Overview

• Hosted Monday night at the Boston Harbor Hotel, the event featured live cooking demonstrations and a multi-course dinner with Damon assisting Tsai.
• The fundraiser aimed to bring in more than $1.5 million for Family Reach, with no final total reported by outlets covering the event.
• Family Reach focuses on nonmedical expenses such as housing, food, transportation and utilities, a gap its CEO says insurance does not cover.
• Norwood mother Raquel said the nonprofit subsidized her rent for a year during her son Mikalo’s treatment, and he is now cancer-free.
• Damon referenced his father’s 2017 death from blood cancer in explaining his support, and reports credit Tsai with raising more than $13 million for Family Reach over time.