WINTER 2006
T
he Adolescent Psychiatric Unit at
Mather Hospital recently wel-
comed Janet Jones, Community
Affairs Director at Verizon, pictured
center with (from left) Dr. Susan
Abbott; Jill Snelders, CTRS; Jean
McCarrick, R.N.; and Tasha
Henneberry, R.N.; to examine five
brand-new laptop computers funded by
Verizon and purchased to be used as an
extension of the Life Skills
Management Workshop for inpatients
and outpatients of Mather's Adolescent
Psychiatric program. A $10,000 grant
from Verizon funded the acquisition of
the new computers, which enable
patients to bring learned lessons from
the Life Skills Workshop back to the
Unit. They also provide adolescents
with physical disabilities an opportu-
nity to have access to all of the educa-
tional technology offered.
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Suffolk County Legislators Secure $15,ooo
D O N A T I O N S
Laptops for Life Skills
S
uffolk County Legislators Vivian
Viloria-Fisher (center) and Dan
Losquadro (third from left) made
a stop at the Contessa Nadia Farber
Emergency Pavilion at John T. Mather
Memorial Hospital on Sept. 6 to pres-
ent a check for $15,000 that is ear-
marked for a SonoSite Portable
Ultrasound machine. The SonoSite
Portable Ultrasound machine will
help emergency physicians as well as
physicians on the Mather Hospital
Medical Staff quickly diagnose life-
threatening diseases. On hand to
accept the check on behalf of Mather
Hospital were (from left) Kenneth
Roberts, Mather Hospital President;
Mitchell Pollack, M.D., Director of
Emergency Medicine at Mather
Hospital; (Losquadro; Viloria-Fisher;)
Contessa Nadia DeNavarro Farber,
emergency department benefactor;
Hon. Vincent Bove, Mather Hospital
Chairman; and Elizabeth Devine,
R.N., Mather's ER Nursing
Coordinator.
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Shape the Future of Mather Hospital
A
dding a charitable bequest in
your will is an opportunity for
you to shape the future of John T.
Mather Memorial Hospital. Bequeathing
to a specific department or service in
need at Mather Hospital will make your
gift impactful and help shape the future
of your community hospital.
Adding a charitable bequest to your
will is as easy as asking your attorney
to draft a codicil--i.e., an amend-
ment--to the document. If you do not
have a will or its terms are
outdated, then now is the
perfect time to organize
your estate plans. If you
decide to make a bequest,
you can designate a dollar
amount, specific property,
or percentage of your
estate or trust.
You can leave a
bequest in one of two
forms: A bequest left to
us in an unrestricted
form allows us to apply
the funds to our most
pressing needs. A gift left
to Mather in a restricted
form, however, allows
you to decide how it is
spent. You may have a
special project or pro-
gram in mind that you
would like to support,
such as the Angiography
Suite or Physical Therapy Department.
For answers to any questions on cre-
ating a bequest, please call Marlene
Israel, Vice President of Public Affairs,
at (631) 476-2723.
John T. Mather's foresight to estab-
lish a community hospital through his
last will and testament became his leg-
acy. Mather Hospital continues to
evolve programs and services through
similar bequests from community
members following in his footsteps.
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John T. Mather
