Lowell Sun – ANDOVER — Greg Chastain worked in finance for three decades, but he’s always been a theater kid at heart.
It was Chastain’s mother, Barbara, who first introduced him to the performing arts when he was just “a wee lad.”
So when Barbara died in 2009 after battling pancreatic cancer, Chastain said he wanted to honor her memory and support others, including members of the theater group he was in at the time, Read more...
Voices of Hope is an amazing nonprofit whose fundraising efforts support the Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies at MGH’s Cancer Center. Made up of talented volunteers, Voices of Hope donates all its profits from their musical performances to fund cancer research. Make sure to check out the talented members of VOH perform A Grand Night for Singing at the North Shore Musical Theatre on April 23 and 24. Photo courtesy of Priscilla Fitzgerald. They are also our feature for our April 2022 spotlight in our Magazine, Read more...
At Ballard Vale Community Church, there is singing coming from the basement. The music comes not from a church choir but from Voices of Hope, a theater group that raises money for cancer treatments.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
