Unmasking The Heroes Virtual Gala To Celebrate Frontline Workers

Peconic Bay Medical Center (PBMC) in Riverhead is paying tribute to PBMC COVID-19 frontline workers during Unmasking the Heroes – a Virtual Gala and Online Auction. The special presentation on Friday, September 25 will include messages from the hospital’s clinicians and leadership about what it has been like to be on the frontlines of the pandemic. “Attendees” will also hear from patients and Coronavirus survivors – and the evening will include a performance from the Chris Norton Band.

“Our frontline health care heroes worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to care for their community members and the many people who were transferred to our hospital from other facilities,” said Andrew Mitchell, PBMC’s president & CEO. “I am so grateful to all of our generous donors and community members who have shown their support in a variety of ways throughout COVID-19. And it is with great pleasure that we get to reveal the heroes behind the masks who have diligently been caring for patients for months so we can better appreciate them.”

The Virtual Gala will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. It will be livestreamed online and afterwards, Gala footage will be added to PBMC’s YouTube page.

The Unmasking the Heroes Online Auction will be held from Friday, September 11 through Friday, October 2nd at 5:00 p.m. Auction items will include a Love Lane Kitchen picnic lunch for ten, Jamesport Manor dinner for two, gift certificates, gift baskets – including a Quarantine Survival Basket, a Weber grill, Samsung TVs, a foursome at North Fork Country Club and Hampton Hills Golf & Country Club, Brahmin handbags, holiday greenery and poinsettias, a Maurin Quina Green Devil 1906 framed Poster, a Quinquina Bourin – Aux Grands Vins Blanes De Touraine framed Poster, a Schumacher Bixi Dragon Blue Printed Paper Tray, wines from Paumanok Vineyards, Palmer Vineyards and much more.

Proceeds from Unmasking the Heroes will support Peconic Bay Medical Center’s emergency services and women’s health program, as well as Northwell’s $1 billion Outpacing the Impossible campaign, which champions capital projects, betters hospitals and clinical programs, furthers research and backs endowment for teaching and research initiatives.

To view the Online Auction, visit pbmcauction.net. For more information about the Virtual Gala, visit www.northwellcovid.com.