Lucy Engelhardt of Briarcliff to be Honored at 26th Annual Champagne Ball for Phelps Memorial Hospital Center

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center's 26th Annual Champagne Ball will be held Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, NY. Lucy Engelhardt of Briarcliff Manor, former Vice President of Nursing at Phelps, will be honored at the event.

"Over the course of her 27 years at Phelps, Lucy Engelhardt made exceptional contributions to the health and well-being of the Phelps community," said Keith E. Safian, Phelps' President and CEO. "Honoring her at the Champagne Ball gives us all an opportunity to recognize the tremendous impact she has had in establishing the highest standards of nursing care for all our patients."

The evening's theme is "Looking Forward, Moving Ahead," and will include a cocktail reception, dinner and dancing. Co-chairs are Pamela and Paul Terracciano, MD, of Briarcliff Manor, and Laurie and Franklin Zimmerman, MD, of Mt. Kisco.

A unique aspect of the event is the Fund-A-Cause auction, where guests pledge their support to a designated hospital program or service with the goal of completely fundin g the initiative by the end of the evening.

This year, the auction will fund the purchase of a STERIS RealView Visual Workflow System, a technology that helps manage operating room workflow. The system will be used in the soon-to-be-constructed SurgiCenter at Phelps that is expected to open in 2014.

For more information about Champagne Ball tickets and journal ads, contact Marissa Coratti, at (914) 366-3104 or mcoratti@pmhc.us or visit www.phelpshospital.org/ball.