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Hunterdon Medical Center Unveils Donor Recognition Display in Lobby

The Hunterdon Medical Center Foundation unveiled a Donor Recognition
Display in the lobby of the hospital on July 21st.  The donor display
was designed by Mitchell Associates from Wilmington, Delaware.  The
photographic images of Hunterdon County depicted on the murals which are
part of the display are by photographer, Walter Choroszewski.

The donor display includes a listing of charitable gifts of $1,000 or
more through April 15, 2011, to “Investing in a New Generation of
Care,” the campaign for Hunterdon Healthcare.  This display also
includes a special list of all employee donations to the campaign as
well as donors from two previous campaigns, “Fulfilling the Vision”
and “Sustaining the Vision.”  Annual contributions to Hunterdon
Medical Center Foundation’s 2010 “Circles of Giving” donor clubs
are also part of the display.  The donor display lists will be updated
as new donations are made.  “This display represents an expression of
our gratitude and appreciation for our generous donors and supporters
while setting a powerful example of how gifts make a difference in
enhancing our ability to better serve the needs of the community,”
stated Christopher Sickels, Executive Vice President, Hunterdon Medical
Center Foundation.

Investing in a New Generation of Care…The Campaign for Hunterdon
Healthcare System, the $15 million fundraising effort publicly announced
last year, is helping to underwrite a $22 million multi-year facility
and technology enhancement project that will allow for comprehensive
clinical program expansion in three key service areas: cancer treatment,
surgical services and cardiovascular care.   The first major milestone,
the expansion of Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center’s new radiation
oncology wing, was completed and is operational. The next priority is
underway…the expansion and renovation of Hunterdon Medical Center’s
surgical suite which includes the construction of two new operating
rooms.  Following the completion of the surgical services project, the
third priority will be a vertical expansion above 3 West which will
create a new floor to centralize all acute care cardiovascular services
including approximately 20 private patient rooms.

Recently, an anonymous family who are grateful patients and long-time
residents of Hunterdon County have generously offered to make a $1
million challenge gift to the Investing in a New Generation of Care
campaign.  The gift, matching the largest ever made by a living
individual to Hunterdon Medical Center, is structured as a challenge
that will become official once the campaign has raised an additional $2
million by December 31, 2011.  Investing in a New Generation of Care has
already garnered unprecedented support of more than $9 million to date
from trustees, physicians, employees, volunteers and friends of
Hunterdon Medical Center toward its $15 million goal.

“This extraordinary family has challenged our Hunterdon County
residents and future patients to raise $2 million by the end of 2011, to
automatically formalize this $1 million gift to our campaign,” said
Robert P. Wise, President & CEO of Hunterdon Healthcare System.  “We
are most grateful for this tremendous generosity and we’ve already
established a Meet the Challenge program to help spread the donor’s
enthusiasm toward our campaign and our commitment to the highest quality
healthcare for the community we serve.”

Through the years, charitable gifts have helped Hunterdon Medical
Center meet the challenging healthcare needs of the residents of
Hunterdon County and the region, such as the construction of a new
Emergency Department, major renovations to the Intensive Care Unit, and
the creation of the Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center.
       

“We will make this challenge happen because we have to,” said Wise.
 “We will make it happen because the people of this community need
these medical services, deserve them, and will rally behind this
generous challenge.”

To make a donation to the Investing in a New Generation of Care
campaign visit www.donatetohunterdonhealthcare.org or call the Hunterdon
Medical Center Foundation at 908-788-6141.