CONTACT: Simone Lindsay, 410-871-6836
SLindsay@CarrollHospitalCenter.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Westminster, Md. – (November 26, 2008) — The Carroll Collector’s Club donated $6,437 to the Breast Cancer Center at Carroll Hospital Center following the Club’s 9th Annual Bingo Dinner, held in October at the Gamber Volunteer Fire Company. 

Carroll Collector’s Club president Herb Marquess and Club member Dennis Zuk presented the check to Carol Phillips, special projects coordinator at Carroll Hospital Center Foundation on November 13.

Held annually in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Club’s bingo dinner has raised more than $50,000 for the Breast Center, since it began in 2000.

The Collector’s Club was established in 1996 and is for people who enjoy collecting a wide range of items, including ornaments, dolls, model cars, teddy bears and figurines.  Next year’s bingo dinner is scheduled to take place on October 17. For more information, please call Herb Marquess at 410-356-7872.

Carroll Hospital Center, founded in 1961 as Carroll County General Hospital, is a nonprofit, acute care facility offering the latest in medical technology, experienced medical professionals in a variety of specialties and a continuum of programs and services to meet the needs of the community.

Photo caption:  Pictured from left to right are, Herb Marquess, president of the Carroll Collector’s Club; Carol Phillips, special projects coordinator at Carroll Hospital Center Foundation; and Dennis Zuk, member of Carroll Collector’s Club..

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