Mercy Medical Center Receives $260,000 From Council of Leagues
Presentation Made at Annual Installation of New Officers

(July 1, 2008 - Rockville Centre, NY) - Mercy Medical Center has received a donation of $260,000 from the Council of Leagues, the auxiliary organization that coordinates the efforts of a dozen individual community-based League groups in Nassau County which provide volunteer and fund-raising support for the hospital.

The gift, representing the proceeds of the past year’s numerous local fund-raising events and activities, was presented to Nancy B. Simmons, Mercy’s Executive Vice President, by outgoing Council of Leagues president Grace Way of Hicksville, at the Council’s 48th Annual Installation Luncheon at Verdi’s of Westbury. More than 125 were in attendance as Barbara Cheslock of Hicksville succeeded Mrs. Way for a two-year term as Council president, and new officers and board members assumed their positions of leadership for the individual Leagues.

Founded in 1931, The Council of Leagues of Mercy Medical Center has over 2,000 members throughout Nassau County, whose individual chapters are united in their support of Mercy.

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Contact: Mel Granick
Phone: (516) 705-2618
e-Mail: Mel.Granick@chsli.org