Funds to support nonprofit’s mission to care for health and living needs of older adults
Aldersbridge Communities announces its 2025 “Adding Life to Years” fundraising gala has raised over $100,000 in support of the organization’s services.
Held at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick on December 4, 2025 and presented by Moss Home Solutions, the event brought 200 attendees together to celebrate Aldersbridge’s mission of caring for the health and living needs of older adults. Mr. T.J. Del Santo, meteorologist at WPRI-TV 12/FOX, served as emcee for the evening’s programming.
Festivities included a cocktail reception, full-course dinner, a mission-driven speaking program, as well as live and silent auctions. Funds raised will support customized care, specialized activity programs, and operational capital needed to serve the resident population at Aldersbridge Communities’ four locations: Winslow Gardens (assisted and independent living), East Providence; The Loft at Linn (assisted living memory care), East Providence; Arbor Hill (assisted living), Providence; and St. Germain (assisted living), Woonsocket. In addition, funds will be used in support of outpatient rehabilitation services at the Aldersbridge Physical Therapy and Wellness Center (East Providence), and the Aldersbridge Navigator service which helps guide elders and their families throughout the state with the personal, medical and social service resources needed to remain comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible.
The theme for the event was “Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon,” to shine a spotlight on the organization’s vision. Major sponsors were: BEACON OF LIGHT/PRESENTING SPONSOR: Moss Home Solutions; CONSTELLATION SPONSORS: BayCoast Bank, Imperial Distributors, Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc., and Waterson Terminal Services.
Honorees for the 2025 gala were Michael Cole (Charlton, MA resident), president of the Aldersbridge Board of Trustees, in recognition of his strong leadership; Colleen McMichael (Cumberland, RI resident), a family member who led a robotic ‘cat adoption’ initiative at The Loft at Linn where her mother resided before she passed away; and Dawn Perry (East Providence, RI resident), food service director at St. Germain Assisted Living in Woonsocket, in recognition of her exemplary service.
Additional highlights from the event were: a keynote address by Alrie McNiff Daniels, a social impact leader and facilitator who advocated changing the way people think and talk about aging and ageism; a video presentation that chronicled the addiction struggles of former pro basketball player, pro boxer and pro golfer Al Soares who now lives at Winslow Gardens; and when T.J. Del Santo came onto the stage dressed in full quahogging gear to auction off a package to dig with him for quahogs at one of his secret locations.
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