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Bayside hospital gets $30K grant
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BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Bayside hospital recently
earned a grant that will make
healthcare and good nutrition
more accessible to at-home patients.
Back in October, Rite Aid
awarded the $30,000 KidCents
Regional Grant to St. Mary’s
Hospital for Children. The
grant allows St. Mary’s to
provide children with special
healthcare needs with nutrition
education home care
visits.
A licensed nutritionist
will make monthly visits to
St. Mary’s home-care patients
and their families and provide
assistance with meal planning
and grocery shopping and
hands-on cooking demonstrations
with fresh fruits and vegetables.
The nutritionist will
also work with the families
to develop an individualized,
long-term nutrition plan to
suit each patient’s needs.
“At St. Mary’s, our dedicated
team of pediatric specialists
are caring for children
with complex and potentially
life-limiting conditions,” said
Daniel Devine, manager of
Institutional Gifts & Program
Development at St. Mary’s.
“This fragile population’s risk
of malnutrition — and the
critical medical complications
that could arise from it — are
of very high concern to us.
Through this new grant partnership,
the Rite Aid Foundation
will be helping St. Mary’s
Kids achieve and maintain a
more nutritious lifestyle and
go on to lead healthy, happy
lives.”
Each award cycle, the Kid-
Cents program gives $15,000
to $30,000 grants to fund outof
school programs focused on
children’s nutrition, physical
fitness and academic success.
The program also supports a
group of more than 400 nonprofit,
kid-focused organizations
that work to improve
the health of kids in Rite Aid’s
service areas as well as other
organizations like The Fred
Rogers Company, Children’s
Miracle Network Hospitals
and Folds of Honor.
During this second award
cycle, The Rite Aid Foundation
awarded 233 nonprofit
grants totaling more than
$5 million in select counties
in California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Maryland, Michigan,
New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Washington.
During the first cycle, The
Rite Aid Foundation awarded
180 grants totaling more than
$4 million. The next cycle of
the KidCents program is set to
launch in 2020.
“The Rite Aid Foundation
is committed to being
a caring neighbor and making
meaningful differences
for the children and families
who live in the communities
we serve,” said Tracy Henderson,
director of The Rite
Aid Foundation and charitable
giving initiatives. “The
Regional Grant Program significantly
expands the reach
and impact of our KidCents
program, while enabling
our partner organizations to
provide critical out-of-school
time programs that are vital
to keeping children and adolescents
on track for future
success.”
To learn about the upcoming
2020 cycle of the KidCents
Regional Grant Program, visit
riteaid.com/grants.
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by e-mail at jbagcal@qns.
com or by phone at (718) 260-
2583.
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