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IN
THE NEWS
On
June 15th, 2009, Newsday's Kidsday reporter, Sam Willens,
wrote
about The Smiles For Scott Foundation.
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The
Smiles For Scott Foundation was recently featured on Fox 5 News.
We
were awarded a "Fox High 5" for bringing the
"Scott's Sweet Smiles"
candy wagon
to
the children at Schneider Children's Hospital.
Click
on the link below to view the Fox 5 segment from May 7, 2007.
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Mineola, NY – Pediatric patients
at Winthrop-University Hospital’s Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient
Center have more new toys to play with thanks to a generous
donation by the Smiles for Scott Foundation, Inc., a charitable
organization established to honor the life and memory of Scott
Ryan Loeb. The Foundation recently donated four new play cubes,
each equipped with vibrant designs and colorful mazes, and one
play cube table to bring cheer to young patients being treated
at the Hospital.
“We are so appreciative of the
Smiles for Scott Foundation’s generosity and know that these
gifts will have tremendous impact on patients receiving
treatment at Winthrop,” said AnnMarie DiFrancesca, Director of
Winthrop’s Child Life Program. “The play cubes have been
distributed throughout in the Child Life Activity Center in the
Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center and at the Cancer Center for
Kids, our speciality outpatient office, as well as in the
waiting room of the pediatric specialty center. They are already
providing an abundance of smiles for the children,” she added.
The mission of the Smiles for
Scott Foundation is to enhance the care and lives of children
and families afflicted by cancer. “No one, let alone a child,
deserves to be beset by such circumstances,” said Plainview
resident Laurence Loeb, President of the Smiles for Scott
Foundation. “Anything that we can do to make a sick child smile
and make their life just a little better is what this Foundation
is all about.”
Mr. Loeb and his wife, Debra, were
joined by Foundation board members Robert and Phyllis Tunick of
Woodbury, Scott’s maternal grandparents, when they delivered the
play cubes to the Child Life Activity Center at Winthrop.
Established in December 2005, the
Smiles for Scott Foundation endeavours to support various
efforts to fight pediatric cancer. For more information about
the Smiles for Scott Foundation, visit www.smilesforscott.org.
Recognized as a center of
excellence for pediatric care, Winthrop’s Institute for Family
Care is an outstanding provider of healthcare for children and
adolescents. From its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and newly
created Pediatric Emergency Unit to its renowned Cancer Center
for Kids, the Hospital is dedicated to providing specialized
attention and emotional support for children and their families.
For more information on Winthrop’s
Institute for Family Care, call (516) 663-0333 or visit
www.winthrop.org.
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