Oswego Rotary Donates Items to Maternity Department at Oswego Health to Support Mom and Baby

(Oswego, NY – December 14, 2021) “Service above self.” That’s the pledge made by members of the Oswego Rotary as they continue to support and aid local nonprofits and individuals in need.  In conjunction with the Tarandi Foundation, the Oswego Rotary Club recently donated twenty bags filled with basic supplies for new parents who deliver babies at Oswego Hospital as well as forty-one muslin blankets.

“After learning that some families leave the hospital with limited supplies for their newborn, we knew we needed to help,” shared Carrie Penoyer, Oswego Rotary.  “Our members quickly purchased sleepers to donate and from there this particular service project was born.”

 The Tarandi Foundation has been a friend and funder to the Oswego Rotary Club for many years. And with their generous, annual donation, the Oswego Rotary Club can help the local community in many ways. Other initiatives supported this year include the Thanksgiving meal kits donated to five needy families and forty-five pairs of gloves with candy bars to local children in need.

Pictured from left to right: Michele Hourigan, Oswego Health Foundation; Carrie Penoyer, Oswego Rotary; Kristin Conger, RN; Sue Witmer, Oswego Rotary; Jessica Leaf, RN & Director of Women's Services; Dorothy Slater, PNP; Sabine Ingerson, current president Oswego Rotary Club and Pamela Mayer, RN.

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About Oswego Health:
The mission of Oswego Health is to provide accessible, quality care and improve the health of residents throughout Oswego County. As a nonprofit healthcare system that was established in 1881, Oswego Health is proud to continue to be one of Oswego County’s largest employers. More than 1,200 employees spread throughout its 17 locations, work for the Oswego Health system, which includes the 164-bed community Oswego Hospital, Oswego Hospital, a 28-bed psychiatric acute-care facility with multiple outpatient behavioral health service locations, The Manor at Seneca Hill, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, and Springside at Seneca Hill, an independent retirement community.  The health system also operates Oswego Health Home Care, the only hospital-based certified home healthcare agency in the County as well as two outpatient centers, including the Fulton Medical Center, offering urgent care, lab, medical imaging, physical therapy, and occupational health services; and the Central Square Medical Center, offering urgent care, lab, medical imaging, and physical therapy services. In addition, Oswego Health includes the Oswego Health captive professional corporation, Physician Care P.C., providing physician services in orthopedics, cardiology, ENT, urology, gastroenterology, breast care, audiology, general surgery, bariatrics, and primary care. For more information about Oswego Health, please visit our website  www.oswegohealth.org.