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Solas 2023

April 24, 2023, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
World Cafe Live 3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

We look forward to bringing our community together to celebrate 20 years of supporting immigrants at the 2023 Solas Awards!

About Solas

Solas means “light” in Irish. Each year at the Solas Awards, The Welcoming Center shines a light on the contributions immigrants have been making in our city and region. Last year, we came together for the first time in person since 2020 at Cherry Street Pier. This year we are thrilled to host Solas 2023 at World Cafe Live. As 2023 marks The Welcoming Center’s 20th Anniversary, we are excited to recognize honorees that have been an integral part of our work over the years, as we come together to celebrate our community with live entertainment and networking!

Please join us on Monday, April 24th as we mark The Welcoming Center’s 20th anniversary.

Honorees

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of The Welcoming Center, we are honoring three individuals who, without their vision, dedication, and support, The Welcoming Center would not exist. We are thrilled to announce this year’s honorees are: Anne O’Callaghan, Anuj Gupta, and Patrick Eiding. We invite you to join us in celebrating and honoring these three visionaries at Solas 2023 on Monday April 24th.

Registration

Please click here to register for Solas 2023! Our ticket levels are as follows:

  • GA Ticket ($75): Access to the main Music Hall and lobby for live entertainment, networking, food, and cash bar
  • GA PLUS ($200): Access to the main Music Hall and lobby for live entertainment, networking, food, and open bar.
  • Sponsors: Access to the main Music Hall and lobby for live entertainment, networking, food, and open bar.
  • Pay It Forward ($200): If you are able to do so, please pay it forward for The Welcoming Center program participants and additional community members to attend Solas 2023!
  • Donation: Unable to attend the event? Please consider making a donation to support The Welcoming Center!

We acknowledge that the ongoing pandemic continues to affect the financial security of many. Therefore, we are offering a general admission (GA) ticket option priced at cost for increased financial accessibility in attending Solas 2023.

Solas 2023 is the main fundraiser to raise a large portion of the annual budget for The Welcoming Center to support its services, programming, and participants. If you can do so, please pay it forward for additional community members to attend Solas 2023. We hope you will consider donating to continue supporting our programs!

2023 Sponsors

The 2022 Solas Awards were a huge success, and we are so grateful to all of you who attended, sponsored, donated, and supported the event. Collectively, we raised more than $473,000 that has directly funded programs and services for immigrants in our region.

2023 marks The Welcoming Center’s 20th anniversary and you can help us celebrate and support the power of diverse, inclusive communities during this milestone year! See more about our current sponsorship opportunities here: LINK TO SPONSORSHIP PACKET

Questions? Please contact Rebecca Rathje at 215.557.2858 or rebecca@welcomingcenter.org

Title and Matching Sponsor

Hao-Li & Evan Loh

Champions

Nina Chen & Eric Langenmayr

John Chou & Teresa Wallace

Citizens Bank

Independence Blue Cross

Shirin & Rudy Karsan

Knight Foundation

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Sustainers

The Philadelphia Foundation

WES Global Talent Bridge

Supporter PLUS

The Lopez Family Fund

Supporters

Bob & Pat Aglira

AmeriHealth Caritas

Ballard Spahr LLP

Children’s Crisis Treatment Center

Comcast

Ken & Sharon Kind

Klasko Immigration Law Partners

Patrick Mahanger & Kevin Baumlin

M&T Bank

The E. Rhoda Shaten Charitable Foundation

Bill & Mary Stock

John Touey & Jin Hee Cho

Wawa

Friends

Archer & Greiner, P.C.

Miya Choi & Leo Chang

Alex Costabile & Susan Dando

CHOP

Community College of Philadelphia

Independence Public Media Foundation

PA Department of Community and Economic Development

Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO

Prepay Nation

Rivers Casino

Salveson Stetson Group, Inc.

The O’Connor Group

The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia

WHYY

Fans

Pete and Jan Albert Family Foundation

Baaj Group

Breakwater Accounting and Advisory Corp

Diane & Mike George

Independence Foundation

Green & Spiegel

Carlton Johnson

Aldustus & Keisha Jordan

Jyoti Bistro

La Colombe

David Murphy & Rebecca Rathje

Anne O’Callaghan

PWI

Anthony & Nicole Pumphrey

The Rosen Group

Ukranian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union

University City Science Center

Past Sponsors (2022)

Title Sponsor

Hao-Li & Evan Loh

Champions

Citizens Bank

Independence Blue Cross

John Chou & Teresa Wallace

Knight Foundation

Shirin & Rudy Karsan

Weinberg Foundation

Sustainers

Comcast

Nina Chen & Eric Langenmayr

Philadelphia Foundation

Song & Lei Li

Supporter PLUS

Supporters

Alex Costabile & Susan Dando

AmeriHealth Caritas

Bob & Pat Aglira

Boston Consulting Group

E. Rhoda Shaten Charitable Foundation

Exude

John Touey & Jin Hee Cho

Kenneth & Sharon Kind

Klasko Immigration Law

Santander

University of Pennsylvania

Wawa

Friends

Fans

Anuj & Prema Gupta

Albert Family Foundation

Anne O’Callaghan

Anthony & Nicole Pumphrey

Beth and Jerry Rosenbloom

Breakwater Accounting + Advisory

Bruce & Bibbi Hotaling

David Murphy & Rebecca Rathje

Diane & Mike George

Express Employment Professionals

Green & Spiegel

Imagine360

Independence Foundation

Jim and Wendy Wenke

Jim Marnell

Main Line Health

Michael & Diane Chow

Natalie Barndt

Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO

PIDC

SHG Immigration Law

The Rosen Group

University City Science Center

Unlawyer Inc.

Uva Coles

Champions

Partners

Center City Orthodontics / Dr. Tejjy Thomas

John Chou and Teresa Wallace

Patrick Mahanger and Dr. Kevin Baumlin

Sustainers

Bob & Pat Aglira

Nina Chen & Eric Langenmayr

The Philadelphia Foundation

Bill & Mary Stock

Supporter PLUS

Fans

Anonymous

Breakwater Accounting + Advisory Corp

CCI Consulting

Express Employment Professionals

Independence Foundation

Carlton L. Johnson / Archer

Ferne Kuhn

Main Line Health

Claire Neiger / Michael T. Sosnowicz & Assoc.

Northwestern University, Office of the Provost

David Murphy & Rebecca Rathje

Anthony & Nicole Pumphrey

The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia

University City Science Center

Wawa

Jim & Wendy Wenke