The Greenwich Hospital Board of Trustees and Campaign Leadership Council proudly welcomed supporters and friends to the hospital’s annual Benefit at Greenwich Country Club on September 27, celebrating milestone investments by community members in the Arc of Care Campaign.
“Last year, we publicly launched our Arc of Care Campaign, noting our $125 million fundraising goal to advance the future of our growing hospital. This evening, I am thrilled to inform you that we have surpassed $82 million towards the attainment of this goal,” said Greenwich Hospital Board Chair W. Robert Berkley, Jr. as he addressed more than 350 event attendees.
The campaign, the first for the hospital in nearly two decades, has propelled expansion within five key areas: Behavioral Health, Children’s Health, Heart and Vascular, Neuroscience and Oncology. The multi-year fundraising initiative ensures that patients will continue to benefit from the expertise found locally, coupled with the innovation in research, new technologies and treatments that encompass Yale New Haven Health and Yale School of Medicine.
Scott and Icy Frantz were honored with the inaugural Greenwich Hospital Luminate Health and Medicine Award at the hospital’s annual Benefit on September 27.
In a historic moment, Greenwich residents Icy and Scott Frantz were honored with the inaugural Greenwich Hospital Luminate Health and Medicine Award.
“The Board of Trustees and leadership of Greenwich Hospital were delighted to present the first-ever Luminate Health and Medicine Award to Icy and Scott Frantz in recognition of their invaluable partnership, visionary leadership and transformational philanthropy,” said Noël Appel, Greenwich Hospital senior vice president and chief development officer.
“The award was envisioned as part of the Arc of Care Campaign to recognize the significant impact devoted community members have had on our hospital,” Appel said. “The Frantz family has played a central role in past campaigns, in addition to Arc of Care, as members of the Campaign Leadership Council. They have helped Greenwich Hospital achieve important progress, most recently within the area of Children’s Health.”
Greenwich Hospital President Diane P. Kelly, DNP, RN, presented the evening’s Physician Honoree awards to Neonatologist Shruti Gupta, MD, and OB/GYN Romelle Maloney, MD, who have both devoted their careers to the betterment of children, women and families.
Dr. Gupta is the medical director of Greenwich Hospital’s NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), a neonatologist at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, and an associate professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine.
Dr. Maloney, a community OB/GYN for more than 30 years, is medical director for the Westchester-Greenwich Region of Northeast Medical Group, which is part of Yale New Haven Health, and a staff physician at Greenwich Hospital.
Dr. Shruti Gupta and Dr. Romelle Maloney were Greenwich Hospital’s Physician Honorees at its annual Benefit on September 27.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have Dr. Gupta and Dr. Maloney providing our communities with the very best in women’s and children’s healthcare,” said Kelly. “They are both superb clinicians, leaders, advocates, educators and compassionate caregivers, but the overarching theme that brings these two honorees together is that they both connect with their patients and patients’ families in profound ways and provide an indelible impact on those in their care.”
The Benefit’s festivities transformed Greenwich Country Club for friends, supporters, community members, and Yale New Haven Health and Yale School of Medicine leadership. Guests gathered for cocktails in the ballroom and then headed to dinner, a live auction, and dancing under a tent decorated with a lavender-inspired theme that included hundreds of lush plants –representing health, nurturing and growth. Guests were encouraged to take plants home as an expression of the hospital’s gratitude and appreciation, and as an enduring symbol of how their philanthropy helps Greenwich Hospital continue to flourish.
To learn more about Arc of Care: The Campaign for Greenwich Hospital, please contact Noël Appel at 203-863-3861 or at [email protected]