Sydney Banks of Cape Elizabeth with her mother Paula Banks, a social worker who has been on the Signs of Hope host committee for seven years. The gala raised funds for young adults in crisis.

Mary Jane Krebs, president of Spring Harbor Hospital, and Signs of Hope gala host committee member Irene Kapothanasis.

Marianne Tarraza, administrative director of psychiatric services for Maine Behavioral Healthcare; social worker Haley Thompson; Nancy Thompson, a member of the advisory council of Spring Harbor Hospital; and Hector Tarraza, chief of ObGyn at Maine Medical Center.

Host committee member Jane Petersen; Dennis King, CEO of Maine Behavioral Healthcare; and trustee Cheryl Rust at the Signs of Hope gala.

Ken and Rona Purdy, who presented the concept for the Signs of Hope gala program to the Lunders, and Kathleen Kilbride, co-chair of the development committee.

The faces behind the $1 million grant for the Lunder Family Alliance at Spring Harbor Hospital: Peter and Paula Lunder, who established a private foundation that supports educational, arts, and health care; Jack Emory, president of the Lunder Foundation; and Marjorie Lunder Goldy, director of the Lunder Foundation.

Lucas and Kristen Homicz with Jeffrey and Julie Halter, all of Cape Elizabeth. The event raised funds to teach people to be advocates for those with mental illness.

Shawn Gray, Ann St. John Gray - daughter of Signs of Hope event host Nancy Pond - and Mark and Laura Allen of Cape Elizabeth.