White Plains Hospital Benefits From Hannah Banana Foundation Donation
White Plains Hospital forms relationship with Hannah Banana Foundation -donated therapeutic gift bags bring smiles to hospitalized patients.
Online, June 21, 2011 (Newswire.com) - White Plains, NY - White Plains Hospital has formed a relationship with Hannah Banana Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to brightening the lives of thousands of chronically ill, hospitalized, and terminally ill patients by giving them therapeutic gifts while they're in our care.
Hannah Banana Foundation generously donates bags filled with therapeutic gifts such as art supplies, toys, journals word finds, adult coloring books, pens, markers, journals, bookmarks, and playing cards directly to thousands of adult patients of leading New York and New Jersey hospitals in hopes that these gifts will bring smiles to those who are suffering.
White Plains Hospital is the first hospital in Westchester County to form a relationship with Hannah Banana Foundation.
About White Plains Hospital
White Plains Hospital (WPH) is a 292-bed voluntary, not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of offering high quality, acute health care and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. Centers of Excellence include the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center, The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center and The Westchester Orthopedic Institute. The Hospital has the busiest Emergency Department in Westchester County, treating nearly 50,000 patients a year. White Plains Hospital is the only hospital in Westchester County licensed to perform emergency & elective angioplasty. The Hospital is a nine-time winner of the Consumer Choice Award, an honor given to the nation's top hospitals by the National Research Corporation. WPH is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and the Stellaris Health Network, Inc. For additional information, visit http://www.wphospital.org.
Contact Information:
Natalia Sturtz-Verastegui
Community Relations & Marketing Associate
White Plains Hospital
914-681-1119
nsturtzverastegui@wphospital.org