JP resident Mala Patik (center) joins with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program CEO Barry Bock (left) and Needham resident Doug Brooks (right) at the BHCHP’s “Medicine that Matters” fundraising gala at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel May 6. The event raised $500,000 for BHCHP programs, which include an upcoming new home for formerly homeless frail and elderly people on Walnut Avenue in Parkside. (Photo by Roger Farrington)