USB gives $5,000 for epilepsy.Union State Bank, through its U.S.B. Foundation, made a donation of $5,000 to the Epilepsy epilepsy, a chronic disorder of cerebral function characterized by periodic convulsive seizures. There are many conditions that have epileptic seizures. Sudden discharge of excess electrical activity, which can be either generalized (involving many areas of cells in Foundation of Southern New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to support the organization's Third Annual Golf Clinic. Proceeds from the event will be used to help provide programs with accurate information about epilepsy and related disabilities to the Hispanic community. The Golf Clinic was held on June 9 at the New York Country Club in New Hempstead, N.Y. Curtis Silwa, radio talk Show host, was a guest speaker at the outing. "Union State Bank is pleased to support the Epilepsy Foundation of Southern New York's vitally important mission of raising the Hispanic community's awareness about epilepsy through educational forums, health fairs and the purchase of relevant educational tools such as videotapes that are narrated in Spanish," said Steve T. Sabatini, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of Union State Bank. "We greatly appreciate Union State Bank's support with the launch of our organization's new initiatives, undertaken in partnership with several other non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. to reach out more effectively to the Hispanic community in the seven counties we serve," said Janice Gay, executive director of education with EFSNY. "Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley refers to the canyon of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, generally from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy. , yet they often experience a shortage of personal health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract due to economic, cultural and linguistic barriers." "Our goal is to break down those barriers so that Hispanics will be armed with the information they need to prevent and control seizure disorders Seizure Disorder Definition A seizure is a sudden disruption of the brain's normal electrical activity accompanied by altered consciousness and/or other neurological and behavioral manifestations. , protect their individual rights, while promoting their ... quality of life." |
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