For More Information:
Barbara Mackovic
Senior Manager
Phone: (502) 587-4230
Cell Phone: (502) 641-5461
Direct Line: (502) 569-0704
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10/30/2009
Blanket Collections now through Nov. 18
Louisville, KY…Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare (JHSMH) and the Blanket Louisville Program are teaming up again this year to collect new and gently used blankets for those who need some help in staying warm this winter. JHSMH has been working with the Steve and Kathy Fehder family and Blanket Louisville for the past six years. The Fehder family originally began the program as a school project to help the homeless and others who are less fortunate.
Kathy Fehder said, “We are so excited to have Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare as a collection partner in this effort. Together with the Blanket Louisville team, JHSMH is helping to not only warm bodies, but also warm hearts!”
Since the project began six years ago, they have collected nearly 20,000 blankets, which have been distributed with the help of the Coalition for the Homeless to homeless organizations and others who work with the less fortunate. This year’s collection campaign goal is 7,500 blankets. Participation by area schools, churches, businesses and community organizations is crucial to the success of this program.
“With the downturn in the economy and many people out of work, this year is even more difficult for many families to stay warm during the winter months,” said Tom Gessel, president/CEO of Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. “We are honored to be a part of the Blanket Louisville Program to help them meet their goal. When we began collecting blankets, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth was our only location, now we have 10 locations throughout the metro Louisville area where donated blankets can be dropped off.”
“Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare is vital to the health of our community, said Marty Bonick, president/CEO of Jewish Hospital & Frazier Rehab Institute. “We touch the lives of more than one million patients a year and provide charity care and community benefits in excess of $52 million a year. Collecting these blankets is one more way we can care for our community, especially those in need this winter.”
Those wishing to donate a blanket should drop them off at one of the following Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare facilities by Wednesday, November 18:
Jewish Hospital
200 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital
1850 Bluegrass Avenue
Louisville, KY 40215
Our Lady of Peace
2020 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40205
Jewish Hospital Medical Center East
3920 Dutchmans Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
Jewish Hospital Medical Center Northeast
2401 Terra Crossing Boulevard
Louisville, KY 40205
Jewish Hospital Medical Center South
1903 West Hebron Lane
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Jewish Hospital Medical Center Southwest
9700 Stonestreet Road
Louisville, KY 40272
Jewish Hospital Glenmary Diagnostics
8113 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY 40291
Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital
3104 Blackiston Boulevard
New Albany, Indiana 47150
Frazier Rehab Institute
220 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
About Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare (JHSMH) is a regional health network that includes more than 70 health care facilities and 1,900 patient beds in Kentucky and southern Indiana. JHSMH provides a complete array of health care services including hospitals, outpatient care, occupational health, psychiatric care and rehab medicine. JHSMH also provides innovative home health care and specialty programs promoting the highest quality of life to families in Kentucky and southern Indiana and has been nationally ranked in the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agency providers. JHSMH has 8,300 team members and employs a network of physician practices that provide both primary and specialty medical care.
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