(Dansville, NY) The staff of UR Medicine | Noyes Health raised $5,881 for area charities at its annual employee benefits fair on December 6. Various departments throughout the health system created gift baskets to be raffled off at the annual event. Employees chose three local charities to support. With every ticket purchased, one dollar went to the employee’s charity of choice.
"Staff members in nearly every department came together to come up with a theme and gather items for the gift baskets," explains Amy Pollard, UR Medicine | Noyes Health CEO, "It’s an opportunity for Noyes Staff to give back to their community, a community which supports the hospital in so many ways."
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Jennifer Howe, center, founder of the Cancer Comfort Bag Project, accepts a check for $1855.00 from Noyes Health’s Benefits Administrator Amy Skinner. Noyes Health employees raised the money for Ms. Howe’s organization and 2 others at the annual employee benefits fair raffle held December 6. Also pictured, Noyes staff from l. to r. Maranda Spears, Jessica Carnevale, Patty Derowitsch , Lorraine Wichtowski, Ashley Derrenbacher and Deb Guy. |
The Cancer Comfort Bag Project will receive $1,855.00. Dansville’s Jennifer Howe started the organization, which provides care packages to cancer patients and survivors locally and around the country, two years ago.
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Mary Kate Brushafer, center, founder of the Santa Hat Society, accepts a check for $1838.00 from Noyes Health CEO Amy Pollard. Noyes Health employees raised the money for Ms. Brushafer’s organization and 2 others at the annual employee benefits fair raffle held December 6. Also pictured, Noyes staff from l. to r. Deb McCray, Jessica Carnevale, Ashley Derrenbacher and Lorraine Wichtowski. |
The Santa Hat Society, an organization started by Dansville teenager Mary Kate Brushafer to provide holiday gifts for local families in need, received $1,838.00.
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Ashley Anderson, 2nd from l., founder of Hearthside Cats in Geneseo, accepts a check for $2188.00 from Noyes Health’s Benefits Administrator Amy Skinner. Noyes Health employees raised the money for Ms. Anderon’s organization and 2 others at the annual employee benefits fair raffle held December 6. Also pictured, Noyes staff from l. to r. Maranda Spears, Jessica Carnevale, Lorraine Wichtowski, Deb Guy and Ashley Derrenbacher. |
Hearthside Cats, the Geneseo-based organization that promotes responsible pet ownership and rescues and provides medical care to homeless cats and kittens, received $2,188.00.
UR Medicine |Noyes Health is a diverse and comprehensive non-profit healthcare system that serves all of Livingston County and parts of Steuben, Allegany and Ontario counties in New York. The system includes Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital, in Dansville, Noyes Health Services in Geneseo, Noyes Kidney and Dialysis Center in Geneseo, and Noyes Mental Health and Wellness Services in Dansville. Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital, a full-service, 67-bed community hospital with an After Hours Clinic and the only 24-hour Emergency Department in Livingston County, is accredited by the Joint Commission. The hospital is located off Interstate 390, Exit 4. For more information about UR Medicine | Noyes Health, visit www.noyes-health.org.
