lewis attorneys have also eagerly committed to serving veterans at the newly established virtual clinic.
The firm’s long-standing dedication to providing free, essential services to the veteran community has made life-changing impacts and has allowed VLS to serve more veterans across Massachusetts.