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lyn jurick:
Supporting Boca Raton Community Hospital
with passion and fire in her heart
When Jim Morris, MD, medical director of the Lynn “There were so many good things happening at our hospital,
Heart Institute, scheduled Lyn Jurick for her cardiac bypass I felt I needed to help spread the word.” With the assistance
surgery, she told him “OK, I’ll be there. Don’t be late.”
of her friend Mimi Leeds and several other neighbors at
St. Andrews Country Club, Lyn organized a series of Town
At age 80, Lyn Jurick is not about to let major heart surgery
Hall Meetings with hospital physicians and administrators
slow her down. She has a full roster of things she plans to
to educate the residents about the hospital’s services and
accomplish, and her top priority is promoting awareness
programs.
and appreciation for the services available at Boca Raton
Community Hospital.
Shortly thereafter, Lyn learned that her aortic valve had to be
replaced and she had two blockages that required by-pass
Lyn has been a passionate advocate of accessible, quality care
surgery. Although her children implored her to return to
all her life. In her early 20s, affected by
New York for surgery, Lyn insisted
a neighbor’s child who was mentally
that she would have the surgery right
retarded, she started the first auxiliary
here. “I had just been researching the
for the Association for the Help of
Lynn Heart Institute for an upcoming
Retarded Children in Nassau County,
Town Hall Meeting, so I knew it was
Long Island and eventually presided
an exceptional program and I was
over 30 auxiliaries. She also served as
very impressed with Dr. Morris’
chairman of the board and a leading
credentials,” Lyn explains.
fundraiser for the region’s United Way.
After her surgery, Lyn was enthusiastic
Because of her advocacy for families,
about the comprehensive care she had
Lyn was named a trustee of Long
received as well as the speed of her
Island Jewish Hospital in 1979, and
recovery.
had a major impact on the quality of
care that continues to this day. She
“Boca Raton Community Hospital
was the driving force to build a Ronald
McDonald House and she spearheaded
LYN JURICK
is an entire network of support and
care. I was treated with sensitivity and
a fundraising campaign to build the Monter Cancer Center at compassion in every aspect of my care. The staff explained
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
everything to me and cared for me with assured, capable
hands. I felt they were by my side every step of the way.”
“I believed then, as I do today, that it is critically important
that we have access to good health care where we live. I don’t Lyn brings the same energy and passion to supporting Boca
want to have to travel to other parts of the country – I want to Raton Community Hospital as she did to her causes decades ago.
be able to stay close to home when my family members and I
need medical care,” she says.
“Our Hospital is an incredibly valuable community asset. We
need to raise funds and build awareness about the services
Although Lyn and her husband Bob had been Boca Raton
available, about the expertise of the physicians and staff, about
snowbirds since the early 80s, they moved to Boca
the quality of care we have right here in Boca Raton. We can all
permanently several years ago. At the time, the news about contribute our expertise and support so that our community
Boca Raton Community Hospital focused on the cancelled hospital continues to deliver life saving care for generations to
teaching hospital and the financial losses, yet when Lyn spoke come.”
to people connected with the hospital, she was impressed with
what she learned.
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