Gala for GMC

On June 23, the Israel Friends of Galilee Medical Center hosted its first-ever Gala event featuring famous Israeli singer, Shiri Maimon. Nearly 1,000 attended the event which was held at the beautiful “Banana Beach” of Achziv in the Western Galilee.

(L – R): Raya Strauss Ben-Dror, Michael Iluz, Shiri Maimon and Dr. Masad Barhoum; Strauss, Barhoum, and Gila Oshrat, WIZO Israel Chairwoman; Shiri Maimon on stage; soldiers in attendance
(L – R): Raya Strauss Ben-Dror, Michael Iluz, Shiri Maimon and Dr. Masad Barhoum; Strauss, Barhoum, and Gila Oshrat, WIZO Israel Chairwoman; Shiri Maimon on stage; soldiers in attendance

The gala was a fund-raiser jointly organized by the Friends of the Galilee Medical Center and WIZO Israel. Proceeds from the event benefit the Hospital’s new cardiology division currently under construction.

Raya Strauss Ben-Dror, President of the Israel Friends of GMC, as well as Chairman Michael Iluz were in attendance along with chairwoman of WIZO Israel Gila Oshrat, Banana Beach owner Nevo Doktori, who donated the venue for the evening, and Prof. Shaul Atar, the head of cardiology at GMC.