Record-high sponsorship for event now at $306,000, surpassing goal
MARSHFIELD, MA, ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2, 2025… Save the date for Thursday, October 9. when Road to Responsibility (RTR), one of the region’s largest and most successful nonprofit organizations supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will host its 37th Annual Making Lives Better Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. at Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy.
As in year’s past, the annual mission-driven event will feature a cocktail reception, formal dinner, and mobile bidding auction and dinner. A powerful mission story will be showcased, celebrating the transformative impact RTR has had on individuals over the past 37 years.
The evening will be hosted by acclaimed journalists Liam Martin and Jackie Bruno, both of whom transitioned from distinguished careers in television news to leadership roles at Newsmaker Marketing, a Boston-based public relations and marketing agency specializing in helping businesses share their stories directly to targeted audiences. The agency was founded by Bruno, the agency’s CEO, who launched the firm with a vision for media-savvy brand strategy. Martin serves as partner and Chief Marketing Officer, bringing his broadcast expertise to the team.
To date, 40 businesses and organizations have signed up as gala sponsors, bringing sponsorship totals to a record-high $306,000, surpassing the initial goal set at $300,000. Additional sponsorship opportunities remain available.
“Our 37th Making Lives Better Gala is drawing near and the excitement is building,” said Christopher T. White, Ed.D., president and CEO of Road to Responsibility. “Please join us on October 9th when we will share and celebrate the accomplishments RTR has made this past year and raise funds to advance our mission to provide the means, the opportunity, and the support necessary to allow individuals with disabilities to take their place as productive members of the community.”
For ticket and sponsorship information, please visit: https://roadtoresponsibility.ejoinme.org/2025.
About Road to Responsibility, Inc.
Celebrating more than 37 years of making lives better, Road to Responsibility, Inc. (RTR) was established in 1988 with the overarching belief that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve to have full, rich, and rewarding lives in the community, and therefore works to provide the means, the opportunity, and the support necessary to allow citizens with disabilities to take their place as productive members of the community. RTR offers residential, work/employment, day habilitation and other day supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. RTR supports individuals with very diverse needs, including those with significant challenges who would otherwise go unserved if not for RTR. It succeeds where other organizations often fail, through the use of an integrated clinical behavioral approach. This model has proven successful and yielded positive results for the organization and the individuals served.
Road to Responsibility offers services to almost all the towns and communities throughout the South Shore and South Coast of Massachusetts, operates 49 residences as well as co-operative and supportive living apartments, and manages nine day-service locations that focus on education, employment, and community enrichment. Road to Responsibility’s main office is located at 1831 Ocean Street, Marshfield, MA. For more information, please visit www.roadtoresponsibility.org.