Gala supports transplant center

Hartford Hospital’s signature fundraising event — The Black & Red Gala — raised nearly $1 million which will go toward the refurbishing of the hospital’s transplant Center. Nearly 1,400 people listened to musical group Earth, Wind & Fire at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 5. The event was sold out more than six weeks ago. The gala also launched the Donate Life campaign, which hopes to get 1,000 new donors signed up on the donor registry. For information, visit becomeadonor.org. Pictured are, from left, Sheila Elliot; Dr. Patricia Sheiner, director of the transplant program; Douglas Elliot, Hartford Hospital chairman of the board; Jeffrey Flaks, president and CEO of Hartford Hospital; Elliot Joseph, president and CEO of Hartford HealthCare; Lori Flaks; Dr. Ellen Nestler; and Dr. Jeffry Nestler, president of the medical staff.