Rx For Good Health In The Community - Trinitas Hospital

page 2Employees Celebrate Yearsof Service At Annual EventMore than 260 members of the Trinitas Hospital familyand guests enjoyed the annual Employee Service AwardsDinner held recently. Among those whose aggregate years ofservice approached nearly 3700 years was 50-year employee,Mary Belle Jones, LPN, who works in the 8 South patientcare unit. Mary Belle, who received her training at ThomasEdison Vocational School, now part of Elizabeth HighSchool, traces her experience back to Elizabeth GeneralMedical Center. Over the years, Mary Belle worked in thetonsil and adenoid unit, then later the medical/ surgical,respiratory and telemetry patient care units. A life-longresident of Elizabeth, Mary Belle doesn’t look upon her timein nursing care as 50 years, but rather as “a series ofopportunities to share in the dedication, loyalty, commitmentand teamwork among my fellow health care professionals thathave marked my life-long career.”50 year veteran employee, Mary Belle Jones, LPN (left), received aheartfelt congratulatory hug from Bernadette Countryman, Senior VicePresident of Clinical Operations & Chief Nursing Officer.Honored at the Employee Service AwardDinner were Kellogg Award winnersAmparo Aguirre, Cancer OutreachCoordinator, Williamson Street Campus;Clare DiStefano, RN, 6 South, WilliamsonStreet Campus; Shamus Freeman, FamilySpecialist, Behavioral Health & PsychiatryDepartment, New Point Campus andEmployee of the Month, August 2006;Karen McNaboe, RN, 8 South, WilliamsonStreet Campus; Ray Siracusa, Maintenance,Williamson Street Campus, Employee of theMonth, October 2005 and Lisa Yuschak,Physical Therapist, Children’s TherapyServices/Cranford.Ribbon Cutting Celebrates ImportantGrant for YouthThanks to a $260,000 grant awarded to the TrinitasDepartment of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry, the newSchool Based Youth Services Program (SBYS) at AbrahamClark High School in Roselle was formally opened. Morethan 30 grant applicants were considered, but only 12 wereawarded to high schools throughout the state. The SBYSprogram offers comprehensive services in a supportive andconfidential environment that enhances students’ academic,emotional and social lives through learning support, substance abuse prevention, health maintenance, recreation, summerenrichment, mental health counseling, after-school programs, peer support/mentoring, family activity and case management.Marlyse Benson, RN, Director of Behavioral Health Services (third from left), notes “that the grant also provides linkageto other relevant, and at times, more intensive mental health services.” James Lape, Vice President, Behavioral Health &Psychiatry, is on the far right in the rear.