(Long Island, NY) Good Samaritan Hospital Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild’s members Ruth Johnson and Claire Runyon have collectively reached an amazing milestone, having contributed 18,000 and 32,755 hours respectively in volunteer work.
(standing L-R) Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild’s member Rosella Brink and Great South Bay’s Guild member Ingeburg Luttmann (sitting L-R) having contributed 30,077 and 33,842 hours respectively in volunteer work.
Good Samaritan Hospital Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild members Adele Reve, Ann Bukowski, Great South Bay’s Guild member Judy Jackson and Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild member Alice Weckerle have reached an amazing milestone, having contributed 14,000, 13,000, 12,000 and 12,000 hours respectively in volunteer work
(standing L-R). Great South Bay’s Guild members Olivia Lazio, Nancy O’Keefe and Bernadette Nee having contributed 11,000 hours each and Wyandanch Guild member Sara Banks, having contributed 10,000 hours in volunteer work (sitting L-R).
Good Samaritan Hospital Great South Bay’s Guild members Gail Sullivan and Frederick Tucker, Copiague/Massapequa/Amityville Guild members Rose Cappiello and Marie Nicharico, Great South Bay’s Guild member Gloria Bracken and Dix Hills/Deer Park Guild member Dorothy Luchtenberg have reached an amazing milestone, having contributed 9,000, 8,000 and 7,000 hours respectively in volunteer work.
(seated L-R). Great South Bay’s Guild member Terese Weber and Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild members Vera Meinhold, Millie Davino, Marguerite Toscano and Mary Armbruster having contributed 7,000 hours each in volunteer work (standing L-R).
Good Samaritan Hospital Dix Hills/Deer Park Guild member Rita Schroeder, Great South Bay’s Guild members Jacqueline Diaz and Marilyn Roberts have reached an amazing milestone, having contributed 4,000, and 5,000 hours respectively in volunteer work.
(seated L-R). Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild members Connie Savona and Beatrice Stysiack and Wyandanch Guild member Bertha Wallace (standing L-R) and Dix Hills/Deer Park Guild member Susan Grippa (missing from photo) having contributed 6,000 and 5,000 hours respectively in volunteer work.
Good Samaritan Hospital Copiague/Massapequa/Amityville Guild member Ingrid DiGiovanna, Dix Hills/Deer Park Guild members William Marulo and Joan Rosato and Great South Bay’s Guild members Judy Ellefsen and Linda Fahey have reached an amazing milestone, having contributed 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 and 1,000 hours respectively in volunteer work.
(seated L-R). Dix Hills/Deer Park Guild member Catherine Petke, Copiague/Massapequa/Amityville Guild member Laurie Feldscher and Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild members Margaret DeRidder and Aida Berrios (standing L-R) and Dix Hills/Deer Park Guild member Eileen Klimczuk and Lindenhurst/North Babylon Guild members Joanna Langon and Robert Gschwind (missing from photo) having contributed 2,000, 1,000, 2,000 and 1,000 hours respectively in volunteer work.
The Guilds are groups of individuals who work diligently for the benefit of the medical center. These volunteers organize community activities, staff the hospital gift shop, hold annual fund- raising events and operate an offsite thrift shop to support Good Samaritan. In 2012, the Guilds raised more than $268,000, with more than 40,000 hours of service donated as well.
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center, which has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 28,000 patient admissions and nearly 100,000 emergency department visits in 2012. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.
The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.
