Caron Atlanta's Annual Gala - A Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

Caron Atlanta is hosting it's fifth annual gala, A Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, on Thursday, April 24th, 2025 at Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta at 6:30 p.m. in the evening.

During this year’s Gala, we will honor Ira Jackson and Family with the Richard J. Caron Award of Excellence for their commitment to the life-saving addiction and mental health treatment Caron provides.

Honorary Co-Chairs
Nancy & John Zintak
Lovette & Michael Russell

Partner in Recovery Award
Julie Rand Dorney, MD - Peachtree Comprehensive Health

Caron Treatment Centers is an internationally recognized not-for profit dedicated to addiction and behavioral healthcare treatment, research, prevention and education. Our mission is lifelong recovery, and for 65+ years, we have helped thousands of individuals and their families who are struggling with substance use disorder and mental health issues begin to manage these chronic and treatable diseases.

Caron has an Outpatient Treatment Center in Atlanta, offering specialized treatment for teens and adults; providind assessments, individual counseling, intensive outpatient groups, family counseling, alumni and parent support groups. Caron provides financial assistance for those who qualify through a robust scholarship program.

Caron Atlanta’s Gala, A Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, will help make it possible for families in need to receive Caron’s life-saving treatment. Last year, Caron provided $6 million in charity care. This year, our goal is to increase those numbers to make an even bigger impact by providing more scholarships, advancing our research goals, expanding prevention education and neurorestorative care.

The Gala will feature music and dinner, incredible trips and dazzling jewelry, and will be an inspiring, impactful and entertaining evening.

For more information, contact Louise Burruss at [email protected] or Elizabeth Spears at [email protected].

Sales end on April 11th, 2025 - This site will remain open for a week following the gala if you would like to contribute!

If you would like to pay by check, please mail to :

Louise Burruss
156 Peachtree Circle, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

Can’t Come? You can still donate to Caron Atlanta, contact Louise Burruss at [email protected] or donate here.

Host or Publisher Caron Pennsylvania