For Immediate Release
April 23, 2007
Contact: Laura Buffum
732-751-7537
lbuffum@meridianhealth.com

K. HOVNANIAN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HOLLYWOOD VIDEO

Neptune, NJ - Thirteen Hollywood Video stores in New Jersey will have canisters on their counters asking for donations that will benefit programs at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. The canisters are there as a part of Hollywood Videos “Starlight Starbright” initiative which provides assistance and entertainment to children’s hospitals across the nation.

In addition to the canisters, Hollywood Video staff from their Wall, NJ, store will be hosting video and game nights twice a month at the Children’s Hospital. “We are excited to be helping out a local hospital like this,” said Matt Latif, store director, “the staff and I really look forward to the video and game nights.”

Bill Faverzani, director of Children’s Services at Meridian Health also added, “we were thrilled when Hollywood Video approached us with this idea. A partnership like this will benefit our patients by giving them something to really look forward to.”

K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital has many partners throughout the community that help better the hospital including the Friendly Sons of Shillelagh, Talbots in Shrewsbury, Novadebt in Freehold, toys.calm in Little Silver, and many others.

If you are interested in volunteering at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, the partnership with Hollywood Videos or creating your own partnership, please call the Meridian Health Line at 1-800-560-9990.

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 Jersey Shore’s advanced services or for a physician referral, call the Meridian Health Line at 1-800-560-9990.

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