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Center for Hope in Scotch Plains Holds Successful Fashion Show Fundraiser
Auxiliary Members Walked the Runway, Supporters Bid on Over 100 Baskets at Annual Benefit for Union County Non-profit
SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J., October 24, 2017 – On Sunday, October 15, approximately 400 people gathered for the annual Fashion Show Luncheon & Tricky Tray fundraiser to benefit the Center for Hope, a non-profit hospice and palliative care organization serving people in Union County and surrounding areas, as well as in its two residential hospice facilities: Peggy’s House in Scotch Plains and Father Hudson House in Elizabeth. The event, held at Pines Manor in Edison, included a runway fashion show, a tricky tray with over 100 baskets and high-value raffle prizes. It was sponsored by Unity Bank and coordinated by the Center’s Auxiliary, the volunteer fundraising arm of the Center. Proceeds from the event support the Center’s Charitable Care Program, which provides nearly $3 million in free or reduced-cost care to those in need. Among the attendees were (l. to r.) COO Jeffrey Lampl, event co-chair Lydia Allen, President Frank Brady and Marge Hussey, a member of the Board of Trustees and the event’s ad journal co-chair.
About Center for Hope Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
Center for Hope Hospice & Palliative Care (Center for Hope) is a non-profit, community based organization that provides terminally ill patients with hospice care, and their families or loved ones with physical, emotional, and spiritual support during their time of need. The Center actively supports the individual's right to live out the remainder of their life with dignity and in comfort, surrounded by the love of family and friends, and eased from the burdens of physical, emotional, spiritual, financial or social distress. Center for Hope welcomes all terminally ill patients, their families and loved ones without concern for race, ethnicity, religious affiliation or ability to pay. It also offers pain and symptom management for chronically ill and seriously ill patients through its palliative care program. Center for Hope operates two facilities, Peggy’s House in Scotch Plains and Father Hudson House in Elizabeth, which provides nearly $3 million a year in charity care. For more information, visit www.cfhh.org.
