The April 30 event at the Lazy Swan Golf and Country Club Village in Saugerties drew 350 people who celebrated the achievements of Dr. Mark Josefski, Glenn L. Decker, and Greg and Thomasine Helsmoortel.
"We want to thank the community for its continued support during this time of transformation for HealthAlliance," said foundation Executive Director Steffen T. Kraehmer, referring to the planned consolidation, renovation and expansion of HealthAlliance Hospital and HealthAlliance's recent affiliation with the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). "Our Tulip Ball honorees have truly made a difference in Ulster County and we are pleased to recognize their contributions to the hospital and our community."
Representatives from WMCHealth, which was a Platinum Sponsor of the event, along with River Radiology, attended the Tulip Ball and stood with the rest of the audience to pay tribute to the honorees. Greg Helsmoortel, Saugerties town supervisor, and his wife, Thomasine, a foundation board member and owner of Helsmoortel Realty & Insurance, accepted the Community Service Award. Decker, immediate past chairman of the foundation's board and a former Ulster County commissioner of social services, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Josefski, a HealthAlliance attending physician through the Institute for Family Health, was named the 2016 Tulip Ball Honoree.
HealthAlliance President and CEO David Scarpino congratulated the honorees and spoke optimistically of the HealthAlliance-WMCHealth relationship.
"We are excited for the beginning of a new chapter in healthcare for Ulster County," he said, "and grateful to all the individuals, businesses, and organizations that showed their support tonight for HealthAlliance, the foundation, and Mark, Glenn, Greg and Thomasine."
Other Tulip Ball sponsors were: Gold — American Anesthesiology, Emergency Medical Associates, M&T Bank, and Rose & Kiernan Inc.; Silver — Garfunkel Wild PC; Bronze — Bank of Greene County, Bruderhof Communities, Clifton, Budd & DeMaria LLP, Woodland Pond at New Paltz and WineRacks.com; Band — HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus medical staff and Mobile Life Support Services; Centerpiece — Helsmoortel Realty & Insurance; Fireworks — Joseph & Kathy Ferraro, Medline Industries, and Scanlon's Cleaning & Restoration; Cocktail Hour — Fust Charles Chambers LLP and Optimus Architecture; Tent — CareMount Medical; Favors — A&T Healthcare LLC, Central Hudson, Institute for Family Health, Meltzer & Hill Wealth Advisory, Sawyer Savings Bank, Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State, SUNY Ulster and the Ulster Community College Foundation Inc., Ulster Federal Credit Union, and Ulster Savings Bank; Awards — Timely Signs; Video — Ellenbogen Creative Media; and Media — Radio Woodstock 100.1.
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About The HealthAlliance Foundation
The HealthAlliance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting the mission, healthcare programs, services and facilities of HealthAlliance, a member of Westchester Medical Center Health Network. The Foundation continues to focus on supporting technology and equipment, high quality treatment services, and training for hospital staff at both the Broadway and Mary's Avenue campuses.
About HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley operates a 315-hospital bed healthcare system comprising HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary's Avenue Campus and HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus in Kingston, New York, and Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville, New York. It also operates Mountainside Residential Care Center, an 82-bed facility in Margaretville. Guided by the needs of its patients and their families, HealthAlliance delivers the best healthcare of the highest value in a safe, compassionate environment; invests in innovative technologies and leading-edge therapies to advance healthcare delivery; and improves the overall health and well-being of the diverse communities it serves. Beyond serving inpatients with exceptional surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic services, HealthAlliance hospitals have teams of board-certified emergency medicine specialists available at all times to treat anyone seeking emergency medical care. As Ulster County's largest employer, HealthAlliance is committed to attracting the best-qualified medical and support staff; providing outstanding, responsive, coordinated, patient- and family-centered care; excelling in clinical outcomes and patient experiences; and ensuring patient rights, privacy and respect are honored at all times. For more information about how HealthAlliance is delivering the promise of medicine, visit hahv.org or follow Facebook.com/HealthAllianceHV or Twitter.com/HAllianceHudVal.
About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.
From left: Richard A. Mantey, HealthAlliance Foundation board chairman; Beverly Lastig, Tulip Ball chairwoman; Greg and Thomasine Helsmoortel, Community Service Award recipients; Glenn L. Decker, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; Mark Josefski M.D., 2016 Tulip Ball honoree, with wife Karen Levine and daughter Alexandra Josefski.
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