CVS Charitable Foundation Donates $500,000 to Landmark Medical Center.Business/Technology Editors & Health/Medical Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com WOONSOCKET, R.I.--(BW HealthWire)--March 20, 2002 Funds will benefit Landmark Medical Center's Cardiac and Cancer Care Programs CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Charitable Trust The arrangement by which real or Personal Property given by one person is held by another to be used for the benefit of a class of persons or the general public. has recently donated $500,000 to Landmark Medical Center to support their new Cardiac Care Program, which is providing state-of-the-art quality cardiac care to patients in Woonsocket and the surrounding community. The generous gift will also support Landmark's soon-to-be-established Cancer Care Program that will be critical to serving cancer patients close to home. "One of our biggest supporters here at Landmark has been CVS," said Landmark President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Gary J. Gaube. "Clearly, community is an important part of their purpose. We are grateful for the generosity of Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan (born August 3 1986), who plays under the pseudonym Ogre 2, is a professional gamer from Pickerington, Ohio, USA. and the entire CVS Corporation for their commitment to seeing that our community has access to the very best in healthcare." CVS is partnering with Landmark's mission of providing world-class care for the people of Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and nearby Massachusetts through recently established alliances for specialty services. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Both an international and regional referral center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (founded in 1916) and and Landmark have created a Cardiac Care Program and soon will launch a cancer care program with Lahey Clinic. Woonsocket has one of the highest incident of cancer rates in Rhode Island. "We are delighted by the opportunity to assist Landmark Medical Center," added Jack Kramer, Vice President, CVS Charitable Trust, Inc. "Our mission at CVS is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and that is why our partnership with Landmark Medical Center is an important part of our efforts to improve the lives of the people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts." As part of the celebration, U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy and Rhode Island Secretary of State Edward Inman III were on hand to offer their congratulations to the two institutions. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.032002/bb11 |
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