​Huntington Hospital's 2017 Gala Raises $350K

Huntington Hospital’s 2017 Gala held earlier this month raised more than $350,000 in funds that will go toward the renovation of the facility’s maternity unit.

More than 300 guests attended gala, held at the Pine Hollow Country Club in East Norwich, which featured dinner, bidding on exclusive silent auction prizes and dancing.

This year’s gala honorees were philanthropists Charles and Helen Reichert, of Fort Salonga. Mr. and Mrs. Reichert have previously supported Huntington Hospital with the new emergency department and nearby Northwell Health Reichert Family Imaging at Huntington.

This year’s gala committee included: co-chairs Katherine Cirelli, Rachel Spencer and Melissa Stark, and committee members Amy Brogan, Kris Colleluori, Carmen Friedlander, Stan Gale, Inna Gellerman, DDS, Betsy Giamo, Jen Levinson, Diane Martin, Ali Mitchell, Erin Monti, Patricia Petersen, Dr. Goodie Shareeff, Abby Sheeline, Larry Trivigno and Bonnie Williamson.

“Without the support of sponsors including Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Huntington Hospital Medical Staff, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s, Farrell Fritz, Kean Development, James Romanelli, MD, TD Bank, and T.Weiss Realty, these critical improvements to the maternity and nursery units would not be possible,” Gerard Brogan, Jr., MD, executive director of Huntington Hospital, said in a press release. “I would also like to thank the gala committee for all of their hard work to put this wonderful event together. We greatly appreciate everyone’s generosity and will use money raised to further enhance Huntington Hospital’s already cutting-edge health care.”

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