The Friends Gala
Join us at The Friends Gala on Saturday, March 7, 2026!
The event will feature:
- Live entertainment
- A delicious plated dinner and full-service bar
- A fabulous live auction and other fun activities
2026 Event Schedule:
- 5:30 pm
- Champagne Entrance
- Cocktail and Hors d’oeuvres Reception
- Formal Photography Opens
- 6:30 pm
- Welcome and Invocation
- Welcome and Invocation
- 6:45 pm
- Dinner
- Dinner
- 7:45 pm
- Sponsor Hope Presentation
- Sponsor Hope Presentation
- 8 pm
- Live Auction
- Live Auction
- 9 pm
- Headline Entertainment (until midnight)
- Photobooth Opens
- 10 pm
- Late Night Snacks Open
- Silent Auction Closes
CancerCare and Cardiac Care Funds
All proceeds from the Friends Gala directly benefit Saint Francis Healthcare System’s CancerCare and CardiacCare patient funds.
The CancerCare fund helps cancer patients in financial need with essential services and supplies they cannot afford such as nutritional supplements, medicine, transportation, lodging and more.
The CardiacCare fund assists Heart Hospital patients with cardiac rehabilitation, other necessary services and equipment they otherwise could not afford.
