Fundraiser and Online Auction to Benefit Families with Critically Ill Loved Ones Hospitalized at Good Samaritan Hospital

Contact:

Shannon Hickok

408-559-2395

Shannon.Hickok@hcahealthcare.com

“Good Sam’s Got Talent” Event to Raise Funds to Furnish Hospital Comfort Room for Families with Loved Ones in Critical Care

SAN JOSE, Calif.—June 28, 2016—ACCESS and The Junior Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital will be hosting “Good Sam’s Got Talent,” on July 16, 2106 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Funds raised will benefit ACCESS, a nonprofit providing services to families with critically ill loved ones at Good Samaritan Hospital.  Fundraising efforts will benefit existing ACCESS programs and future plans to furnish a hospital comfort room for families caring for critically ill loved ones.  The event will treat attendees to amazing talent, wine, hors d’oeuvres, and feature a raffle and online auction benefiting the ACCESS program. 

The families ACCESS supports are experiencing great financial, emotional, and physical stress while their loved one is hospitalized. The services of ACCESS help alleviate those strains by taking care of their basic needs, such as providing nutritious food while at the hospital, emergency overnight stays in the onsite housing and neighboring hotels, and gas and meal vouchers for those experiencing financial hardships.  The hospital comfort room will provide families with a peaceful environment where they can rest, relax and find respite just steps away from their loved one.  Rosa and Joseph’s daughter was in the neonatal intensive care unit for six weeks and their home is 80 miles from Good Samaritan Hospital. In their words, “If it wasn’t for ACCESS I don’t know what we would have done.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have done for us.” 

“Good Sam’s Got Talent” is a family event and will be highlighted by the impressive talent of the members of the Junior Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital and hospital staff.  A reception will begin at 6:00pm and will feature local wines, hors d’oeuvres and an online auction with an array of auction items, including rare wines, a private dinner at Nick’s Next Door, a three night stay in Sonoma Country, signed Sharks, Warriors and 49ers memorabilia, MVP tickets to watch the Oakland A’s and club seats for a San Francisco Giants’ game.  Additionally, guests will have the opportunity to take home a lovely handmade glass bird bath made by a local artist. 

The event will take place at the Good Samaritan Hospital Auditorium.

2425 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA  95124

Tickets are $35.00 for adults and $15.00 for those under 21, and can be purchased at: https://www.auctria.com/ev?site=d961696b-7e51-4b9f-84d1-8b2d5cf3f078

If you can’t attend the event, you can still support ACCESS by participating in our fabulous online auction by registering as a bidder using the same link.    

About ACCESS and the Junior Auxiliary

ACCESS (http://www.goodsamaccess.org/ACCESS/), a service of The Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital established in 2007, is volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization providing many services to support families who are dealing with critical illness and long-term hospitalization of a loved one at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, CA. The services of ACCESS are free of charge and include: meals, overnight stays in onsite, temporary housing and local hotels, gas vouchers and rides from volunteer drivers, loaner cell phones, on-site childcare for siblings during hospital visits, and much more. ACCESS also offers free car seat fitting consultation, training and education for parents leaving the hospital with their newborns and families in the surrounding community. 

The Junior Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital is made up of over 150 friendly, compassionate, dedicated high school students who volunteer weekly for a minimum of one year.  Duties include offering information and escort to patients and visitors, transporting patients via wheelchair, delivering flowers & gifts, running lab & pharmacy errands, maintaining the magazines throughout the hospital, delivering toys and amenities to patients, and more.  Many are planning to become doctors and nurses in the future.

Good Sam’s Got Talent is possible because of the support of our sponsors:

Diamond Sponsors ($5,000)                  

Good Samaritan Hospital

Grosvenor Americas, Inc.

Pediatrix Medical Group

Obstetrix Medical Group

Platinum Sponsors ($2,500) _

CEP America

Barbara and Paul Gentzkow

The Saso and Sobrato Families

Gold Sponsors ($1,000) _

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