Project heal 15th anniversary Nyc Gala

City Winery, December 7, 2023 @ 6:30 pm

Project HEAL is celebrating our 15th Anniversary, and our signature NYC Gala will be held this year on Thursday, December 7 at City Winery on Pier 57 in Manhattan. Join us and so many other friends, supporters, partners, and award recipients for a night to remember!

This year, we have some very special things planned for the NYC Gala and you won’t want to miss it. Not only will we enjoy stunning Hudson River views from our stellar City Winery location, but we’ve increased guest capacity by 50% this year!

Book your hotel at one of our room blocks: Dream Downtown & Arlo Soho

special guests

Admiral Rachel Levine, Honoree

Admiral Rachel L. Levine serves as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As Assistant Secretary for Health, ADM Rachel Levine fights every day to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. As a physician, she focused on the intersection between mental and physical health, treating children, adolescents, and young adults. ADM Levine was Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Eating Disorders at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. In addition to her recent posts in medicine and government, ADM Levine is an accomplished speaker and author of numerous publications on the opioid crisis, adolescent medicine, eating disorders, and LGBT medicine.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Diamond Presenting Sponsor

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

VIP Balcony Suite Sponsor - $25,000

  • Naming rights for one of 2023 awards (first come, first served)

  • Half-page ad in program

  • Logo/name featured on website, in program, on signage

  • 2 mentions on social media

  • In-event shout-out

  • Opportunity to include branded materials in attendee gift bags

  • Invitation to exclusive Project HEAL Champions After-Party

  • 25 tickets to event, with seating in private balcony

Double Platinum Sponsor - $15,000

  • Naming rights for one of 2023 awards (first come, first served)

  • Half-page ad in program

  • Logo/name featured on website, in program, on signage

  • 3 mentions on social media

  • In-event shout-out

  • Opportunity to include branded materials in attendee gift bags

  • Invitation to exclusive Project HEAL Champions After-Party

  • 10 tickets to event (1 full table - center-room seating near stage)

Platinum Sponsor - $12,500

  • Naming rights for one of 2023 awards (first come, first served)

  • Half-page ad in program

  • Logo/name featured on website, in the program, and on signage

  • 2 mentions on social media

  • In-event shout-out

  • Opportunity to include branded materials in attendee gift bags

  • Invitation to exclusive Project HEAL Champions After-Party

  • 10 tickets to event (1 full table)

Gold Sponsor - $10,000

  • Quarter page ad in program

  • Featured on website, in program, on signage

  • 2 mentions on social media

  • Opportunity to include branded materials in attendee gift bags

  • Invitation to exclusive Project HEAL Champion After-Party

  • 6 tickets to event

Silver Sponsor - $5,000

  • Featured on website, in program, on signage

  • 1 mention on social media

  • Opportunity to include branded materials in attendee gift bags

  • 4 tickets to event

Bronze Sponsor - $2,500

  • Featured on website, in program, on signage

  • 2 tickets to event

If you're a HEALers Circle Partner, please contact Cathy about discounts for sponsorship at cathy@theprojectheal.org

double platinum Sponsor

platinum sponsors

silver sponsors

bronze sponsors

Cooper Zelnick

Susan Vibbert & Ilene Fishman

Craig Kramer

Leah Scanlan McCall

About our work

Tess Holliday, Honoree

Tess Holliday is a plus-size model, makeup artist, body positive activist, and blogger based in L.A. Holliday became the first size 22 model to sign with a major agency in 2015 and has been featured in Vogue, Inked Magazine, Inked Girls, Atomic Bombshells, Plus Model Magazine, Skorch Magazine, Cats Meow Magazine, and more. In 2019, Holliday came out as pansexual, and in 2021, she revealed that she was in recovery from anorexia. Holliday founded Eff Your Beauty Standards, a social-media movement where women can share positive images of themselves and find support from others all over the world, and she has modeled for brands like Torrid, Yours Clothing, Benefit Cosmetics, Monif Clarke, H&M, and Addition ELLE, oftentimes being the first plus size-model ambassador for brands.

Dr. Sabrina Strings, Honoree

Sabrina Strings, Ph.D. is Professor and North Hall Chair of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Sabrina is also an award-winning author with publications in diverse venues including, Ethnic and Racial Studies; Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society and Feminist Media Studies. Her new book, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (NYU Press 2019), was named one of Essence magazine’s "10 Books We're Dying To Toss Into Our Summer Totes." It also made “must read” lists in Ms. Magazine, Colorlines, and Bitchmedia, and has been featured on NPR, KPFA and WNYC.