Health Plus - Gospel Night at MLK Jr. Concert Series

For Immediate Release

Gospel Night at MLK Jr. Concert Series
Health Plus Sponsors Popular Community Tradition

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Brooklyn, NY - July 25, 2006 — As the Martin Luther King Jr Concert Series celebrates its 24th summer of R&B, reggae, hip hop, and classic soul at Wingate Field in Brooklyn, managed care organization Health Plus has once again signed on as a major sponsor of this event. The outdoor spectacular, one of numerous concert events organized by Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz, featured one of its most popular traditions on Monday night – “Gospel Night”, with Tye Tibbett and Greater Annointing, Lexi, Lowell Pye, and the perennial gospel favorite, The Mighty Clouds of Joy.

“It is always a pleasure,” says executive Director of Health Plus, Tom Early, “to collaborate with Marty, who shares our longstanding commitment to this community. And we’re always happy to be part of an event that brings summer joy to the people we serve.”

The concert series, which runs Monday nights through August 21, will present artists such as the R&B sensation Roberta Flack, hip-hop legend LL Cool J, neo-soul singers Anthony Hamilton and Angie Stone, The Temptations Review, an all-star “Caribbean Night” lineup, and more. Health Plus and Marty Markowitz are determined to prove yet again that there is never a dull moment in Brooklyn, New York.

Gospel singer, Lowell Pye takes center stage during Monday’s “Gospel Night” at the MLK Jr. Concert Series in Wingate Field, Brooklyn, sponsored by managed care organization Health Plus.

Candidate for New York State Attorney General Mark Green and Jamie Markowitz, wife of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (pictured here with Health Plus’s Special Events Coordinator Hommy Peña and Special Events Manager Josette Pagan).

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Health Plus, a not-for-profit, multi-cultural organization, is one of the fastest growing managed care organizations in New York City. It was established in 1984 with a commitment to provide coordinated quality health care and improving access to health care for uninsured and underserved families. In its annual review of managed care plans, the New York State Department of Health ranked Health Plus as the top plan for quality in its 2002 and 2003 "Consumer's Guide to Medicaid Managed Care in New York City." Health Plus is New York City's leading provider of Child Health Plus, a New York State Department of Health program that offers parents FREE or low-cost health insurance for children under the age of 19. "CRAIN'S New York Business" magazine ranked Health Plus fifth among the largest health maintenance organizations in the New York area.