The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation Makes Their First Delivery of Cancer Patient Care Packages

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Feb. 24, 2016 - PRLog -- Staten Island, NY, February 11, 2016 – The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation (www.jaimeslilac.org) delivered the very first shipment of cancer patient care packages to the Richmond University Medical Center (http://www.rumcsi.org) on Wednesday, February 11, 2016.  This marks the first distribution of these care packages; which will kick-start the regular shipment of packages to multiple organizations.

“We are so excited to be able to provide these patient care packages.  We hope that this will help these cancer patients as they continue their courageous fight against cancer.” Said The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation board member Vincent Moltisanti.

The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation has designed cancer patient care packages that are specific to both male and female adult patients, as well as pediatric patients.  Each care package contains a number of items that mitigate cancer symptoms and treatment side effects.  These items were included specifically because they were used by the foundation’s name sake, Jaime Moltisanti Cucuzza, during her battle against lung cancer.  The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation was created after Jaime succumbed to cancer at only 38 years old.

“I am so proud of the work the foundation has done to provide these care packages.” Said foundation President John Cucuzza.  “This is going to be the first of many shipments to come throughout the years.  We will do all we can to help the Richmond University Medical Center fight cancer.”

Richmond University Medical Center medical staff and nursing staff were present to receive the shipment of cancer patient care packages.  Further information on this story can be found on The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation Facebook page (Facebook - The Jaime's Lilac Foundation).  To learn more about the foundation, or to make a donation, please visit www.jaimeslilac.org.

About The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation

The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation (www.jaimeslilac.org) is a 501 (C)(3) charitable organization and was formed in 2014 in loving memory of Jaime Moltisanti Cucuzza.  Jaime was a caring, vivacious young woman who succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 38, leaving behind her husband and daughter.  To honor her memory, Jaime’s friends and family formed The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation in order to fund cancer research and provide care packages to cancer patients.   The Jaime’s Lilac Foundation sources donations in order to further Jaime’s courageous fight, which is embodied by the Lilac acronym: Laughter, Inspiration, and Love Against Cancer.

About Richmond University Medical Center

Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) is a 510-bed healthcare facility serving Staten Island as a leader in gastroenterology, pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology, urology, oncology, orthopedics, surgery and maternal health. RUMC maintains a Wound Care Center, Pain Management Center and a Sleep Disorder Center on-site.

RUMC is recognized for its outstanding neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) which has the lowest mortality rate in the metropolitan area and a survival rate of 99.4% (2011) that exceeds national benchmarks  (Source:  Vermont Oxford Study).  RUMC is a Level 1 Trauma Center and a designated Stroke Center.   The hospital was the recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for 2012.  In 2011, RUMC was ranked by US News & World Report as among the region’s best hospitals for gynecology, urology, ENT & Diabetes and Endocrinology.

RUMC is at the forefront of technology with implementation of Electronic Health Records and has been recognized for its commitment to patient safety by Physician’s Reciprocal Insurers, one of New York’s largest malpractice insurance carriers, who awarded RUMC a Risk Management and Patient Safety Best Practices Award (2012) for the hospital’s implementation of an Electronic Medication Administration Record and Bar Coding Verification System for medication administration at the patient bedside.

For more information, visit http://www.rumcsi.org