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Serving sick children for 56 years and counting Northport ladies have longstandmg lmk to St Charles Hospztal Auxiliary BY ELISE PEARLMAN This year. the Northport Chapter of St. Charles Hospital Auxiliary, a group that raises money for pediatric programs at S1. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, celebrates its 56th anniversary. The association between the hospital and this group of dedicated women developed out of the desperate effort to save the life of one child. During the height of the polio out- break in the late 1940s, a Northport child contracted the dreaded disease, the local chapter's president Irene Francis said. While St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson had a pedi- ame rehabilitation department. it lacked an iron lung that would assume breathing action for the paralyzed child. Francis indicated that friends and neighbors of the sick child worked to raisethe funds needed to purchase this tife-saving machinery for the hospital. Subsequently, several Northport cou- ples began traveling to St. Charles Hospital to play games with young patients. A group of women formed a workshop making toys to brighten hos- pital stays and joined the St. Charles Hospital Auxiliary in 1949. Over the years, the Northport Chapter has grown to Photo by Alan Pearlman Northport Chapter member JudyOrobona; Recording Secretary Marilyn Chiodo, mem- ber Liz Whiteman; Historian Dot Holland; Honorary Director Gladys McCoy; Treasurer Vivian Forgione; President rene Francis; Committee Chair for the Coltection of Pennies Virginia Weick; Director and former President Carol Hoxie; Hospitality Char Wendy Erlandson; member Judy Ross; member Andrea Brovetto, and First Vice President Karen Breen. One popular and lucrative annual event is the Bridge Marathon, through which teams of women compete in the card game from October to June. Also, every Cow Harbor Day, the group sells dned hydrangeas and raffles at a booth in Northport over 200 members, with a number of women serv- ing the chapter's philan- thropic goals for 25 to 50 years. Francis indicated Movers & Shakers Village Park. Francis said that the prizes for this year's \Super Raffle\ include his and hers Tourneau watches, tickets that Dorothy Sammis served as membership chair, devoting many years of service to the auxiliary. Francis, a 15-year member of the auxiliary, said that the chapter hosts annual social events, including lun- cheons, teas and theater outings, the proceeds of which are used to benefit the sick children's needs as indicated by the hospital's \wish list.\ & Men | I V & New Age Body Move ment with Sumati-Thursdays 4:30 pm a Q Call for our schedule of classes . oa 4a Fully Equipped we, g,] Pilates and | Gyrotonic Studio 1 for Women . MthGwn) 631 473.3005 www.om-bomb.com and a hmousine nde to the Broadway sensation, Wicked, and four tickets to Walt Disney World. Winning tickets will be drawn at the organizatuon's card party scheduled for November 10 at the Northport Yacht Club. A second card party is planned for spring. Francis said. \'These are just some of the many events that we welcome people to join.\ she said. \People love to play bridge and have lunch afterwards.\ Member-hosted events scheduled tor the year include a \cozy Chnstmas party and a Garden Party-Silver Tea in June The chapter's annual report issued in December 2004 indicated that $9.500 had been raimed for the Pediatric Department at St. Charles Hospital. According to Tammy Severino. director of the St Charles Hospital Foundation. the work that the Northport Chapter does for the St Charles Hospital is nothing short of remarkable. \The chapter focuses on pedratrc programs, many of which would not survive and thrive without their help.\ Severimo said. \They have such drive and dedication and they give of their tume and their talent.\ This year. she said, the money raised by the group funded music therapy for pediatric patients and infant resuscita uon equipment for the pediatric emer gency treatment division \They also underwrate the printing of the pediatric head - injury _ family _- handhook ~ Severino sard The Northport Chapter is unusually \multagenerational.\ - with membership ranging from women in their 30% to their 70s or 80s. Severino said. \All these generations come together to help the work of the hospital # provides a bond for them and at the same time it is a tes- tament of what you can do ~ Mantyn - Fabbricante. diteciar of Public and External Affairs at St Charles Hospital. - described the Northport Chapter as \absolutely wonderful ~ \They have given us so much over the years.\ Fabbricante said \Not only does the Northport Chapter enable the hospital to provide nceded programs. but aBso they've brought joy to «children who are ill or injured We're lucky to have them \~ Francis said the Northport Chapter members tour the hospital each September and are gratified to see how their funds have been used \The hos pital depends on the aux said. noting that the Northport Chapter is proud to have played a role in the creatson of the new pediatrn emergen: cy room that opened in June and was \a year in the making ~ Francis and the members of the aux were also gratified hy the musyu therapy program. which provides com for to bedridden children. and with the publication of the head trauma pam phlets. indrwating that the booklet serves a vital function in \helping parents get through this ordeal ~ Planned projects include funding a dental clinic that would serve the needs of handicapped children. 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