Derby/Shelton Rotary Club

Building A Healthier Community

Linda Holmes-Hannon & Patrick Charmel

The Derby/Shelton Rotary Club made a major commitment to the health of the community with the presentation of a check for $10,000 to Griffin Hospital to support the capital campaign for the hospital's sparkling new Center for Cancer Care. The new Cancer Center is the center piece of a $33,000,000 project that also includes renovations to the hospital's emergency room. In order to build the facility, the Hospital had to embark on the most ambitious public capital campaign in its history seeking $5.5 million in community support. They currently are closing in on the total and need to match a $500,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation by July to reach their goal.

The Derby/Shelton Rotary contribution is helping to fund one of the "Special Procedure" rooms in the new facility, and it will eventually feature the Rotary logo and name. Rotary is proud to be an active participant in this important community project which is especially fitting as Griffin celebrates its 100th anniversary as the Valley's community hospital. Ironically, on the same day that Rotary was presenting its check, the hospital was named as one of America's "100 Best Companies to Work For" - 10th straight year! Not a bad day's work!

Click here for a pictorial tour of the new Center.

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