Southampton Hospital's Annual Summer Party Raises More than $1.3 Million

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — The Hamptons community came together Saturday to support a hospital that helps thousands each year.

Southampton Hospital’s 58th Annual Summer Party, which took place Saturday, raised more than $1.3 million to provide support for the Jenny & John Paulson Emergency Department, the only provider of emergency care on the South Fork, treating more than 25,000 people annually, according to a release.

Benefit chairs Hollis and Jim Forbes and Bill Ford and Marigay McKee, President and CEO of Southampton Hospital Robert Chaloner, and Southampton Hospital Foundation President Steve Bernstein welcomed more than 600 supporters to the event.

The evening was emceed by NBC’s Chuck Scarborough and brought out supporters including John Paulson, Southampton Mayor Mark Epley and his wife Marianne, Jean andMartin Shafiroff, Julie Ratner, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Stony Brook's Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky and Douglas Elliman Real Estate Chairman Howard M. Lorber, who is also president of the board of trustees of the Southampton Hospital Foundation.

The event included a buffet and live music from the Groove Society, as well as a live auction that included tickets to Broadway shows such as Hamilton, Waitress and Cats.

Scarborough thanked everyone for attending and for their support of the hospital. Jim and Hollis Forbes and Marigay McKee added, "What an honor it has been to work with the dedicated team at Southampton Hospital."

According to the release, Southampton Hospital is recognized by the New York State Department of Health as a provisional Level III adult trauma center, the first on the East End; the designation enables the hospital to provide care to the most critically injured patients.

During the summer season when the regional population swells, the hospital's services are even more critically important, with a need for trauma care to be accessible close by, organizers said.