At Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), we’ve dedicated everything we have to fighting COVID-19. And just as we’ve had the community’s back, you’ve had ours, with a steady outpouring of food, supplies, personal items and love. Please know that each and every gift has helped to keep us going. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!
1 TRIBUTE GIFT: Many thanks to WHP Global, owner of the Joseph Abboud Menswear Brand, for their generous donation of 2,000 meals to RWJUH team members! Effy Zinkin (farleft), Chief Operating Officer of WHP Global, chose to donate the meals because his father, Dr. Lewis Zinkin, was a teaching attending colorectal surgeon at RWJUH for 38 years.
2 COMMUNITY CARING: Our Food and Nutrition Services team raised $1,400 to support Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick to help alleviate food-shortage concerns in the community due to the pandemic. Food Services Director Tony Almeida matched his team’s donation, bringing the total to $2,800.
3 CONNECTING LOVED ONES: Dr. Sara Rankin and her family secured a generous donation of 100 iPads for our patients through Verizon! Dr. Rankin is an attending dentist with RWJUH’s Dental Health Center. The iPads are used to help patients communicate with their loved ones while visitation is restricted.
4 LIONS CLUB GIFT: Through her friendship with Romeo Hitlall, president of Richmond Hill South Ozone Park Lions Club, Bibi Hussain of Environmental Services organized a donation of 200 meals and 30 pizzas to our frontline staff.
5 CUPCAKE BREAK: Hats off to the chefs at Madame Cupcakes for their generous donation of delicious cupcakes to our dedicated team!
6 SWEET TREAT: A grateful shout out to the South Plainfield Girl Scouts for donating cookies to our Cardiac Catheterization Lab staff. Thanks for helping to keep the team going!
7 HEROES HELPING HEROES: Thank you to our valued partners, the New Brunswick Fire Department, who showed their appreciation for our team by donating meals to our Emergency Department. RWJUH is proud to serve our community with you!
8 ENERGY BOOST: Thanks to Texas Roadhouse in Old Bridge for their thoughtful donation of delicious meals to keep our RWJUH family going strong during this very challenging time!
9 FUEL FOR HEROES: A huge thank you to Middlesex County PBA 214 (Detectives and Supervisors of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office) who partnered with George Street Ale House in New Brunswick to provide two days of meals for our staff.
10 3D-PRINTED PPE: Eric Wemenkang and Steve Davidson generously donated 50 face shields they created using a 3-D printer. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Accepting the donation is Jesse Torres-Manalastas, BSN, RN, CCRN-NIC, staff nurse in the NICU.
11 HELPING NEIGHBORS: Through a much-appreciated donation from Johnson & Johnson, RWJUH’s Community Health Promotions Program and RWJUH Somerset provided hygiene kits to residents in New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Bound Brook and South Bound Brook who have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
12 CHILDREN’S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL (CSH): The Long Term Care team of CSH in Mountainside thanks the Front Line Appreciation Group for a donation of breakfast sandwiches.
To share your thanks or make a donation in support of our health care heroes, visit www.rwjbh.org/give.