By Town Crier Report

The El Camino Hospital Foundation has scheduled a gala celebration, “Above and Beyond,” May 7, at the Los Altos Golf & Country Club. The evening will commence with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and the program at 7 p.m.

The celebration anticipates the hospital’s October groundbreaking and provides an opportunity to recognize lead donors, whose early contributions are helping to finance construction.

A year and a half ago, residents of Los Altos and surrounding communities overwhelmingly passed a bond measure to help fund El Camino Hospital’s new campus. That vote was an endorsement of the hospital board’s vision: to create the health-care destination of Silicon Valley by using cutting-edge technology, personalizing patient care and offering a broad range of complementary health services in one location.

The evening will feature gourmet food, fine wine and dancing to the music of the Robert Vickers Orchestra.

The gala serves a dual purpose as a benefit for the hospital’s many programs. These include the Healing Arts Program, which brings humor, art, music and massage therapies to patients; the RotaCare Free Clinic in Mountain View, which provides health care to the underserved in our community; and its three dialysis centers.

Tickets are $250 per person. Black tie is optional.

For more information, call Lindsay Greensweig, 988-7849.