Mather Hospital Auxiliary presents annual donation to hospital 
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – The Mather Hospital Auxiliary presented the hospital with a check for $190,000 towards its pledge to support Mather’s capital building projects.
The Auxiliary presents the hospital with a check each year that reflects its proceeds from the group’s Thrift Shop, Gift Shop, Calendar Raffles, plant and slower sales, and other fundraisers.
Mather’s capital building projects include a new, larger Emergency Department, enhanced surgery center, renovation of the main lobby, an Outpatient Behavioral and Mental Health facility, as well as the Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs.
Pictured are Executive Director Kevin McGeachy, JTM Foundation Vice Chairman Donald Lippencott, Auxilian Janice Krass, Auxiliary President Barbara Zinna, and Director of Volunteer Services Keri Dunne.
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About Mather Hospital
Mather Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high-quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion, respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has twice earned the prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather was
rated high performing by U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings in colon cancer, COPD, geriatrics, heart failure, kidney disease, lung cancer surgery, orthopedics, and urology for 2021-2022. For further information about Mather Hospital, visit matherhospital.org or follow us @MatherHospital on Facebook.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 12,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 79,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,900 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We’re training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.