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News Release #13-030 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 11, 2013 Contact: Morgan Bocciolatt

(315) 7854053

NORTH COUNTRY HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE CAPITAL GRANTS

FROM CHILDRENS MIRACLE NETWORK

Watertown, NY ----- Eight North Country healthcare organizations, including seven hospitals and oneclinic, were the recipients of capital grants from Childrens Miracle Network of Northern New York

(CMN) totaling $65,593 during a formal presentation today at Samaritan Medical Center.

This is just one more way that North Country healthcare organizations can partner together to ensure

access to quality healthcare services for our communities, said Thomas H. Carman, President and CEO

of Samaritan Medical Center. Since the Capital Grants Program began in 2000, CMN has allocated more

than $300,000 to numerous hospitals and healthcare organizations with child-centered needs

throughout Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. (See attached list). CMN of Northern New York

is one of the only CMN hospitals in the United States and Canada to provide such grants to agencies

outside of their own.

Samaritan Medical Center received a total of $74,085 in equipment this year. CMN has also continuedits pledge of $90,000 per year to help fund renovations for the Maternity and Pediatrics units.

Additionally, the CMN Allocations Committee approved more than 40 family requests in 2013, totaling

$36,588 in direct family assistance grants. Families can request up to $3,000 per child per year in

financial assistance to help with travel expenses, medical services, and equipment not covered by

insurance.

Support from both local and corporate level sponsors, as well as individuals, makes it possible for CMN

to be able to award these grants. During the presentation, eight outstanding partners were recognized:

Kinney Drugs Foundation, Inc. (Corporate Partner), Walmart & Sams Club (Corporate Partner),

Community Broadcasters (Major Local Partner), 7 News/Fox 28 (Major Local Partner), Creative Imaging

Fine Photography (Event Partner), and A Touch of Grace (Event Partner). Each of these organizations hascontinually dedicated an enormous amount of time and effort to raising funds for Childrens Miracle

Network of Northern New York. It is due to these efforts that CMN is able to achieve its mission to

raise funds and allocate those funds toward improving the health and well-being of children through

Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.

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Capital Grants provided to outside healthcare organizations include:

Healthcare Organization Description Grant Amount

E.J. Noble Hospital Pediatric Glidescopewill beused in the Emergency

Department for intubation of

pediatric patients

$10,000.00

Canton-Potsdam Hospital Pediatric Ultrasound Transducer

used for neonatal head,

pediatric abdomen, pediatric hip,

renal, and pelvic imaging

$10,000.00

Carthage Area Hospital Bililight System & Biliblanket

Systemused to treat newborns

with jaundice

$6,725.00

Claxton-Hepburn Medical

Center

Infa Warmerused in the Birth

Center to keep infants warm

$10,000.00

Lewis County General Hospital Isoletteused to provide high

performance thermoregulation

for newborns

$10,000.00

Massena Memorial Hospital Autism Trainingwill offer

healthcare providers, first

responders, and safety

personnel training on caring for

children with Autism

$2,982.00

River Hospital Surgical Headlight Systemto

be used to enhance Ear, Nose,

and Throat services through the

Ambulatory Surgical Unit

$5,915.00

North Country Family HealthCenter, Inc. (North Country

Childrens Clinic)

Equipment Strengtheningvarious equipment for the

Jefferson County clinic including

a Dental Processor, Lap Top,

vaccine freezer, digital scales, an

infant scale, height rods, and a

refrigerator.

$9,971.54

TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED $65,593.54

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Representatives from recipient healthcare organizations are pictured above with Samaritan Medical

Center CEO, Tom Carman, and CMN Development Manager, Morgan Bocciolatt.From Left to Right: Stacie Woodward (Director of Imaging, Canton Potsdam Hospital) Tom Carman, Barb Robison

(North Country Family Health Center), Jackie Lavarnway (North Country Family Health Center), Joey Marie Horton

(Interim Executive Director of North Country Family Health Center), Deana Page (Vice President of Clinical Services

at Canton Potsdam Hospital and Interim Chief Operating Officer at EJ Noble Hospital), Andrea Bates (Director of

Marketing & Community Relations at River Hospital), Sue Kennedy (Obstetrics Nurse Manager at Carthage Area

Hospital), Cindy Clusen (Foundation Director, Claxton Hepburn Medical Center), Natalie Burnham (Foundation

Director, Carthage Area Hospital), Julia Rose (Executive Director of Massena Memorial Hospital Foundation), and

Morgan Bocciolatt.