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A Virtual Gala of Hope!

Premiers Tuesday, November 30th & Runs Through Dec, 31st!

It's not about waiting for the storm to pass - but learning to dance in the rain. This virtual cabaret is a tapestry of talent featuring 8 full scale music videos designed, recorded, filmed and edited entirely by VOH members. With additional commentary, storytelling and guest appearances, this performance is a tribute to resilience that has sustained us in the darkest of days, and a reflection of the hope kept us moving forward. There is also a silent auction with many amazing items. Please join us.

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The Cardinal Cafe Podcast

A Bi-Weekly Conversation

The Cardinal Café serves as a space to discuss how small non-profits can make a big difference in these larger battles and how the arts can serve as a catalyst to bring more people into that fight. We will share stories of courage, fight, love, loss and hope as we talk with those involved on these journeys. I hope you will join us.

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12th Annual Barbara Byrd Memorial Classic

Four Oaks Country Club - Dracut, MA

July 21, 2022 - Watch Here for REGISTRATION!

Please join us for a fun day of golf, games, prizes and fellowship all while raising money for cancer research!! All levels of golf skills are welcome to play on this beautiful course! There will be an amazing silent auction as well so stay tuned!

MGH Center Stage - You Will Be Found Video

Please Consider Donating to Our Mission

Even though the theater lights are dark at the moment we are still hard at work securing funds to help find the cure. Please consider clicking the donation button above and give to our mission which will allow the research to continue and get us one step closer to finding the cure. Please enjoy this video that the MGH Cancer Center produced with VOH to celebrate the work they do.

You Will Be Found

About Voices of Hope

VOH is a registered, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization with more than 150 active members who share a passion for the performing arts and a desire to join the fight against cancer by raising awareness and funds for cancer research.

We are Ordinary people on an extraordinary mission.

It is our mission to aid in the fight against cancer by raising our voices in song. Through song we celebrate those we love, remember those we have lost, honor those who fight, and rejoice for those who survive. With music as our voice, we raise awareness and funds to support those who conduct the research and create the hope of finding a cure for generations to come.

Since 2009, Voices of Hope (VOH) has donated $836,000 dollars to cancer research and is on a March to a Million in donations by 2022!

Voices of Hope Donates $55K to MGH for 2020!

March 20, 2021

Voices of Hope Continues March to a Million Through Pandemic $55,000 donation made to MGH Cancer Center for 2020 (Lawrence, MA March 19, 2021) On Friday, March 19, Voices of Hope (VOH), a local volunteer organization dedicated to raising funds for cancer research through theatrical performance, gathered (virtually) for their annual member meeting to present a check for $55,000 to the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Read more...

VOH ON WCVB’s Chronicle!

January 11, 2021

On December 21, 2020 Voices of Hope was featured on WCVB Boston News Magazine show "Chronicle". Produced by Jesse Grossi and told by Erika Tarantal we are proud to be a part of the long standing, Emmy Award winning program.

Patriots Present “Patriots Difference Maker of the Week” Award to Voice’s of Hopes Greg Chastain.

November 29, 2020

Patriots Present Patriots Difference Maker of the Week Award to Greg Chastain from Winchester, Mass.

VOH Performs “You will be Found”, virtually, at the MGH Cancer Center Virtual Gala “Centerstage”

November 22, 2020

Recently VOH had the honor to work with The Mass General Cancer Center to create the music video of “You Will Be Found” which was used in this years’ MGH Cancer Center fundraiser CenterStage. The virtual event was streamed online November 13th and raised over 1.1 million dollars for the cancer center. The video with narration by Jordan Rich. “You Will Be Found” from Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen is accompanied by the Ipswich High School Chamber Orchestra. Read more...

Red Tail Hawks Provide Entertainment at Our Nest!

July 3, 2020

LAWRENCE — Greg Chastain looked out the fifth-floor window and into the eyes of two baby hawks nesting on an air conditioner. They tilted their fluffy heads. A month later, anyone below and peering up from Union Street might have seen the same hawks hopping and flapping their wings like crazy, getting ready for their do-or-die maiden flights. From mid-March to mid-June the red-tailed hawks went from speckled eggs to downy chicks to serious birds of prey perched 50 feet high on the Everett Mills. Read more...

VOH Presents Their Annual Donation to the Termeer Center at the MGH Cancer Center, February 8, 2020

June 20, 2020

On February 8th, Voices of Hope (VOH), a local non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for cancer research through musical performance, presented a check for $100,ooo to Dejan Juric, MD, director of the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies at the Mass General Cancer Center along with other members of the MGH Cancer Center. This donation represents the collective voluntary effort throughout 2019 by a group of local individuals connected by the impact of cancer on their lives, Read more...

Voices of Hope Featured on WCVB’s “5 For Good”

April 10, 2020

A wonderful interview with Erika Tarantal of WCVB News Center 5 as we discuss how COVID-19 is affecting our community and how we are coping during these social distancing times.

Winchester Volunteer of the Week!

February 4, 2020

Winchester, MA Volunteer of the Week Greg Chastain Who’s Voice Creates Hope. – Winchester Star Tell us about your volunteer work. What do you do, and where do you do it? I am the president of Voices of Hope. We are a local non-profit organization that raises funds for cancer research through music and theater. We perform one main stage show in the spring and a cabaret style gala in the fall. We have performed the past seven years at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Read more...

VOH Honored with Research Grant Named After Them

February 1, 2019

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center has announced The Voices of Hope Collaborative Nursing Research Grant, established this year in honor of the all-volunteer organization, Voices of Hope, whose members have raised over $700,000 for local cancer research through performance since being founded 10 years ago. This grant pays tribute to the significant and direct impact nursing has on a patient’s personal treatment. Read more...

VOH Presents their Annual Donation to MGH Cancer Center, January 19, 2019

January 19, 2019

On January 19th, Voices of Hope (VOH), a local non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for cancer research through musical performance, presented a check for $80,500 to Dejan Juric, MD, director of the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies at the Mass General Cancer Center. This donation represents the collective voluntary effort throughout 2018 by a group of local individuals connected by the impact of cancer on their lives, and their common commitment to help find a cure. Read more...

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