Good Samaritan Hosts Rotary Club of Suffern Meeting
The Rotary Club of Suffern's meeting of October 6th was hosted by Good Samaritan staff. This meeting was the first official community organization hosted in the Garden of Hope in over 10 years! The smiling faces of volunteers and the director of the garden greeted the club members with a beautiful garden set with Rotary blue table cloths and buffet lunch under a clear blue sky. Anne Meore demonstrated the preparation of a Mexican Corn Salad with numerous ingredients from the garden. The garden has provided hundreds of pounds of fresh produce over the years to local organizations as well as providing s place of refuge & joy for employees, patients and volunteers.
Good Samaritan Hospital is one of the corporate members of the Rotary Club of Suffern. Several of our club members are employed at or associated with Good Samaritan Hospital. Club member Helene Guss was instrumental in organizing the meeting for this day. The club has sponsored several projects for the Garden of Hope over the years: a fountain, a bench and a handcrafted stone patio.
After lunch & the cooking demonstration, club members were given a tour of the renovated Radiology Department lead by site manager Dan Dipaola. The new equipment is designed to be more comfortable for the patient as well as being more up to date in efficiency. The CT scan room and MRI rooms have screens that show the patient soothing pictures to view while on the table as well as a feature that shows what stage of the test they are at. The Suites for injections have mood lighting, screens with soothing pictures to look at as well as privacy curtains & lounge chairs to provide more comfort for relaxation. Rotarian Mark Dollman helped to organize this portion of our meeting.
Please visit the photo album for more views of the garden & the Radiology Department.
The Rotary Club members of Suffern learned a great deal about what the hospital has to offer the community. We thank our Rotarian members that give so much to the community as well as to our Rotary Club of Suffern!
