125th Anniversary Gala Raises $1.25 Million
Lutheran's 125th annual dinner dance was a smash success attracting a venerable who's who in N.Y.C. including local elected officials and Sopranos star, Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts on the hit HBO show). Standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker David Brenner, brought the audience to near tears with his comical take on current headlines and news stories.
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Lutheran HealthCare Team Reports From the Ground in Honduras
The Lutheran HealthCare volunteer team of surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, technicians, and speech/language/hearing experts is busy treating patients on its twelfth medical mission to Honduras. The volunteers will focus on providing life-saving surgeries for children at a local hospital in Tela.
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Lutheran Rededicates Itself During Mission Week
Lutheran HealthCare wrapped up a special Mission Week celebration highlighted by visits from the Rev. Dr. Mark Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.
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125 Staffers Raise $1,250 for Wear Red Day
In partnership with the American Heart Association, Lutheran HealthCare staff launched heart month activities with its fourth annual Wear Red Day. As part of Lutheran's 125th anniversary year, 125 staff members and visitors gathered to help ring in the special month. Lutheran employees also raised $1,250 in donations for the American Heart Association.
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MRSA Education Initiative for Children in Brooklyn Schools
In response to recent staph infections in schools, Lutheran HealthCare, N.Y.C. Councilman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Forest City Ratner Companies, the future Brooklyn Nets with former star Albert King, and N.Y.S. State Senator Martin J. Golden will provide alcohol-based hand sanitizers, hand washing tips, and MRSA education to 30,000 students in 37 Brooklyn schools.
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Sunset Park Family Health Center's 40th Anniversary Gala
More than 700 people attended the 40th anniversary gala on October 12. With opening remarks from Christine Quinn, speaker of the NYC Council, the event honored the efforts of community health pioneers: George Adams, president emeritus; Harvey Holzberg, executive director emeritus, Senator Robert Menendez and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez.
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