42nd Annual Labouré Center Spring Reception

Thank you to everyone who joined us Thursday for the 42nd Annual Labouré Center Spring Reception. More than 200 guests gathered to raise nearly $200,000 for the life-changing programs at the Labouré Center and to honor the McNeice Foundation with the Jack Shaughnessy Service Award.

We are grateful that Margarete McNeice Portanova, Gabriele Shaw, and other members of the McNeice family joined us to mark their family’s deep commitment to the Labouré Center and to helping families affected by substance use disorder.

A special thank you to Labouré Advisory Board Chair Matt Wells, Event Reception Co-Chairs Kevin Galvin and John Mulcahy, Casey Shaughnessy and members of the Shaughnessy family, Lydia Polaski, State Representative David Biele, and State Senator Nick Collins, who read a citation to the McNeice family.

Funds raised through Spring Reception will help families from South Boston and surrounding neighborhoods access vital services as they work toward self-sufficiency. Thank you to all the sponsors, donors, community partners, and auctioneer Tom Tinlin, who led a lively auction to raise funds for Labouré and the Sister Maryadele Legacy Fund.

McNeice Foundation

Catholic Charities Labouré Center is eternally grateful for the philanthropic legacy of John and Margarete McNeice. Their decades-long dedication to our mission was honored at this event in 2010. The McNeices’ commitment was integral to the capital campaign to build Labouré Center’s present home – 275 West Broadway – where vital services and programs have grown and flourished since 2002.

In 1997, John and Margarete established the McNeice Foundation to ensure continued support of organizations devoted to the Catholic faith, social justice and education. This legacy was entrusted to their daughters Gabriele Shaw, Margarete McNeice Portanova and a trusted Board of Directors. Margarete, Executive Director of the foundation, has said of her late parents “their work is continuing through us.”

Understanding that our communities are experiencing unprecedented mental health and substance use disorder crises, McNeice Foundation has granted $1million to Labouré Center’s Behavioral Health Clinic to expand services for families facing these painful challenges. Labouré Center is profoundly grateful and proud to honor McNeice Foundation this year.