15 Minutes

Tons of Goodwill

Fifty hospital units waged a friendly contest—called “Stack the Pack”—to see who could collect the most supplies for children at Allentown’s Central Elementary School. The result: 2.5 tons of school supplies! The goodwill drew the attention of The Morning Call, 69 News (WFMZ-TV), NBC 10 (WCAU), Service Electric TV-2 News and WAEB-FM/B104 Radio. LVHHN’s Hope Johnson, R.N., who led the contest, also was featured.

Here are some other noteworthy news items:

• Surgical oncologist Paul Mosca, M.D., and two of his patients were featured on PBS 39’s “Tempo” for isolated limb infusion, a new skin cancer treatment.
• Endocrinologist Larry Merkle, M.D., spoke with 69 News about the Hemoglobin A1C diabetes test.
• Infectious disease colleagues Marcelo Gareca, M.D., and Terry Burger, R.N., spoke with 69 News and The Express Times about flu season.
• Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) colleagues received thanks in a letter to The Morning Call from Stephen Kuhns of Macungie, whose granddaughter received NICU care.
• Director of community and corporate fitness John Graham was featured in The Morning Call for his release of three sports conditioning videos.
• Manager of community relations Fran Derhammer, R.N., was featured in The Morning Call for speaking at the First Strides walking/running workshop.

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