2025 Power of Love Gala

Join Us For a Night of "Wicked" Fun!

The annual Power of Love Gala is our biggest Fundraiser of the year. This year, our 52nd Anniversary celebration will be held Tuesday evening, May 20, 2025 at 6:00PM at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Golden Valley. The event includes a social hour, a silent auction which includes our artist-designed birdhouses, dinner, entertainment, and an inspirational program. Our silent auction will open online a week before our event. Sponsorships start at just $300 and all sponsorships include tickets. Individual tickets are just $100.

To sponsor, purchase tickets, or to donate to the Fund A Mission, contact our Development Director, Darolyn Gray, at 651.888.3112, or email dgray@wingspanlife.org. To donate a gift card or basket to the silent auction, contact our Community Engagement Specialist Keller Karlstrom at kkarlstrom@wingspanlife.org

Our gala Co-Chairs are Bruce and Barb Smith. Bruce serves on our Board of Directors and his brother Mike is a client served at Our House Dayton. They are very passionate about Wingspan’s mission.

Back by popular demand to emcee and entertain is Erin Schwab. Erin Schwab knows how to work a song--and an audience. She’s a musician, vocalist, actor, vocal instructor, director, fill in radio host at Mytalk 107.1 FM, and a Regular on The Jason Show. Erin will be joined by vocalist and teaching artist Emily Villano and Wingspan’s Glee Club Director, Sean Turner, at our gala. The trio performed recently for Glee Club’s “Moon River and You” concert in November of 2024. You'll see a clip from that concert during our event.

Tap your heels three times and repeat “There’s no place like Wingspan’s gala. There’s no place like Wingspan’s gala. There’s no place like Wingspan’s gala.” We hope to see you there. You can make a donation to our Fund A Mission online, by phone, or by mail.