Date Change: Harlem Hospital Center Partners with March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. to Open a Stork’s Nest in Harlem, New York, March 16, 2012
Manhattan, NY, January 31, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Three organizations have joined forces for one common mission: to decrease the number of babies born prematurely in Harlem, New York. Harlem Hospital Center, March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will launch the Stork's Nest Program at Harlem Hospital Center auditorium on Friday, March 16, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Stork's Nest is a national program of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and is sponsored by March of Dimes, a leader in the fight to ensure that all babies are born healthy. The program educates pregnant women about the link between prenatal care and delivering a healthy, full-term baby. It focuses on the importance of keeping monthly medical checkups, following the most up-to-date nutritional information and the benefits of taking pregnancy supplements such as vitamins and folic acid. Participants earn points that they can trade in at the program's culmination for useful baby products.
A Stork’s Nest will reduce the number of premature births in Harlem, which has the highest rate in Manhattan, according to a 2009 New York City Department of Health study. East Harlem has a 12.7% rate of premature births, which is the highest in Manhattan. Central Harlem has the second highest rate of premature births at 11.4%, according to the same study.
Secondly, a Stork’s Nest will strengthen Harlem Hospital’s ties to the community as a trusted, medical provider. According to Dr. Edgar Mandeville, M.D., Harlem Hospital Center Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Harlem Hospital is the hospital of choice for most Harlem residents, including women from neighboring shelters and temporary housing situations.” In addition, Harlem Hospital Center has provided a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic and family support services to the residents of Central Harlem, West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood since 1887. Hence, Harlem Hospital Center is the ideal location for a Stork’s Nest.
Lastly, a Stork’s Nest at Harlem Hospital Center will help to maintain Harlem’s position by serving as a model program to demonstrate how credible organizations can pool their resources to create an even stronger entity. The Harlem community is respected as a groundbreaking, thriving community and is thus an ideal location for a partnership between the three institutions that creates a new community-focused entity. Harlem Hospital Center is currently a 286-bed acute care facility and a designated Level I Trauma Center, with a full spectrum of specialty services, including a burn unit, an adult intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatric intensive care unit and a cardiac care unit. Harlem Hospital Center’s website is www.nychhc.org.
March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide, and its premier event, March for Babies, March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. For the latest resources and information, visit marchofdimes.com/ny or nacersano.org.
Founded January 16, 1920 at Howard University, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. is one of the nine historically black Greek letter service organizations. A non-profit organization, its principles are Scholarship, Sisterly Love, Service and Finer Womanhood. It has also chartered sorority chapters in the Caribbean and Africa. To learn more about the sorority visit www.zphib1920.org. The Sigma Nu Zeta chapter’s website is www.zphibsnz.org.
Kencle Satchell-McKoy, 212-939-1372, kencle.satchell-mckoy@nychhc.org
Ruby Wint, 212-353-8365, RWint@marchofdimes.org
Kim Green, 347-763-6327, kimgreen@kimgeepr.com
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Stork's Nest is a national program of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and is sponsored by March of Dimes, a leader in the fight to ensure that all babies are born healthy. The program educates pregnant women about the link between prenatal care and delivering a healthy, full-term baby. It focuses on the importance of keeping monthly medical checkups, following the most up-to-date nutritional information and the benefits of taking pregnancy supplements such as vitamins and folic acid. Participants earn points that they can trade in at the program's culmination for useful baby products.
A Stork’s Nest will reduce the number of premature births in Harlem, which has the highest rate in Manhattan, according to a 2009 New York City Department of Health study. East Harlem has a 12.7% rate of premature births, which is the highest in Manhattan. Central Harlem has the second highest rate of premature births at 11.4%, according to the same study.
Secondly, a Stork’s Nest will strengthen Harlem Hospital’s ties to the community as a trusted, medical provider. According to Dr. Edgar Mandeville, M.D., Harlem Hospital Center Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Harlem Hospital is the hospital of choice for most Harlem residents, including women from neighboring shelters and temporary housing situations.” In addition, Harlem Hospital Center has provided a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic and family support services to the residents of Central Harlem, West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood since 1887. Hence, Harlem Hospital Center is the ideal location for a Stork’s Nest.
Lastly, a Stork’s Nest at Harlem Hospital Center will help to maintain Harlem’s position by serving as a model program to demonstrate how credible organizations can pool their resources to create an even stronger entity. The Harlem community is respected as a groundbreaking, thriving community and is thus an ideal location for a partnership between the three institutions that creates a new community-focused entity. Harlem Hospital Center is currently a 286-bed acute care facility and a designated Level I Trauma Center, with a full spectrum of specialty services, including a burn unit, an adult intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatric intensive care unit and a cardiac care unit. Harlem Hospital Center’s website is www.nychhc.org.
March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide, and its premier event, March for Babies, March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. For the latest resources and information, visit marchofdimes.com/ny or nacersano.org.
Founded January 16, 1920 at Howard University, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. is one of the nine historically black Greek letter service organizations. A non-profit organization, its principles are Scholarship, Sisterly Love, Service and Finer Womanhood. It has also chartered sorority chapters in the Caribbean and Africa. To learn more about the sorority visit www.zphib1920.org. The Sigma Nu Zeta chapter’s website is www.zphibsnz.org.
Kencle Satchell-McKoy, 212-939-1372, kencle.satchell-mckoy@nychhc.org
Ruby Wint, 212-353-8365, RWint@marchofdimes.org
Kim Green, 347-763-6327, kimgreen@kimgeepr.com
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Kim Green
347 763 6327
zphib1920snz.org
kimgreen@kimgeepr.com
Kim Green
347 763 6327
zphib1920snz.org
kimgreen@kimgeepr.com
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