The theme for the foundation’s fifth annual gala started as a joke, a play on the name of board chair, Brickson Diamond. In light of the foundation's November move to a new headquarters in Alexandria, bricks seemed appropriate. Decor elements at the Omni Shoreham’s Regency ballroom included vases wrapped in paper printed with a brick motif and fake gems that sparkled on tabletops and dangled from floral arrangements.