You're invited to the 2026 Centra Celebration on Saturday, August 22, 2026!
OPEN BAR | DINNER | ENTERTAINMENT
Event Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Event Time: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Attire: Cocktail, black-tie optional
Please join us for the 7th annual Centra Celebration! Your generosity helps our not-for-profit health system meet challenges, save lives and make necessary investments to continue to enhance care for everyone in our community, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.
The event will include an open bar, delicious catered dinner, stories of impact and an entertaining live auction. Live music will be provided by SMB Distilled, featuring your favorites Kensie Walker Johnson, Laura Simms Hengerer, Billy Morris and Brooke Pettyjohn! You don't want to miss this premier annual event!
Sponsorships available now!
Sponsors receive myriad advertising opportunities, including logo placement online and at the venue during the event. In addition, sponsors at the $1,500 level and above receive year-round recognition as a leadership Centra Society member.
Advertising for our event is already underway. Please consider joining our Centra community of supporters for this year's gala and become a sponsor today.
Can't attend but still want to support the event? Make a gift to impact local health
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
TITLE SPONSOR
Hurt & Proffitt, Inc.
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Foster Fuels
Edie & Sam Helms
DIAMOND SPONSORS
Acomplis Technology
Chartis
Framatome Inc.
Jamerson-Lewis Construction, Inc.
Kahler Slater
LocumTenens.com
Remedy Medical Properties, Inc.
Southern Air, Inc.
Southern Landscape Group, Inc.
Vannoy Construction
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Craft Collision Center Inc.
Insight and Aruba
Savista
EMERALD SPONSORS
Bank of the James
Bee Line Transport, Inc.
Bison Printing, Inc.
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
FTI Consulting Health Solutions
Hancock, Daniel & Johnson, P.C.
MBS Locums, LLC
Moore's Electrical & Mechanical
Mary Jane & Charlie Pryor
Woods Rogers
RUBY SPONSORS
Tracy & Al Baker
Dodson Pest Control
Ann & Rodger Fauber
Fidelity Investments
Judy & David Frantz
Moore & Giles
Nygaard & Brennan Families
Karen Painter
PLDR Law
Progress Printing Company
Raymond James
U.S. Pipe
Unlock Health
Virginia Credit Union
Vizient Inc.
SAPPHIRE SPONSORS
Amazement Square
Atlantic Union Bank
Belvac Production Machinery, Inc.
Pam & Mike Bradford
Phillip Brown
Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors, LP
Andrea & Brent Carothers
Central Virginia Community College
Anna Klein & Brian Charnock
Davies & Davies
Rosemary & George Dawson
Tom Delaney & Linda Fields Delaney
English Construction
Margaret Anne & Cap Eschenroeder
Libby & Paul Fitzgerald
Shawn Hayes
Betsy & Dennis Howard
HRCMS LLC
John Stewart Walker, Inc.
Liberty Solutions, Inc.
Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc.
Maddox Air, Electrical & Plumbing
Martin Marietta
Denise & Gary Mignogna
Moonlighting Solutions
Nancy & Peter O'Brien
Angela & John Olmsted
Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc.
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Kathryn & Richard Pumphrey
Cyndi & Jeff Riley
Scott Insurance Company
Select Bank
Verna & Preston Sellers
Becky & Bill Semones
Sallie & Walker Sydnor
Roger Vaden
Kay & Kent Van Allen
Bob Whisnant
YMCA of Central Virginia
PEARL SPONSORS
626
Arthur's Jewelry, Inc.
Traci & Mikael Blido
Melanie & Lynch Christian
First National Bank
Fleet Laboratories
Johnson Health Center
Cam Patterson
Tracey & Hutch Mauck
TimberlakeSmith
Pat Gleason & Bill Van Dyke
Robin & Jim Warner
Thank you to our generous auction donors!
More auction information coming soon.