Join Droste Mental Health Services on Monday, April 13, 2026, for our annual Spring Benefit. This year, we are honored to host an insightful discussion featuring Belle Burden, acclaimed author of Strangers.

The conversation will be moderated by renowned journalist and author Marie Brenner, offering a unique deep dive into the themes of connection and the human experience.

All proceeds from this evening directly support Droste’s mission to provide essential, affordable mental health care to our community. By attending, you are helping us ensure that life-changing therapeutic services remain accessible to those in need.

Event Details

  • When: Monday, April 13, 2026

  • Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

  • Location: Upper East Side, NYC (exact location sent with ticket purchase)

  • Note: Seating is limited for this intimate engagement.

  • Belle Burden is an attorney specializing in juvenile immigration cases. She received her B.A. from Harvard College and her J.D. from The New York University School of Law. Her work has appeared in The New York Times. She lives in New York City with her three children. 

Benefactor Ticket
$1000

  • Admission

  • Hors d’oeuvres

  • Open bar

  • Contribution featured on website*

  • Reserved seating

  • Optional tour of Droste therapy suite

  • Signed copy of Belle Burden’s Strangers

  • Marie Brenner is the author of over half a dozen books and is a writer at large for Vanity Fair. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker, a contributing editor at New York, and has won numerous awards for her reporting around the world. Her exposé of the tobacco industry was the basis for the 1999 movie The Insider, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. She is also a producer of the 2019 documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn.

Patron Ticket
$500

  • Admission

  • Hors d’oeuvres

  • Open bar

  • Contribution featured on website*

  • Reserved seating

Friend of Droste Ticket
$350

  • Admission

  • Hors d’oeuvres

  • Open bar

  • Contribution featured on website*

Individual Ticket
$275

  • Admission

  • Hors d’oeuvres

  • Open bar

*Please inform us if you do not want to be listed.

Unable to Join Us?
You Can Still Make a Difference.

Even if you can’t be with us at the Colony Club on April 13th, your support can still be felt. Please consider making a donation in lieu of attendance to help sustain our essential mental health programs and therapeutic services.