Bayshore Medical Center Foundation Board Members Launch Fundraising Campaign in Support of Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center
February 24, 2020
The Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees has launched a fundraising campaign to secure donations in support of the future Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center at Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center, named by Mary Ellen Harris and the Golden Dome Foundation, which officially broke ground in October 2019.
“Having a strong board of trustees who are all rallied around such a significant project will have a great impact on our campaign to raise funds to build the Emergency Care Center,” says Joseph Stampe, president and chief development officer of Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation, to which the Bayshore Medical Center Foundation belongs. “This new facility will transform emergency services for the community, and I know that our board of strong champions will catapult this project into the spotlight. We are grateful for their commitment and enthusiasm.”
Since 2015, nearly $13.5 million has been secured in support of technologies and special projects, including the new Emergency Care Center, which will provide space necessary for the medical staff to address the emergent care needs of the community in a comfortable and private environment. It will contain 35 private patient bays, swing space with capacity for pediatric care and new imaging equipment dedicated to Emergency Care Center patients.
“We are fortunate to have a very robust board as we work to raise funds for this historic project,” says Serena DiMaso, Esq., chair of the Bayshore Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees. “Several members have been involved for a long time and we are thankful for their expertise and dedication to Bayshore Medical Center throughout the years. Their expertise and knowledge of the medical center and community has been, and will continue to be, invaluable to our fundraising efforts. We are also privileged to have gained newer members over the last couple of years who are uniquely qualified to help drive this initiative. Combined, this is a board well poised to make a big difference.”
The full Bayshore Medical Center Foundation board consists of the following individuals:
Serena DiMaso, Esq., chair
Evaristo Stanziale, vice chair
Carol Stillwell, secretary
*Vincent Hager, treasurer
*Gaurav Baveja
Gregory A. Buontempo
*Glen J. Dalakian, Sr.
*John DeLiso
Angelo DeRosa
Mollie Giamanco
*Richard Kolber
*Rajiv Prasad, M.D.
Adrian M. Pristas, M.D.
*Asaad H. Samra, M.D., FACS
*Jason Savarese
*Christopher M. Striano
“It’s a pleasure to work alongside this board of trustees, made up of individuals deeply rooted in our community and who utilize the hospital with their own families,” says Frank Citara, chief hospital executive, Bayshore Medical Center. “Together, we can help Bayshore Medical Center reach new heights in the level of emergency care we can offer our community and I am thankful for their service as we work to raise funds that will enhance the new Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center.”
All funds raised for this construction project will remain dedicated to Bayshore Medical Center as this board works alongside Meridian Health Foundation in its mission to raise $150 million for eight Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals within Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, including: Bayshore Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, Ocean Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center – Old Bridge, Raritan Bay Medical Center – Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center and Southern Ocean Medical Center.
Called Giving Heals, the campaign supports four important initiatives: improving clinical outcomes, enhancing the patient experience, broadening clinical research and academic programs and strengthening oncology services. Nearly $110 million has been raised by individual donors, corporations and public grants to date, with significant gifts supporting Bayshore Medical Center’s planned Emergency Care Center.
If you are interested in working with the Bayshore Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees to raise funds for the campaign, or to learn about how you can make a gift to Bayshore Medical Center or to the Giving Heals campaign, please call Marisa Medina, director of development, Bayshore Medical Center Foundation, at 732-751-5125 or visit www.Hackensackmeridianhealth.org/givingheals.
*These members of the Bayshore Medical Center Board of Trustees have joined during the Giving Heals campaign (2015 – present).
ABOUT THE GIVING HEALS CAMPAIGN
Giving Heals is a $150 million regional comprehensive campaign to raise funds for strengthening oncology services, improving clinical outcomes, enhancing the patient experience and broadening clinical research and academic programs. Publicly announced at the Meridian Health Foundation Gala on November 17, 2018, the campaign will run through 2020. Nearly $110 million has been raised to date to support the following Hackensack Meridian Health medical centers: Jersey Shore University Medical Center, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, Bayshore Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center and Southern Ocean Medical Center.