Lakewood, NJ - Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) recently received a donation of blankets and encouraging messages of hope to bring warmth and comfort to their infusion patients at the Pine Belt Family Infusion Center.
Subaru retailers participate in the Loves to Care program and partner with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to deliver blankets and care kits to local hospitals. The program is designed to offer support and strength to patients in their local community.
This is the 10th consecutive year that Subaru of America (Pine Belt Subaru, Lakewood) has chosen to partner with LLS to help spread hope, love and warmth to cancer patients.
Pictured with the delivery of blankets to the Pine Belt Family Infusion Center at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus are, from left, Olga Picciotto-Preiser, BSN-RN, Outpatient Infusion; Debra McGivney, LSW, OSW-C, Regional Oncology Social Work Supervisor; Kirsten Elefante, BSN-RN; Samantha Vickers Hymowitz, Campaign Development Manager, LLS; Alessandra Christensen, Administrative Coordinator for Outpatient Infusion and Cass Pascucci, Love Promise Coordinator at Pine Belt Subaru.
About Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) is a fully accredited acute-care hospital located in Lakewood. An RWJBarnabas Health facility, MMCSC is a sister hospital to Monmouth Medical Center, a teaching hospital located in Long Branch. MMCSC Emergency Services include a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Unit (GEM) as well as a Pediatric Emergency Department. MMCSC introduced the first of its kind James and Sharon Maida Geriatrics Institute to the region, which provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for older patients. MMCSC also offers convenient access to an array of outpatient services as well as the services of the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center. MMCSC continues to expand its orthopedic surgical services program and offers the latest advances in total joint arthroplasty. RWJBarnabas Health and MMCSC, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey – the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center – bring a world class team of researchers and specialists to provide close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials. For more information about MMCSC, visit www.rwjbh.org/monmouthsouth.
CONTACT: Laurie Zalepka
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