(West Islip, NY) After graduating from Copiague High School, 17-year-old Amityville resident Devante Faines-Grandison earned Boy Scouts’ highest honor by completing his Eagle Project. He organized a toy drive through local merchants, churches and family members, collecting more than 1000 toys for children in Good Samaritan Hospital’s Pediatric Unit.
Pictured (L-R): Jana Crnogorcevic, Devante Faines-Grandison, Good Samaritan Hospital Child Life Coordinator Joan Alpers, Matthew Spadone, Zachary Zito and Boy Scouts of America Troop 2000 Leader Horace Lucas.
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.
For more information please visit 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.
