Bill Bottino Cancer Foundation Donates to Cancer Center
At the check presentation, with Deb Cifelli and Bill Bottino (middle) from the BBCF, from left: Abigale Hassel, Oncology social worker; Dr. Ana María López, chief of Cancer Services; DeAnnette Stanton-Cross, Medical Oncology Practice manager; Margaret Mackiewicz, RN, Medical Oncology Clinical Nurse manager; Larry Slagle, associate VP of Development; Joanne Sabatini, director of Leadership Giving and Donor Relations; and Michele Gaguski, RN, Cancer Center administrator.
The Bill Bottino Cancer Foundation (BBCF), one of Jefferson Health-New Jersey’s key donors, recently donated $50,000 to the Patient Assistance Fund of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center-Washington Township. The Patient Assistance Fund provides patients financial support for household living expenses during their treatment.
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The Camden County Vaccination Center, located at Camden County College in Blackwood, has the ability to offer doses of the Moderna vaccine this Monday to eligible residents, according to Patch.com.
The vaccines will be available by appointment only on Monday through camdencountyvaccine.com or by phoning (856) 549-0530 or (800)-999-9045.
Clinic hours have reportedly been extended to accommodate the new appointments.
Although the county recently received an influx of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, those have been administered, but Moderna remains available. Camden County does not yet have the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine available, Patch.com reports.
Retirees Liz Miller and Lou Hoyos, of Long Branch, N.J., had planned to spend two weeks vacationing in Spain last April: Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo and Malaga. But like millions of others, the couple s plans got postponed, and then canceled, as the pandemic spread across the globe. But Miller isn t giving up on the dream.
Liz Miller and Lou Hoyos canceled their Spain trip but are thinking about trying again |
Credit: Photo courtesy of Liz Miller I had done everything and created this amazing trip for two weeks, she says. But now I m thinking, Nope, we re going to stay for a month, and I have twelve more places I want to go.
BLACKWOOD, New Jersey (WPVI) As eligible people across New Jersey are scrambling to get the COVID-19 vaccination, the Camden County Vaccination Center in Blackwood marked a major milestone Thursday.
Seventy-two-year-old Mike McGee doesn t know how he got to be the 10,000th dose, but he s grateful for it.
He now has a certificate to prove it. How do I feel? I m tickled pink, McGee said.
McGee, the former Director of Public Works for Berlin Township, retired eleven years ago.
This spring, he ll finish his 44th year with the West Berlin Fire Company. It s a choice - you either get the vaccine or get the virus, and the virus is no fun, remarked McGee.
Kate Frese/For PhillyVoice All appointments on Monday and Tuesday at Camden County s coronavirus vaccination center have been called off in the interest of the public s health and safety, county officials said.
Camden County s coronavirus vaccination center will not administer any vaccine doses on Monday and Tuesday due to the winter storm that is expected to hit the region on Sunday.
The COVID-19 vaccination center, which has been set up at Camden County College s Blackwood campus, has automatically rescheduled all appointments for Wednesday in the interest of the public s health and safety, county officials said.
Patients who cannot make their newly scheduled appointment on Wednesday are encouraged to contact the county s COVID-19 vaccination center at 856-549-0530.