Pennies for Patients to Kick Off With 'Coins for Care Day'
Area restaurants will help raise funds for St. Barnabas Charities
Gibsonia, Pa. - Feb. 3, 2006 - The Pennies for Patients campaign will kickoff on Wednesday, Feb. 8 with a "Coins for Care Day." Local area restaurants will donate 10 percent of sales that day to the Pennies for Patients campaign, which aims to raise 2 million pennies to support the poor and needy patients at St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas.
Participating locations include:
North Park Clubhouse, Gibsonia
CiCi's Pizza, Gibsonia
Cala Lily Café, Gibsonia
Hoss's Steak and Sea House, Allison Park
R & J's Bar and Grill, Gibsonia
Papa John's Pizza, Allison Park
The Coffee Tree, Fox Chapel
Jimmy's Strip District Grill, Mars
Rock's Café, Gibsonia
LaVilla Italian Restaurant, Bakerstown
Good Ole Uncle Bob's, Valencia
Pennies for Patients is in its ninth year and operates under the motto "Pennies do Count." The campaign encourages school children, families 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 2005 alone, the fund provided more than $6.29 million to St. Barnabas patients. For additional information about Pennies for Patients, call (724) 444-5521. Pennies for Patients fund-raising efforts will continue through May. For information on how to get involved, call Debbie Panei, assistant 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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