Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce

The Eleventh Annual Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations Gala will be held November 22, 2008 at the Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch. The region's premier fundraising event benefits Meridian's not-for-profit hospitals and community health programs in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

The 2008 Gala's theme, "Tango - A Night of Intrigue in Buenos Aires", promises to rival an exciting evening in South America, featuring dancing, live performances, and luxurious live and silent auctions. Additionally, a limited number of 50/50 "super raffle" tickets are on sale with half of the proceeds benefiting the Meridian Health Foundations.

Tickets are $375 per person, with journal and sponsorship opportunites still available. Click here for a sponsorship form.

Last year over 650 attended the Meridian Gala, raising over $700,000 for the not-for-profit health care provider.

Meridian Health is a family of not-for-profit health care organizations comprising Jersey Shore University Medical Center and K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital in Neptune, Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, and Meridian Partner Companies that include home health services, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, ambulatory care, ambulance services, and occupational health centers located throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Meridian is that area's leading health care provider, offers the region's only trauma center and heart surgery program, the region's first children's hospital, and last year provided $27 million in uncompensated charity health care, and over $88 million in community benefit initiatives for Monmouth and Ocean Counties.