Event Kicks off
“Season of Giving”
STONY
BROOK, NY, September 19, 2011 – The Second Annual Harvest Sunset
Dinner, a fundraising event presented by the National Pediatric MS (multiple
sclerosis) Center at Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, will take
place at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook on November 17, from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Proceeds from the event, which kicks off the Center’s “Season of Giving,” will
support pediatric MS research at the Center.
The National Pediatric MS Center at Stony
Brook,
the first center of its kind in the U.S. to focus solely on children and
adolescents with MS, provides a full range of medical and psychosocial support
to children and their families.
The Honoree for
the Harvest Sunset Dinner is Rosanne Rogé for her outstanding commitment to MS
causes. Ms. Rogé is the Managing Director of Client Services at R.W. Rogé &
Co. She has earned the professional certification letters of CFP, CSA and RFG. Advisor
One named Rosanne Rogé one of 2011’s 50 most influential women in
wealth management nationwide.
In addition,
award presentations will be made to Maria Milazzo, RN, MS, PNP-C, Pediatric
Nurse Practitioner and Patricia Melville, NP, MSCN, who will be recognized for
their tireless efforts on behalf of their respective MS patients at the MS Care
Centers at Stony Brook.
Paul Anthony of
WALK FM radio will MC the event, which includes a live auction and raffles.
Tickets are $80
per person. Sponsorships are also available. These include Platinum ($5,000),
Benefactor ($2,500), Gold ($1,000), and Friend ($500) sponsorship categories.
For more
information about the Harvest Sunset Dinner, please call Dominique Stanley at
631-444-1454, or Dominique.stanley@sbumed.org.
The National
Pediatric MS Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center, part of Stony
Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital, was established to advance the
recognition, evaluation, and treatment of pediatric MS through the creation of
a multidisciplinary program dedicated to clinical care and scientific research
of children and adolescents with MS. The Center includes a team of experts in
MS, pediatric neurology, nursing psychiatry, and neuropsychology. The National
Pediatric MS Center has been designated a Center of Excellence by the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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