Norwich receives multiple pediatric trauma kit donation
(Frank Speziale photo)
(Frank Speziale photo)
NORWICH – Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington Foundation delivered four pediatric trauma kits to the Norwich Fire Department on Tuesday, hoping that with the additional equipment available, the kits could improve the odds that a child's life would be saved in an emergency.
On Tuesday afternoon, members of the Kiwanis Club traveled to Norwich, and delivered four pediatric trauma kits to help children in Chenango County who may potentially need them. Jill Mirabito, Pat and Ralph Gennis, and the Norwich VFW donated funding towards the kits.
According to a representative of the Kiwanis Club, after the Avianca Airline crash of flight number 52 on Long Island's North Shore in 1990 and the lack of pediatric emergency equipment on the responding ambulances, Eleanor Lalena calling a meeting of 35 of her friends and neighbors at the Port Washington Yacht Club.
They said Lalena proposed the formation of an organization to raise funding, purchase, and distribute pediatric emergency trauma kits, including child-size body boards. The kits were to be distributed to the fire departments' EMT units, in nearby communities. They added that the group of dedicated women recognized the need to improve the outcome for children that might be involved in serious accidents.
Shortly after it was founded, members elected to name the group, Friends of Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center (KPTC) at North Shore University Hospital.
According to KPTC Foundation Board Past President and Co-Founder John Lalena, throughout the last 23 years, approximately 400 pediatric trauma kits have been distributed throughout the greater New York area.
Lalena said one of the reasons Norwich was chosen to receive the trauma kits is due to a friend's granddaughter living in the area.
He said he wanted to be sure that in the event of an accident while at their Chenango Lake home, the granddaughter, Emilia Grace Scott, who is under a year old, would have access to pediatric emergency equipment if necessary.
The granddaughter and one of her parents, Annie Mirabito Scott, were at the event. Annie Mirabito Scott thanked Lalena in person for his efforts on behalf of the children of Chenango County.
Norwich Fire Department Chief Papelino thanked the Kiwanis Club for its donation on behalf of the City of Norwich, and said that with these kits in place emergency medical responders will have an advantage when dealing with pediatric emergencies throughout the county.
Pictured: [Rear] Jill Mirabito, Anne Scott with three-week-old daughter Emilia-Grace Scott, Pat and Ralph Gennis, Kiwanis Club Lieutenant Governor Jeff Stone, City of Norwich Fire Department Chief Jan Papelino, Kiwanis Club Co-Founder and Kit Donor John Lalena, Norwich Fire Department Assistant Chief Patrick Ford, Veterans of Foreign Wars Quartermaster and President of the Board Ron Palmer, [Front] Norwich Fire Department Captain Jason Gray and Zachary Meseck with the pediatric trauma kits donated by the Kiwanis Country Club. (Frank Speziale photo)
NORWICH – Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington Foundation delivered four pediatric trauma kits to the Norwich Fire Department on Tuesday, hoping that with the additional equipment available, the kits could improve the odds that a child's life would be saved in an emergency.
On Tuesday afternoon, members of the Kiwanis Club traveled to Norwich, and delivered four pediatric trauma kits to help children in Chenango County who may potentially need them. Jill Mirabito, Pat and Ralph Gennis, and the Norwich VFW donated funding towards the kits.
According to a representative of the Kiwanis Club, after the Avianca Airline crash of flight number 52 on Long Island's North Shore in 1990 and the lack of pediatric emergency equipment on the responding ambulances, Eleanor Lalena calling a meeting of 35 of her friends and neighbors at the Port Washington Yacht Club.
They said Lalena proposed the formation of an organization to raise funding, purchase, and distribute pediatric emergency trauma kits, including child-size body boards. The kits were to be distributed to the fire departments' EMT units, in nearby communities. They added that the group of dedicated women recognized the need to improve the outcome for children that might be involved in serious accidents.
Shortly after it was founded, members elected to name the group, Friends of Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center (KPTC) at North Shore University Hospital.
According to KPTC Foundation Board Past President and Co-Founder John Lalena, throughout the last 23 years, approximately 400 pediatric trauma kits have been distributed throughout the greater New York area.
Lalena said one of the reasons Norwich was chosen to receive the trauma kits is due to a friend's granddaughter living in the area.
He said he wanted to be sure that in the event of an accident while at their Chenango Lake home, the granddaughter, Emilia Grace Scott, who is under a year old, would have access to pediatric emergency equipment if necessary.
The granddaughter and one of her parents, Annie Mirabito Scott, were at the event. Annie Mirabito Scott thanked Lalena in person for his efforts on behalf of the children of Chenango County.
Norwich Fire Department Chief Papelino thanked the Kiwanis Club for its donation on behalf of the City of Norwich, and said that with these kits in place emergency medical responders will have an advantage when dealing with pediatric emergencies throughout the county.
Pictured: [Rear] Jill Mirabito, Anne Scott with three-week-old daughter Emilia-Grace Scott, Pat and Ralph Gennis, Kiwanis Club Lieutenant Governor Jeff Stone, City of Norwich Fire Department Chief Jan Papelino, Kiwanis Club Co-Founder and Kit Donor John Lalena, Norwich Fire Department Assistant Chief Patrick Ford, Veterans of Foreign Wars Quartermaster and President of the Board Ron Palmer, [Front] Norwich Fire Department Captain Jason Gray and Zachary Meseck with the pediatric trauma kits donated by the Kiwanis Country Club. (Frank Speziale photo)
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