Long Island PR Agency Donates Numerous Sports-Oriented Packages To Cause

April 10, 2008

(Woodbury, N.Y.) Woodbury, LI, NY-based Silverman Media & Marketing Group (SMMG), a full-service public relations agency specializing in sports, entertainment, non-profit and hospitality accounts, has become a Premiere Sponsor of Huntington Hospital’s Inaugural “Spring Into Action Online Auction” through the establishment of a mutually-beneficial strategic alliance.

The online auction, which will feature valuable and unique gift items and priceless fantasy packages, will be held from May 1-30, 2008, with the primary goal of helping Huntington Hospital (located in Huntington, NY) maintain and enhance a variety of its patient facilities and services.

To learn more about opportunities for the public to join SMMG (www.silverman-media.com) and Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C., as sponsors of the function, to donate products and/or services to the auction, to view all items collected to date or to actually bid on the items and packages, interested individuals, organizations and companies can visit the auction website at www.hh.cmarket.com.

About Silverman Media & Marketing Group
Silverman Media&Marketing Group is a 12-year-old firm that offers six distinct areas of service: public relations, integrated marketing, special event creation and management, celebrity representation, charitable foundations and creative services. According to agency head coach Ira H. Silverman, because of its areas of specialization, SMMG has already secured several auction packages, including: a lunch for two with two-time NFL Super Bowl Champion punter Sean Landeta at the Mim’s restaurant in Syosset or Roslyn; a free week for a youngster at the West Side Tennis Club’s Junior Tennis Academy; a complimentary one-hour session with renowned golf psychologist Dr. Thomas Ferraro; and a lunch for two at the world-famous Mickey Mantle’s restaurant in Manhattan.

About Huntington Hospital
Established in 1916, Huntington Hospital is a 408-bed, non-profit community hospital serving Huntington Township and surrounding areas on Long Island, NY. A member of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System since 1994, proceeds from the auction will benefit a number of patient care areas such as the Don Monti Cancer Center, the Mariani Family Cardiology Center, the Clark Gillies Pediatric Unit, the Emergency Department, the Melvin Aboff Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center and the Dolan Family Health Center just to name a few.

Huntington Hospital is located at 270 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743-9982. The main phone number is (631) 351-2000. The primary hospital contact for the “Spring Into Action” Online Auction is Helen Dudkewic (Hdudkewic@hunthosp.org). The Hospital’s web Address is http://www.hunthosp.org.

For further information, the media can contact Ira H. Silverman at Silverman Media & Marketing Group, 100 Crossways Park Drive West, Suite 100, Woodbury, NY 11797. The phone number is (516) 495-5280 and the e-mail address is smmgsports@aol.com.