Even without having a live dress-up dining and dancing event to attend, the Southern Ocean County community rallied to support its local hospital during its first-ever virtual fundraising event, held online by necessity in this year of coronavirus restrictions.

The Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation Virtual Signature Social, held on July 24, raised nearly $90,000 for the greatest needs at Southern Ocean Medical Center, in Manahawkin.

In lieu of the planned in-person celebration because of COVID-19, the foundation moved the event to a virtual format…