For Immediate Release
December 11, 2006
Contact: Laura Buffum
732-751-7537
lbuffum@meridianhealth.com

TALBOTS IN SHREWSBURY HOSTS HOLIDAY GIVING TREE FOR PATIENTS AT K. HOVNANIAN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Neptune, NJ - This holiday season, Talbots, located in The Grove, will host a giving tree where their customers will have the opportunity to purchase a holiday gift for a patient at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Customers are asked to take a tag off the tree which lists a specific gift and return it to the Shrewsbury store by December 20. The 125 gift request tags hanging on the tree range from gifts as extreme as an ipod to as small as match box cars.

Bill Faverzani, director of Children’s Services at Meridian Health, explains “I was thrilled when Talbots approached us regarding the giving tree for K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. This is a great opportunity for members of the community to make a child smile this holiday season.”

For more information on the K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital Giving Tree, located in Talbots, please contact Talbots at 732-842-1300.

About Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, a member of the Meridian Health family, is a not-for-profit university teaching and home to the K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital – the first children's hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Jersey Shore is the regional provider of cardiac surgery, a program that has been ranked among the best in the Northeast, and is home to the only trauma center and nationally designated stroke center in the region. Jersey Shore University Medical Center specializes in cardiac care and surgery, orthopedics and rehabilitation, cancer care, and advanced women's and children's health services. For more information on Meridian’s advanced services or for a physician referral, call the Meridian Health Line at 1-800-560-9990 or visit www.meridianhealth.com.

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