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2004 Events

Walk for St. Mary’s Kids Raises Over $140,000

Hundreds of donors and walkers participated in St. Mary’s second annual walkathon on October 2, 2004, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, which featured Lynda Baquero, NewsChannel4 Anchor/Reporter and Grand Marshall of the event.

Lee Perlman Honored at St. Mary’s Dinner

Lee H. Perlman, President of GNYHA Ventures, Inc., the for-profit subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, received St. Mary’s Humanitarian Award during the second annual Tribute Dinner at Chelsea Piers. In presenting Lee with the award, Dr. Burt Grebin, St. Mary’s President and CEO stated, “Lee is a philanthropist and dedicated humanitarian who has made this a better world for many who face life’s toughest challenges.” Over 400 healthcare leaders and friends helped raise over $350,000 during the evening for St. Mary’s programs and services.

(L to R) Lee Perlman, President of GNYHA Ventures, Inc., Dr. Burton Grebin, St. Mary’s President and CEO, and Kenneth E. Raske, Honorary Chair of the Tribute Dinner and President of the Greater New York Hospital Association.

(L to R) Cindy Johnson, St. Mary’s Board Member, Patrick Dollard, and Norman Feinberg, St. Mary’s Board Chairman.

Byam Stevens and Janice Hamilton, St. Mary’s Board Member.

Debra Markell Kleinert, Queens Borough Director, Office of the Mayor, and Estelle Cooper, Assistant Commissioner, City of New York Parks and Recreation.

Eric Haber and Ruth Colp-Haber, Chair of the dinner and St. Mary’s Board Member.

(L to R) Norman Feinberg and Steve Wells, Chairmen for the Healthcare System and Foundation Boards.

St. Mary’s Board Members Una Chang and Steve Blank with Ms. Chang’s niece, Althea (center)

Representatives from the Greater New York Hospital Association.

St. Mary’s Board Member Skip Karetsky and his wife Nancy, with their daughter Kim and her husband Simon Krinsky.

Supporting St. Mary’s

1. Lawrence Baxter, Chief Information Officer at Young and Rubicam, Inc., raised over $25,000 from friends and colleagues worldwide through his web site www.therunningbrit.org, which collected pledges for his run in New York City’s marathon.

2. Momentum Education project leaders, (L to R) Cecile Gyles, Nickie Douroudakis, and Chris Lovito, raised $20,000 to purchase respiratory equipment to help babies breathe.

3. Yvonne Bonomo’s family and friends, including her parents Sonia and John, were presented with a special plaque for the donor wall at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children. Last year the group raised $15,000 for the hospital’s toddler unit from its annual dinner at Russo’s on the Bay in honor and memory of Yvonne who was killed on September 11th at the World Trade Towers.

4. The Masons from the Seventh Manhattan District held a gala dinner to benefit children’s charities this past fall. Ingrid Montecino, St. Mary’s Vice President for Development and Communications (with Right Worshipful Harold Halper) accepted the Mason’s donation of $17,500 for St. Mary’s Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program.

5. Members of the North Hempstead Ladies Golf Association raised nearly $7,000 at their holiday luncheon for St. Mary’s in memory of Cathy Cassandro (Gloria Grande chair of the event presented the check to St. Mary’s.)

6. Jet Blue Airways donated two round-trip tickets to Robin Portnoy (with Dr. Burt Grebin) and her family that raised the largest amount at the walkathon. Each year Jet Blue pilots also bring hundreds of toys to St. Mary’s kids.

7. UPS – Metro New York employees toured St. Mary’s Hospital for Children this past fall.
Holiday Cheer

8. Police Columbia Association of Westchester, delivered presents and holiday cheer to the children of St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Center in Ossining. (In photo: Dante, his mother Varlorie Campbell, and Santa.)

9. Lillian A. Bossio at her annual holiday party for St. Mary’s children with her parents Frank and Angie and son Kyle.

10. Members of the East Coast Car Association drove to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in their antique cars during the holidays to bring joy and toys to the children and a donation of $5,000. Assemblyman Michael Cohen helped distribute toys.

2005 Calendar of Events
St. Mary’s 19th Annual Golf Outing and Dinner
June 6. Tee off with friends at the exclusive Engineers Country Club, Roslyn Harbor
Walk for St. Mary's Kids
Give-aways, goodies and a great time for all ages!
October 1, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
St. Mary’s Food & Wine Festival
Sample premium wines and classic foods by leading chefs!
June 22, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, Bayside, Queens
St. Mary’s Tribute Dinner
Join us November 9 for an elegant evening, spectacular skyline views. Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, New York City.

All events benefit St. Mary’s. For details call (718) 281-8890 or email info@stmaryskids.org.

Newsmakers
Vincent Riso, President of The Briarwood Organization and St. Mary’s board member, was honored by the Queens and Bronx Building Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Paul Berger-Gross, PhD, Director of St. Mary’s Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program, received a grant award in December 2004 from James Tallon, President of the United Hospital Fund, for the expansion of the Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Program using volunteers.

Burton Grebin, MD, St. Mary’s President and CEO, received the Declaration of Honor by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall at the Annual Awards Ceremony for Persons with Disabilities in December 2004.

Our growing reputation and success as a national model of care has brought more young patients with complex medical disorders to St. Mary’s than ever before. On any given day we treat nearly 4,000 children in our inpatient, outpatient, and home care programs in all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, Westchester, and Rockland counties.

No child is turned away. 

As a result we are proud to announce the launch of our Annual Fund Campaign for St. Mary’s Kids to purchase life-saving medical equipment and new technology and to support the expansion of our acclaimed Centers of Excellence in pediatric feeding disorders, palliative care, traumatic brain injury, and therapeutic activities.

As part of the overall campaign goal of $3.5 million, St. Mary’s is inaugurating a special initiative to raise $1 million dollars from our leading donors.

We have an obligation to provide our most vulnerable children with a compassionate place where they can be treated and enjoy a quality of life that otherwise might not be available. That place is St. Mary’s.

Burton Grebin, MD
St. Mary’s President and CEO

Please give generously. Our standard of care cannot be maintained without private support from friends like you. 

An extraordinary gift for extraordinary children.
Elizabeth Straight has generously provided a pace-setting gift of $100,000 to support the programs at St. Mary’s. Liz and her late husband Bill, who served on the board of St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, have been long-time friends and leaders of the organization.

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