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2025 Empowerment Celebration

Easterseals Massachusetts' signature event honors leaders who have positively impacted the disability community, ensuring equal opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Microsoft NERD Center
1 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA
This event is in person

Thank you for joining us for an unforgettable evening! The stunning Boston skyline meets the forefront of technology at the Microsoft NERD Center, where we celebrated the achievements of local disability leaders, savored world-class bites and beverages, and supported statewide disability programs through a silent auction and exciting live fundraiser. Our biggest annual fundraiser supports life-changing programs that unlock the full potential of individuals with disabilities.

With your support, ESMA was able to raise over $114,000!

Explore the event gallery from Empowerment Celebration 2025 and Empowerment Celebration 2023. 

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With your valued support, Easterseals...
  • Develops and continues recreational programs for individuals like Accessible Martial Arts and Adaptive Swimming.
  • Improves access to life-changing programs, including Assistive Technology and College Navigator.
  • Enhances support to our programs that unlock the potential of each individual.

Thank you to our Event Sponsors:

Congratulations to the Honorees

  • Woman smiling at camera

    Collette Divitto

    Equal Opportunities to Work Award | Honoring Collette Divitto, founder of Collettey’s Cookies and a passionate disability rights advocate, for breaking barriers by creating employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
  • Century 21 Cityside logo

    Century 21 Cityside

    Team Hoyt Award | Honoring Century 21 Cityside and the Bray family with the Hoyt Award for their decade-long dedication to fostering inclusion, breaking barriers, and empowering individuals with disabilities.
  • Teen boy smiles with mom

    Joey DiRocco

    Empowerment Award | Honoring Joey for his passion for giving back, through his own beverage company: SparkLytes—a line of all-natural hydration drinks aimed at promoting kindness, disability awareness, and healthy living.

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