Who We Are - Stony Brook Medicine

November 2013
2013 Auxiliary
Board of Directors
Officers
President
Karen Villanueva-Walsh
631-444-6736
First Vice President
Gloria Snyder
631-476-4645
631-289-4224
Second Vice President
Loraine Sommer 516-241-9310
Treasurer
Pat Macarchuk
631-642-2766
Who We Are
We are a diverse group of men
and women who are dedicated to
the patients at University Hospital
at Stony Brook Medicine.
We give our time and effort to
help raise money for projects for
which other sources of funding
are not available. We help provide
the very best in patient care and
promote the health and welfare of
the community. We have raised
more than $6 million. We sponsor
various outreach programs,
including the Walk for Beauty for
Breast Cancer Research. It is very
possible that you or someone you
care about has benefited from what
we have done. We derive our funding
for these projects from the Auxillary
Gift Shop, in-house vendor sales, and
New and Used Sales, as well as from
patients television rentals and
membership dues. We accomplish
all of this through the dedication
and enthusiastic support
of our members.
Recording Secretary
Barbara Delfyett
631-444-6736
Corresponding Secretary
Elena Middleton 631-877-0655
Newsletter
Editor
Lynn Autz
631-877-0655
From Left to Right: Lynn Autz, Karen Villanueva-Walsh, Janet Hovnanian, Caroline Gassner-Levine Uta Dee,
Barbara Delfyett, Patricia Macarchuk, Linda Shamash, Panayiota Doering, Gloria Snyder, Loraine Sommer,
Elena Middleton, Janice Rohlf (missing)
Calendar of Events
Please contact our Auxiliary office for dates of our upcoming New & Used Sales.
New inventory arrives daily. All proceeds help fund hospital projects.
Coming on April 9, 2014
to be held at the Wang Center
Medium Event
With Psychic Medium Robert Hansen
Stay Tuned for details. Seating will be limited.
Please visit our website for additional postings @ stonybrookmedicine.edu/patientcare/auxiliary
You can make a difference. Join the Auxiliary today!
From the Desk of our President
Villanueva-Walsh is a resident of Lindenhurst, NY
As President, VillanuevaWalsh replaces Janice Rohlf, who
served two years as Auxiliary
President and will remain on the
Executive Board as Past President.
Villanueva-Walsh has served on the
Auxiliary Executive Board since 2008
and as Recording Secretary for the
Auxiliary’s Corporate Board of
Directors since 2012. She has
served as Co-Chair of the Auxiliary
Gift Shop since 2008 and as Chair
of the Baby Portrait Committee
since 2011.
Villanueva-Walsh has worked as a
Project Manager in the Facilities and
Project Management Department at
SBUH since January 2006. An employee
of SBUH since 1982, she has also
worked previously as a Staff Assistant
in the Planning Department and as
Executive Assistant to the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating
Officer.
A native of Selden, NY, VillanuevaWalsh received her bachelor of science
degree in organizational management
from St. Joseph’s College in 2005 and
her master’s degree in health
technology and management from
Stony Brook University in 2008.
The SBUH Auxiliary is a volunteer
organization made up of a diverse
group of men and women committed to
raising money for hospital projects for
which other sources of money are not
readily available. Since its formation in
1981, the Auxiliary has raised more
than $6 million for hospital projects,
services and equipment. Membership
in the Auxiliary includes an invitation to
the annual luncheon, advance notice
of all special events, bi-annual
newsletters and an annual report. For
more information about the Auxiliary,
call (631) 444-2699 or
visit www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/
patientcare/auxiliary.
Spotlight
On:
Vial Of Life
Vial of Life Program Sponsored by
SBUH Auxiliary has a new look
and vitality, including bilingual
reference materials. This program
provides information to emergency
medical providers about the health
history of people in distress.
A magnet is placed on your home
refrigerator directing EMTs to a
medication bottle in the refrigerator
which contains patient history and
medication lists, so that safe
treatment can begin as quickly as
possible. The Auxiliary originally
donated $5,000 to kick off the
program in 2008 and this year
has funded the entire project.
Stony Brook’s Cancer Center is
coordinating the 2013 launch.
The Giving Doll
Gloria and Mark Snyder Make $150,000 Gift
in Support of Stony Brook University Cancer Center
Stony Brook Medicine has received a
$150,000 gift from Stony Brook alumni
Gloria Snyder '72 and Mark Snyder '69 of
Belle Terre, NY, to establish the "Gloria and
Mark Snyder Symposium" for Cancer
Medicine, hosted by the Stony Brook
University Cancer Center. Their gift will be
matched as part of the Simons matching
gift program, for a total impact of $300,000.
The Mission of the Giving Doll
is to: give faith, love, joy, hope &
comfort to children worldwide at
times of special need.
For more information contact the
Auxillary office.
How
Supports
OW the
THE Auxiliary
AUXILIARY SUPPORTS
Stony Brook Medicine
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Sunscreen Information Day
The Stony Brook University
Hospital Auxiliary sponsored a
Sunscreen Information Day on
Saturday June 8, at West Meadow
Beach in East Setauket to educate
beach-goers about sun protection
and skin cancer prevention.
Pamphlets and sunscreen samples
were provided courtesy of the
Department of Dermatology at the
Stony Brook University School of
Medicine. SBUH Auxiliary board
member Linda Shamash, Chair of
the Auxiliary’s Special Projects
Committee, and Elena Middleton,
Chair of the Auxiliary’s Community
Outreach Committee, coordinated
the event. Girl Scouts of Suffolk
County Troop 582 stuffed the
pamphlets and sunscreens into
250 bags, which were distributed
by the participating members as
shown.
Shown below participating in the
event with members of Girl Scout
Troop 582 are, left to right: Girl Scout
Betthany Derenches, Shannon
Derenches, Elena Middleton, Sam
Middleton, Suffolk County Legislator
Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), Linda
Shamash of the SBUH Auxiliary,
James Derenches, Girl Scout Jamie
Derenches, and Sabrina Middleton.
Shown below participating in the
event with members of Boy Scout
Troop 117 are, left to right: Robert
Sammis, Scoutmaster of Troop 117
(Stony Brook) ; Allie Knott; Richard
Knott; Ben Knott; Boy Scout Cameron
Cohen; Suffolk County Legislator Kara
Hahn (D-Setauket); Elena Middleton of
the SBUH Auxiliary; Linda Shamash of
the SBUH Auxiliary; Girl Scout
Betthany Derenches; and Shannon
Derenches.
Your Donations at Work
University Hospital Auxiliary Highlighted Donations
2012 - 2013
Emergency Medicine.............................................$99,500
HOPE Program Support.........................................$20,000
Pulmonary Function Equipment
for Cystic Fibrosis (children)...............................$144,000
New State of The Art Ambulance.......................$140,000
University Hospital.............................more than $6 million
Resuscitation Equipment......................................$75,748
New Stony Brook LI Childrens Hospital.............$250,000
You can make a difference. Join the Auxiliary today!
Join the Hospital Auxiliary
and Make a Difference in Your Community
We welcome your active and enthusiastic participation to help our fundraising efforts. We have many
opportunities for enthusiastic new members. Fill out the membership form and send it in today!
Stony Brook University Hospital Auxiliary
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You can make a difference. Join the Auxiliary today!
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