TICKETS ON SALE FOR ANNUAL DOCTORS WHO COOK BENEFITDecember 15, 2004Augusta, GA Tickets are now available for the ninth annual Doctors Who Cook fund-raiser, which takes place Saturday, March 19, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium. The event benefits the Children’s Heart Program at the MCG Children’s Medical Center.

The annual fund-raiser features culinary favorites prepared by community physicians who donate their time, recipes and culinary skills for the dinner event. Special after-dinner entertainment will be provided by recording artist Ty Herndon. Tickets are $100 per person ($70 is tax deductible) and tables of eight are $800. Tickets are limited and available on a first-come basis.

Proceeds will go toward hospital equipment, family support, Make-A-Wish foundation trips, special events and treats for hospital patients and more.

For ticket information, contact Sherry Hajec at 706-721-0575 or shajec@mcg.edu.

MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the Physicians Practice Group. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, and employees of the Physicians Practice Group, not employees of MCG Health Inc. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the Physicians Practice Group and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care. For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.

Danielle WongMedia Relations ManagerMCG Health, Inc.(706) 721-9566dwong@mail.mcg.edu

Last Modified On: 02/24/2005