Curtisville Primary Center to Kickoff Pennies for Patients Campaign
Students to collect pennies for St. Barnabas Charities
Gibsonia, Pa. - Feb. 13, 2008 - The students at Curtisville Primary Center, 1715 Saxonburg Blvd. in Tarentum, will kickoff the annual St. Barnabas Charities Pennies for Patients campaign with an assembly rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 9:30 a.m. The school creates a competition among the classrooms to see who can collect the most pennies and the winners receive prizes including a special party complete with a pizza lunch. Krista Villarreal, meteorologist with WPXI Channel 11 will be the guest speaker.
Curtisville began their participation with Pennies for Patients in 1998, as East Union Elementary, and has been a major participant for the past nine years collecting more than $31,000 under the leadership of Anna Marie Catanese, first grade teacher at Curtisville. Last year Curtisville presented St. Barnabas with the single largest donation, collecting a record-setting 414,148 pennies (4,141.48).
The Pennies for Patients campaign is entering its tenth year and operates under the motto "Pennies do Count." The campaign encourages school children, families, business organizations and others to collect spare change for the needy patients at St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas. The Pennies for Patients campaign is part of St. Barnabas Charities' ongoing efforts to raise money for the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund. In 2006 alone, the fund provided more than $5.84 million to St. Barnabas patients. The campaign kicked off in February as part of St. Barnabas Charities' yearlong fund-raising efforts and will aim to exceed last year's record of 3,145,400 pennies ($31,454) for the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund.
Pennies for Patients fund-raising efforts will continue through May. For information on how to get involved, call Debbie Panei, director of development, at (724) 444-5521.
About St. Barnabas, St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting. Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the
St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm.
Contact:
Kathleen Brenneman
(724) 444-5530
kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com
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