Keynote speaker Edie Falco gathers with, from left, RWJBarnabas Well being President and Chief Government Officer Mark Manigan, Caitlin Olson, Vice President of Improvement, MMC and MMC Southern Campus (MMCSC); and Eric Carney, President and Chief Government Officer, MMC and MMCSC.
Lengthy Department, NJ, July 29, 2024 – The twenty ninth annual Energy of Pink Luncheon, a premiere fund-raiser benefitting most cancers companies at Monmouth Medical Heart (MMC) drew an viewers of practically 500 to listen to a hearth chat with famed stage and display screen actor Edie Falco. The occasion additionally included a particular award presentation by New Jersey First Woman Tammy Murphy.
The 2024 occasion held July 18th, a signature occasion for MMC’s Basis, raised file proceeds of greater than $700,000 for MMC most cancers companies. The luncheon program featured a dialog with Falco, a breast most cancers survivor who’s greatest recognized for her function as Carmela Soprano on the HBO collection The Sopranos and for her Emmy Award-winning performances because the title function within the Showtime collection Nurse Jackie. The dialog was moderated by Molly Kroon, a former on-air TV reporter who’s now an area video producer.
Falco was identified with breast most cancers in 2003 and went public together with her analysis the next yr, sharing throughout her remarks that if she will be able to present hope to only one individual going through the identical journey it was price it. In honor of her function as Nurse Jackie, Falco was introduced with customized pink MMC scrubs.
New Jersey First Woman Tammy Murphy introduced the annual Judith W. Dawkins Ambassador of Excellence Award to Rumson resident and MMC Basis Board of Trustees Chair Claire Knopf. The award, established to commemorate Judi’s greater than 20-year service to the MMC Board of Trustees and legacy as a tireless advocate, is given to somebody who exemplifies her visionary steering, distinctive management and makes use of the best moral commonplace for the betterment of MMC sufferers and households.
Judith W. Dawkins Ambassador of Excellence Award honoree Claire Knopf, Chair, MMC Basis Board Chair and Co-Chair for the Leon Hess Most cancers Heart Council, is proven second from proper with, from proper, N.J. First Woman Tammy Murphy, Caitlin Olson and Eric Carney.
Like Judi, Claire has been deeply rooted in philanthropy at MMC for the previous 24 years, and likewise served on the management staff as a trustee since 2015. Her impression spans a broad spectrum, stretching again to the early days when she began as a committee member, then the chair, and host for the Energy of Pink. From there, she superior to the function of co-chair of the Leon Hess Most cancers Heart Council, in the end assuming the place of Chair of the Basis Board of Trustees. In accepting her award, she stated that as Judi’s buddy, she was honored and humbled to obtain this award and proceed her legacy.
“I do know Judi is wanting down now and considering, ‘Superb! Look how far we’ve come’,” Knopf stated “I’m proud that my service at Monmouth Medical Heart has led as much as this second of the twenty ninth Annual Energy of Pink — elevating funds for the brand new most cancers care facility on the Vogel Medical Campus. Collectively beneath this tent we’re enhancing the lives of others in our neighborhood.”
The luncheon, introduced by devoted MMC Basis neighborhood leaders who make up the Leon Hess Most cancers Heart Council, was as soon as once more held on the Rumson waterfront residence of Amy and Daniel Reich. The occasion was co-chaired by Sima Yakoby Epstein and Debbie Menkowitz, together with boutique co-chairs Jessica Buchner and Michelle Kutsak.
The Energy of Pink Luncheon raises funds to boost the care delivered to oncology sufferers at MMC. Its devoted volunteers have raised greater than $7 million over 29 years to learn the hospital’s most cancers companies. This yr, proceeds from the occasion will profit a most cancers wellness and restoration unit on the new Vogel Medical Campus, which can provide seamless entry to complete most cancers care along with Rutgers Most cancers Institute, the state’s solely Nationwide Most cancers Institute-designated Complete Most cancers Heart.
Eric Carney, President and CEO of MMC and Monmouth Medical Heart Southern Campus, thanked the occasions hosts and organizers, telling them that the packages they’ve helped assist remodel most cancers care right into a compassionate human affected person care expertise.
“Dan & Amy, thanks for difficult us to deliver much more of our pals and supporters to your lovely residence,” he stated. “The funds we increase at this time might be used to create a novel wellness spa and store at our Vogel Medical Campus beneath building now at Fort Monmouth in Tinton Falls. This new campus will develop and centralize our world-class care to satisfy this neighborhood’s rising wants in a brand new, trendy facility.”
In his remarks, RWJBarnabas Well being President and Chief Government Officer Mark E. Manigan famous that the heat, kindness and patient-centeredness that MMC is thought for are important to the system’s efforts to develop entry to world-class care and remodel most cancers care in our communities.
“Along with the Rutgers Most cancers Institute, our purpose is to take most cancers therapy, analysis, and prevention into the longer term,” he stated. “We’re taking a large leap ahead with the Jack and Sheryl Morris Most cancers Heart, New Jersey’s first freestanding most cancers hospital, together with the brand new building of the Melchiorre Most cancers Heart at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Heart and the Vogel Medical Campus, which is at the moment beneath building proper right here in Tinton Falls. These three services might be a beacon of hope for therefore many – increasing our footprint throughout the state, offering a lot extra than simply most cancers care.”
To be taught extra concerning the Vogel Medical Campus, go to rwjbh.org/vmc. To be taught how one can assist Monmouth Medical Heart, go to www.rwjbh.org/monmouth-medical-center/giving/
Contact: Elizabeth Brennan
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