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Newswise – April 30, 2021 – Edison, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Health, the largest and most integrated healthcare network in New Jersey, today, in partnership with CDW Healthcare and Chrome Enterprise, announced it has made an educational technology donation of more than 265,000 Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico in Ponce, Puerto Rico pays USD to Pontificia. The donation includes 500 Google Chromebooks and licenses from CDW Healthcare and Chrome Enterprises.
“We are proud to support the students and faculty at the prestigious Pontificia Universidad Católica,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO of Hackensack. “Our dedicated team members at Hackensack Meridian Health and partner organizations – CDW Healthcare and Chrome Enterprise – made this generous donation possible. The people of Puerto Rico have faced great challenges in recent years, and we are honored and honored to make a small contribution to further reconstruction. We hope our donation will help train future leaders who will create stronger and healthier lives tomorrow, and we hope it inspires others to give back to communities in need. “
Hackensack Meridian Health’s work in Puerto Rico began in January 2020 thanks to Mariela Paredes, assistant to the management of the health network, who presented a plan to help local residents. Paredes has family members who live in Puerto Rico and understand how difficult living conditions have become on the island. The southwestern part of Puerto Rico was recently hit by a series of devastating earthquakes while residents were still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
With the support of the Hackensack Meridian leadership team, including a $ 20,000 donation from CEO Robert C. Garrett and additional generosity from fellow team members, Paredes put together a plan to raise funds and provide relief supplies to families in the southwestern US supply island, including cots, mattresses, groceries, blankets and other emergency items. Hackensack Meridian has partnered with Puerto Rico Rise Up, a nonprofit composed primarily of doctors and business leaders with ties to Puerto Rico, and All Hearts and Hands, a nonprofit disaster relief that engages through community and volunteering to help families recover faster from natural disasters.
On behalf of Hackensack Meridian Health, Paredes traveled to Puerto Rico in late February 2020 to distribute the care to the affected families. She also volunteered with All Hearts and Hands to repair a family home that was destroyed by the hurricane. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and suspended plans for Paredes to return to Puerto Rico in April 2020 – until this week.
Paredes is now fully vaccinated and will be back in Puerto Rico this week to donate Google Chromebooks to students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico on behalf of the health network. “I am very excited to continue our mission in Puerto Rico on behalf of Hackensack Meridian Health,” said Paredes. “So many schools here were completely destroyed between Hurricane Maria and the devastating earthquake. Many children do not receive adequate education. To be able to make this donation today is the most amazing feeling. It’s a dream come true. “
Paredes added, “This was a work of love and compassion for more than just me. This wasn’t just my own project; This was a real group performance from our entire team. “
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading non-profit health organization that is the largest, most comprehensive, and truly integrated health network in New Jersey, offering a full range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care.
Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 17 hospitals from Bergen to Ocean Counties, including three academic medical centers – Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, and JFK Medical Center in Edison; two children’s hospitals – Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptun; Nine community hospitals – Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge and the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin; a behavioral hospital – Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead; and two rehabilitation hospitals – the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison and the Shore Rehabilitation Institute in Brick.
In addition, the network has more than 500 patient care locations across the state, including outpatient care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulances, life-saving medical air transport, fitness and wellness centers, and rehabilitation centers, emergency centers, and doctor’s offices. With more than 36,000 team members and over 7,000 physicians, Hackensack Meridian Health is a respected leader in health philanthropy committed to the health and wellbeing of the communities it serves.
The network’s notable awards include US News and World Report naming four hospitals among the top hospitals in New Jersey. Further awards include the consistent acquisition of Magnet® recognition for outstanding performance in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the inclusion in the list of “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare / 2019” by Becker’s Healthcare.
Opened in 2018, the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, the first private medical school in New Jersey in more than 50 years, welcomed its third grade of students to its On3 campus in Nutley and Clifton in 2020. In addition, the network has partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to help find more cures for cancer faster while ensuring that patients have access to high quality, personalized cancer care when and where they need it.
Hackensack Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an intergovernmental consortium of leading health systems focused on sharing best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiency.
More information is available at www.HackensackMeridianHealth.org.
