The 4th annual Beach Ball, a fund-raiser for the MCG Children’s Medical Center, takes place on Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m. at Richmond on Greene, 725 Greene St.

Dinner will be provided by Outback Steakhouse, with music by the Caribbean Cowboys, a Jimmy Buffett tribute band hailing from Asheville, NC. A silent auction sponsored by the Parrot Heads of the Savannah River will also be held.

All proceeds benefit programs and services at the MCG Children’s Medical Center.

Event sponsors include USB Financial Services, Blanchard & Calhoun, Club Car, Health Center Credit Union and Procter & Gamble. Miracle Maker sponsors are Gwen Fulcher Young & Associates and Taylor Auto Group.

Cost is $60 per couple and $30 per individual. For tickets, call 706-721-4004.

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 and faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and 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.