Hope for Children Research holds 27th Annual Sports Auction

Ramsey, N.J, November 22, 2016- The Hope for Children Research Foundation hosted their twenty-seventh annual sports auction on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at The Fiesta located on Route 17S in Woodbridge, N.J. The night included a live and silent auction with sports memorabilia from all sports arenas, featuring yesterday’s legends and today’s greats. The auctions consisted of unique and one-of-a-kind items as well as tickets to local sporting events. Overall the auction raised $40,000, the money will be donated to the Colleen Giblin Research Laboratories at Columbia University Medical Center.

“Being able to give back and help other is our main goal. Every year the Sports Auction grows and we receive more donations to help grow the foundation.” Said Michelle Oates Board of Trustee Member.

Michelle Oates is also part owner of Metro Dx Laboratories. Metro Dx teams up with medical practices to deliver the very best in medical service and their state of the art laboratory features test performance on the latest technological analyzers in the marketplace.

The story of Hope for Children Research began in 1985 when four-year-old Colleen Giblin passed away from an inoperable brain tumor. With a goal in mind, the Giblin’s instituted a foundation designed to promote research at Columbia University Medical Center, one of the nation's leading research hospitals and built their own Pediatrics Research Laboratory. Thirty years later, Hope for Children Research Foundation continues their support of children's neurological and cancer research at the Colleen Giblin Research Laboratories at Columbia.

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For more information please visit www.hopeforchildrenreasearch.org