The Mothers Clubof PHC

A place where everyone is welcome!

The Mothers Club of PHC is a nonprofitgroup that volunteers its time to raisefunds for the Birthing Center at Putnam Hospital Center.

The club began in December 2007 and is working on creating free community service programs for families.

The club provides a positive, stimulatingenvironment to experiences, build relationships and contribute to our development as individuals, parent andcaregivers in and around our community.

FACT SHEET

• The Putnam Hospital Center (PHC) is an affiliate of Health Quest.

• The PHC Birthing Center is a state-of-the-art obstetrics unit which opened in 1999 and is the most comprehensive birthing facility in the area. It offers mothers and their babies the latest advances in birthing techniques, comforts and care. The PHC Birthing Center provides attentive, highly skilled staff that includes board certified obstetricians/gynecologists, neonatologists, and certified nurse midwives.

• The PHC Birthing Center’s amenities and facilities are designed to pamper new mothers and boasts a private labor/delivery/recovery rooms with private showers, private post-partum suites with added comfort areas for families and visitors.

• The PHC Birthing Center has a special dedicated suite to cesarean deliveries, and a private interior courtyard for walking and waiting.

• The Mother’s Club is a branch of the PHC Auxiliary which has a 40-plus year legacy of raising awareness and funds for PHC. The hospital has been able to meet the needs of the community, thanks in large part to the efforts of the PHC Auxiliary!

FACT SHEET - continued

• The Mother’s Club of PHC is a non-profit group that volunteers their time to raise funds for the PHC Birthing Center.

• The Mother’s Club of PHC was initiated in December 2007 and is working on creating free community service programs for families.

• The Mother’s Club of PHC also provides education programs to support the hospital and the community.

2009 Event List!

Snuggle Program (Ongoing – Community Outreach)Senator Vincent Leibell secured a grant which enables the PHC Mother’s Club to provide every baby born at PHC with a Halo Sleep Sack. These sleep sacks are recommended by the Academy of Pediatrics to reduce the incidence of SIDS(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

This program began in 2008 and will continue into 2009.

Share Your Heart Day

Dress Down Day: February 29, 2008This fun all day event was held in the connector at the PHC. There were raffles, bake & home interior sales, and snacks for visitors & employees. PHC employees donated to dress down that day or purchase a Hawaiian lei to wear for the day. The club raised $1,000.

Dessert Moon Restaurant Fundraiser: March 19, 2008Dessert Moon Restaurant, Danbury, CT donated 15% of their sales to the PHC Mother’s Club. $86 was

raised.

Baby Tag Sale: May 10,

2008

This outdoor tag sale event

was held at the Eagle Eye 2 in

Mahopac, NY. Donations of

baby items from the

community were sold to new

mom’s at a reduced cost. The

tag sale raised $500.

Summer Social: July 26, 2008PHC Mother’s Club held it’s First Annual Summer Social at Centennial Golf Club to initiate fundraising efforts for the PHC Birthing Center. The funds raised at the social were $4,000.

Home Interiors Party: June 2008

A Mother’s Club member hosted a

Home Interior Party and donated the

proceeds to the Mother’s Club. The

party proceeds were $120.

Four Brother’s Restaurant Fundraiser: September-December, 2008Four Brother’s Restaurant, Mahopac, NY donates 15% of their sales when presented with the PHC Mother’s Club

Flyer. $120 was raised to date.

Teddy Bear PJ Party: October 3, 2008The PHC Mother’s Club holds a community outreach program at the PHC. Invitations to the community via the media for an evening of story time, face painting, coloring, and milk and cookies. Approximately 150 children (accompanied by their parents) attended. Donations received at this event totaled $700

Heritage Books: Ongoing

Heritage Books, Carmel, NY donates $5/book

sold on their website to the PHC Mother’s

Club. $20 has been donated to the club.

Mother’s Club Toy DriveFunds that are being raised through programs delivered by the Mother’s Club will enable every pediatric patient at the hospital and their waiting siblings a toy to make their wait a little less stressful.

Birthing Center Waiting Room Improvements: OngoingA children’s wall puzzle, a large screen television with child-safe cabinet will be provided thanks to the funds that have been raised during 2008.

Four Brother’s Restaurant Anniversary/Holiday CelebrationThe PHC Mother’s Club will celebrate their 1st Anniversary on Thursday, December 4th at 5:00 p.m. at the Four Brother’s Restaurant, 654 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541.

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