St. Joe’s Virtual Gala is back!

Thank you for your interest in our Mid-September Mixer Virtual Gala. On-line ticket purchasing is now closed.

For ticketing or sponsorship inquiries, please contact Mark Brogno directly at 905-870-4239 or mark@stjoesfoundation.ca

Join us for an evening of mixology, fine food, friendship and entertainment as St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation presents our 24th Annual Gala — A Mid-September Mixer on Saturday, September 18th, 2021. Whether you enjoy sipping a Mocktail, an Old Fashioned, trying a Moscow Mule or a Mint Julep – there’s no doubt that classic mocktails and cocktails are having a resurgence in popularity. Celebrate with us as we deliver the much-beloved glamour of our Gala right to your door.

Guests of our virtual gala can also expect to enjoy the fine dining experience that is customary at our event – as Claudio Pingue, Executive Chef at LiUNA Station, will be preparing another gourmet meal complete for you to enjoy. In keeping with our theme, provisions this year will include flavourful spirits and custom mixing ingredients to pair with courses of the meal. Everything will be delivered to your home, where you can tune into our live-streamed event and enjoy all of the excitement of our ‘silent and vintage wine & spirits auctions, entertainment including a certified mixologist sharing tutorials, remarks and more.

Thanks to YOU – our sponsors, attendees, donors and auction bidders, the St. Joe’s Gala has raised nearly $6 million to support patient care and research at St. Joe’s. Last year alone, in our first virtual event, more than $365,000 was raised to support emergency mental health care, to enhance our robotic surgery program and to fund the acquisition of six infant vital sign monitors to provide the data our care team needs to keep babies born at St. Joe’s safe and healthy. We hope you can join us to carry on the tradition of generosity, enjoyment and celebration!

You can learn a little bit more about each component of this year’s gala below:

What's a Virtual Gala?

In an effort to keep our community safe and healthy, we’re going to bring St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation’s 24th Annual Gala to you. Through an artfully curated and personally delivered Gala Celebration Box, we’re working hard to bring all of the food, wine, auctions, entertainment and décor that makes our gala so special, right to your doorstep.

All the things you know and love about Gala will be available – only virtually! You will be able to tune in to remarks and entertainment using your preferred device, bid on silent and vintage wine auctions using the Givergy app, pledge to our equipment drive and enjoy top-of-the-line food and drink in the comfort of your own home with your guests.

Celebration Box Contents

Every gala celebration box will include a three-course meal for two from LiUNA Station, one bottle of white wine and one bottle of red wine imported from Italy especially for the gala, a mixology kit from Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers, flowers, coasters, decor and more. It’s our Mid-September Mixer gala… in a box and delivered to your door.

Silent & Vintage Wine Auctions

The St. Joe’s Gala wouldn’t be the same without our coveted auctions. In keeping with our theme, we aim to expand our Vintage wine auction to include Rare and Fine Spirits this year. As the event date approaches, we will share a private link with our guests that will allow exclusive access to our Silent and Vintage Wine Auctions. We would also be grateful for any auction donations – please contact Mark Brogno at mark@stjoesfoundation.ca or 905-870-4239 if you have something you would like to offer.

Capital Equipment Auction

Right now, the fleet of ventilators in our Complex Care Unit at St. Joe’s are nearing the end of their lifespan. That’s why this year, we’re hoping to purchase 10 new ventilators to help patients who are recovering from a surgery or stroke, living with a brain injury or experiencing lung diseases like pneumonia, COPD or COVID-19. Learn more about this year’s Capital Equipment Auction here.

Curious About Our Virtual Gala? Check Out Last Year’s online.

Raising Funds for St. Joe's

The Gala is one of St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation’s signature fundraising events. The generosity of our gala patrons enables our Hospital to purchase new equipment, to renovate patient care areas, and to pursue research into tomorrow’s treatments and cures. Our 2021 Gala, A Mid-September Mixer, is raising funds to build a new CT suite in the Emergency Department, continue to enhance our robotic surgery program, and acquire critical capital equipment that our Hospital requires to care for the patients who come to us for their care.

Learn More about our CT Suites and Diagnostic Imaging

Learn More about our Robotic Surgery program