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MOTHERS’ DAY FLOWER SALE AT NUMC GREENHOUSE TO BENEFIT THE NUHEALTH FOUNDATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2011

PRESS CONTACT:
Shelley Lotenberg
shelley@numc.edu
516-572-6055

MOTHERS’ DAY FLOWER SALE AT NUMC GREENHOUSE TO BENEFIT THE NUHEALTH FOUNDATION

EAST MEADOW, NY…Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the NuHealth System, is pleased to announce its Mothers’ Day Flower Sale at the Nassau University Medical Center. The dedicated volunteers of the greenhouse will be selling beautiful flowers just in time for Mothers’ Day. Items on sale include plants, flowers, fresh vegetables, herbs, flats and more. “We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful staff of hardworking volunteers to run the greenhouse on our campus, with the proceeds to benefit our NuHealth Foundation. The items on sale will make wonderful gifts for Mothers’ Day as well as many other occasions,” said Gianelli.

The greenhouse is open to the public seven days a week, (Monday through Saturday from 9-4p.m and Sundays 10 a.m.-3 p.m.) It is located in the northwest corner of the NUMC campus (entering from Carman Avenue follow the greenhouse signs.) For further information please call (516) 572-6342. Proceeds from the greenhouse sale go to the NuHealth Foundation, the fundraising arm of the NuHealth System.

ABOUT NUHEALTH FOUNDATION
The NuHealth Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the NuHealth System, which includes the Nassau University Medical Center, the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, and six Family Health Centers. The Foundation’s mission is to inspire philanthropic support by raising awareness of the critical role these institutions play in caring for many of Long Island’s most vulnerable populations. The foundation’s sole responsibility is to help NuHealth achieve its public mission. Gifts to the foundation ensure that NuHealth’s centers of care can grow and evolve to bring health care to everyone at every stage of life.

ABOUT NUHEALTH
NuHealth is a Long Island health care organization delivering essential medical care and disease and lifestyle management to everyone at every stage of life.  Also known as Nassau Health Care Corporation, NuHealth is a public benefit corporation managing the operations of Nassau University Medical Center, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility and a network of Family Health Centers that bring primary and specialty care out into the community.  By emphasizing wellness, cultural sensitivity and collaborative efforts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System, NuHealth is working to make good care more affordable and easier to access.

For more information about NuHealth or its Centers of Care, visit www.nuhealth.net.