Page 6 - Year End Report

By the
Numbers
Community
4
Based Support Pantries Medical Center
and
Mounmouth
and Education Lounges 3

Jersey
Shore
3

Another service to the community is to provide support, care and information Ocean Medical
Center
through events and workshops. Illness is never helped by lack of knowledge and We provide a network of pantries and
awareness of resources. We reach out to the public to educate them as well as to lounges in hospitals and friendship
guide them, comforting people by providing them with the information that will houses so that family of patients can 2
help them master their situation find food and a moment or two of Medical Center
Community
tranquility allowing them to support
their loved ones. We keep the pantries 2
stocked with sandwiches, salads,
milk and salads and provide a warm MMC Southern
Campus
drink and food in an oasis of peace.
A full range of Shabbos foods and
HOSPICE/HOME CARE N’SHEI SENIOR COMMUNITY 2
requirements as well as seforim and
Assisting patients with discharge planning and CONNECTIONS Jewish reading material is on hand. We RWJ Chaim
V’Chessed House
complex home needs Twice-weekly socialization/activity group for sweat the details so that the loneliness
the elderly and discomfort of the hospital
SOAR PREGNANCY LOSS PROGRAM experience is minimized. 1
DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP
Provides counselling and support to those who Saint Peters
suf er mid pregnancy loss. This is devastating Education and peer support helping diabetics
to the mother and father who are often thrown manage their disease 1
back into their regular routines without the
Manhattan Friendship
ability to grieve and come to terms with their CROHN’S AND COLITIS SUPPORT House
loss. GROUP
Thank You LRBC
Providing education, support and referrals to 1
COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND patients suf ering from Crohn’s and Colitis Lakewood Friendship
SCREENINGS “My husband needs lengthy treatments three times a week in Robert Wood House
Johnson Hospital. Your pantry allows me a moment to catch my breath, have a
Large group events and trainings throughout
snack or sandwich and be there for him. Thank you all so much”
the year, mass health screening days serving 1
-M. F. LAKEWOOD
thousands (cholesterol/blood pressure/glucose etc) Robert Wood
Johnson
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