With the John & Abigail Adams Benefit more than three months away, the
premier charitable fundraiser for the Boston Bar Foundation (BBF) has already
attracted more than $270,000 in sponsorship commitments from 32 law firms and
companies. The Benefit, scheduled for the evening of Saturday, January 28,
2012 at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, is being co-chaired by Christopher
Kenney of Kenney & Sams and Anthony Froio of Robins, Kaplan, Miller &
Ciresi.
"The fact that the Adams Benefit is able to draw such
significant support during the 'quiet period,' before we have even named our
honoree, underscores two things: the generosity of Boston's legal and business
communities, and the credibility of the Boston Bar Foundation in its grant
making activities," said Kenney.
The 2011 Adams Benefit raised some $610,000 and drew
a crowd of 900 guests. Funds raised from the event were combined with IOLTA
proceeds and other BBF funds to make $1.1 million in grants to 25 legal services
organizations.
"The BBF enjoys a reputation for doing serious due
diligence to ensure that grants are made to well-run organizations that will put
the monies to the best possible use while also stimulating innovation and
creativity in meeting the needs of the community," said Froio. "We know people
and institutions have lots of choices in how they allocate their charitable
contributions. Supporting the Adams benefit is a sound philanthropic
choice."
Among the rapidly growing list of John & Abigail
Adams Benefit Sponsors are:
Platinum Sponsors - $35,000
Silver Sponsors - $15,000
Brown Rudnick LLP
EMC Corporation
Raytheon Company
Bronze Sponsors - $10,000
Bank of America Corporation
Burns & Levinson LLP
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Foley Hoag LLP
Holland & Knight, LLP
Kenney & Sams, P.C.
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Participating Sponsors - $5,000
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP
FTI Consulting
Goulston & Storrs - A Professional Corporation
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Hemenway & Barnes LLP
John Hancock Financial Services
Jones Day
Peabody & Arnold LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
Verrill Dana LLP
Contributing Sponsors
Beck Reed Riden LLP
Chu Ring & Hazel
Desmond, Strang & Scott, LLP
Grant Thornton LLP
Janet E. Bostwick, PC
Stone Stone & Creem