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Newtown Girl Scout Troop 50674 Donates Gift Baskets to Western Connecticut Health Network Foundation Kids Care Club

Girl Scout Troop 50674 has donated an assortment of gift baskets to Danbury Hospital. Troop members assembled the gift baskets as part of their Silver Award Project. The baskets included a variety of items such as coloring books, crayons, DVDs, blankets, etc. This is the first time the Troop has donated items to benefit pediatric patients at the Hospital.

 

Troop 50674 wanted to do something to give back to others. Troop members hoped this donation would brighten the day of the recipients, making their experience at the Hospital less frightening. Executive Director and Vice President of the Foundation, Grace Linhard stated, “we are so grateful for the thoughtfulness of these wonderful young girls.”

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As a result of their efforts, Girl Scout Troop 50674 has been inducted into the Western Connecticut Health Network Kids Care Club at Danbury Hospital, a philanthropic organization for children and young adults under the age of 18.

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For more information on the Kids Care Club, please call the Western Connecticut Health Network Foundation office at 203-739-7227 or 860-210-5270.

 

Photograph IDs:

Pictured from left to right – Top Row: Rachel Tramposch, Greta Capeci

Bottom Row: Melissa Nowak, Mackenzie Maude

 

About The Kids Care Club


The Kids Care Club at Western Connecticut Health Network encourages children under the age of 18 to make donations in support of pediatric programs and services at Danbury Hospital and/or New Milford Hospital. Donations help purchase toys, videos/movies, video games and systems, and more to make children’s hospital stays more comfortable. Children raise funds in many ways, including: asking friends and family for donations; organizing penny drives, lemonade stands, or other events; raising funds in lieu of birthday gifts; or

donating a portion of their allowance.

 

About Western Connecticut Health Network

Western Connecticut Health Network is the region’s premier, patient-centered health care organization serving residents of Western Connecticut and adjacent New York. The organization is anchored by two nationally recognized hospitals, Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital, as well as their affiliated organizations. In addition to the two hospitals, the continuum of care offered includes the following affiliates:

 

Western Connecticut Health Network has centers of excellence in women’s health, cardiovascular and cancer services; minimally invasive joint and spine surgery; digestive disorders, weight-loss (bariatric) surgery, and radiology and diagnostic imaging. It also offers specialized programs for neonatology with a Level IIIb neonatal intensive care unit and accredited sleep disorder centers.  Both hospitals also maintain active clinical research programs, offering clinical trials for patients with cancer and other health concerns. Danbury Hospital was named a Top 100 Hospital by US News and World reports in 2012; a  and a Top 100 for Value by Cleverly and Associates. New Milford Hospital is well known as a Planetree hospital and for its Plow to Plate, farm to table food program. For more information, visit WesternConnecticutHealthNetwork.org, DanburyHospital.org; NewMilfordHospital.org and share your comments with us www.facebook.com/DanburyHospital or www.facebook.com/NewMilfordHospital.

Imagine Build Transform: The Campaign for Western Connecticut Health Network

 

Western Connecticut Health Network is conducting a capital campaign to meet patients’ changing needs with next generation facilities, resources, talent, and technologies. Our priority areas are the Patient Tower, Emergency Department, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Danbury Hospital, the Emergency Department at New Milford Hospital, and the Biomedical Research Institute. To learn more, please call the Foundation office at (203) 739-7227 or visit us at http://www.thecampaignforwcthn.org.

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