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EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE
Lois Galinat honored with inaugural Carroll M. Carpenter Impact Award
Lois Galinat, chair of The Friends of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, has received the inaugural Carroll M. Carpenter Impact Award from the Trustees of Christiana Care Health System.
The newly established Carpenter Award honors a trustee who exemplifies the leadership, service and impact demonstrated by its namesake, Mrs. Carpenter, who served as chair of Trustees from 2010 to 2016.
“Our inaugural Carpenter Award honors a devoted leader, volunteer and philanthropist who always has the best interest of Christiana Care in heart and mind,” said Chair of Trustees Penny T. Saridakis. “With expertise and enthusiasm, Lois Galinat lends big-picture thinking to philanthropy and personally takes on behind-the-scenes efforts in support of our patients and programs.”
The Friends of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center has raised nearly $2.5 million to fund programs in cancer care, research, prevention and awareness since its establishment by Carroll Carpenter in 2002. Most recently, the Friends raised over
$200,000 for the Celebration of Hope Gala in October. Proceeds supported translational breast cancer research at the Graham Cancer Center.
“Lois is a model of Carroll Carpenter’s legacy and continues to advance and strengthen the amazing work of the Friends of the
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute,” said Saridakis. “On behalf of the Trustees and all who benefit from the work of the Friends, thank you.” ●
Congratulating Lois Galinat on the inaugural Carroll M. Carpenter Impact Award from the Trustees of Christiana Care are: Penny Saridakis, chair of Trustees; Brian J. Galinat, M.D., MPH, chair of Orthopaedic Surgery and the awardee’s husband; Carroll M. Carpenter, past chair of Trustees; Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, president and CEO; Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D., Bank of America endowed medical director, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute; Doneene Keemer Damon, Esq., chair of the Board of Directors; and Philip S. Reese, vice chair of Trustees.
Project Connect volunteers honored for helping Delawareans quit smoking
Twelve Christiana Care volunteers were honored with the 2017 Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Service Award for their work in Project Connect, an innovative program that connects
hospital patients to evidence-based treatment to help them stop tobacco use. The ceremony took place Oct. 25 at Dover Downs Hotel.
Through Project Connect, trained Christiana Care volunteers visit patients at their
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Georgina Windley, chair of the Governor’s Commission on Community and Volunteer Services, Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Levine Coates, Christiana Care Project Connect volunteer, Denise Taylor, project manager, and Natasha Sudler, Christiana Care Project Connect volunteer.