Reporting by Leah
The American Friends of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer held its 2010 Benefit Gala on October 19, 2010, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. A cocktail reception began at6:30pm followed by the dinner and program at7:30pm.The Gala Dinner and program were held in a beautifully decorated Grand Ballroomwith about 600 guests attending this year’s special event.
The 2010 Global Special Ambassadors Award was presented to Libby and Sam Edelman.The Sheba Humaniarian Award was presented to Mitra Damaghi. Gala Chairs were Arnold & Gail Cohen and Judah & Marie-Chantal Klausner.
Welcoming remarks were made by Helene Feldman, Chairman of the Board of the American Friends of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. Stephanie Ohebshalom sang the National Anthem/Hatikvah and hamotzei was given by Nasser Damaghi. Additonal remarks were given by Zeev Rotstein, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, and Aviad Ohayon, Major General Uri Bar-Lev. Dress code at the Gala was black tie and tickets started at $500 per person.
TheSheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer was founded in 1948 with the state of Israel and established by David Ben-Gurion as the Israel Defense Forces medical facility. Six decades later, Sheba isa recognized world-class medical and research center. It is the mostrespected and largest hospital in the Middle East, a place of compassion and peace treating 1.5 million Israeli, Arab and Palestinian patients a year. In their missions of healing to Haiti, the Congo and Peru, Sheba doctors and nurses have brought hope to devastated people. No one who needs care is ever turned away. Sheba is a “Hospital Without Boundaries.”
Proceeds from the American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Gala will support six major facilities: Acute Care Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital, Women’s Hospital, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Medical Research Complex and Academic Campus.
About the American Friends of Sheba Medical Center:
The American Friends of Sheba Medical Center (AFSMC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supporting the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. Sheba Medical Center, also known as “Hospital without Boundaries” was born in the state of Israel in 1948. It is a university-affiliated tertiary hospital that serves as Israel’s national medical center in many fields. Adjacent to Tel Aviv, it is the most comprehensive medical center in the Middle East, renowned for its compassionate care and leading-edge medicine. It is a major medical-scientific research powerhouse that collaberates internationally with the bio-tech and pharmaceutical industries to develop new drugs, treatments and technologies, and a foremost global center for medical education.Today, the Sheba Medical Center combines six major facilities: a vast medical research complex; medical education academic campus; acute care hospital; children’s hospital; women’s hospital; and the country’s main rehabilitation hospital.
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