Patient Advocate Foundation will hold its ninth annual A Promise of Hope Affair at the Newport News Marriott at City Center on February 27, 2010. This year, A Promise of Hope Affair will have a Mid Winter Beach Party theme and we invite you to wear your finest Cruise Attire or be Casually Elegant! Be creative and have fun! Guests will dine and dance the night away to the sounds of The Embers.

A Promise of Hope Affair, Patient Advocate Foundation’s annual fundraising event provides financial support to our Direct Patient Services to help patients obtain access to quality healthcare. All of the funds raised by the Gala enables PAF to continue the day-to-day work of helping patients resolve their insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis of a chronic, life-threatening or debilitating disease. View this year's auction items

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) was established in 1996 as a national 501(c) 3 organization headquartered in Oyster Point in Newport News, Virginia with a mission of "safeguarding patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability." PAF serves as an active liaison between patients and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job retention, and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and health care attorneys.

View the Patient Advocate Foundation website