Orange Coast Memorial Foundation Hosts Lotus Spring Celebration Gala, May 16th

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The Orange Coast Memorial Foundation is hosting its Lotus Spring Celebration on Saturday, May 16th at 6 p.m. at The Waterfront Beach Resort, A Hilton Hotel, located at 21100 Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach. Proceeds from the gala will help fund the new Emergency Pavilion at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center (OCMMC). The event’s Presenting Sponsors include Saigon City Marketplace, West Lake Food Corporation, and The Waterfront Beach Resort, A Hilton Hotel.

Visits to OCMMC’s Emergency Department (ED) have grown by more than 22 percent in the past five years and its ED treats more than 29,000 people each year. Nationwide, emergency departments are closing at the rate of 25 percent in the last 20 years. To ensure it continues to provide advanced, life-saving care to those whose lives depend on it, OCMMC is embarking on a major expansion of its Emergency Department. The Emergency Pavilion will be twice the size of its current facility which will enable OCMMC to double its capacity, enhance patient privacy and ensure the prompt delivery of high quality medical care.

The new Emergency Pavilion will provide OCMMC’s served communities with the following amenities:

• An additional 4,980 square feet of space, for a total of 11,400 square feet
• 27 treatment areas including 16 private treatment rooms, with one exclusively for children
• 5 “fast track” stations for rapid medical evaluations
• Bedside registration
• Separate entrances for ambulances and walk-in patients
• Enhanced space for physician consultations
• A beautiful, spacious welcome area
• A chapel and healing garden
• A designated paramedic area

Those attending the gala will be treated to dinner, dancing, and live musical entertainment from performance artists Henry Chuc, Pham Ha, Teresa Mai, Thuy Van, Huong Tho and , Kyodo Taiko. Attendees will also enjoy a fashion show produced by Runway Entertainment. Individual tickets are $150 and sponsorship and underwriting opportunities are available.

The event’s additional sponsors are Advance Beauty College and Mimi’s Jewelry.

For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, please call Orange Coast Memorial Foundation’s event specialist Samantha Durbin at 714-378-7422; e-mail her at sdurbin@memorialcare.org; or visit www.MemorialCare.org/SupportOrangeCoast.