Yale New Haven Children's Hospital receives check for $136,959 from Kohl's

1/10/2012 — Representatives from Kohl's attended the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital's Parenting Support Program holiday party to present a check for $136,959. Kohl's district manager Michael Rusciano (third from right), presents the check to (l-r): Marna Borgstrom, president and CEO; John Leventhal, MD, medical director, Child Abuse Services and Prevention Program, YNHCH; Cynthia Sparer, executive director and vice president, YNHCH; Paula Crombie, director, Social Work. YNHH; and Jocelyn Maminta, health reporter, WTNH-TV. Over the course of its 11-year partnership with YNHCH, Kohl's has donated more than $1 million from the sale of Kohl's Cares merchandise at its Connecticut stores. A portion of the Kohl's funding supports the hospital's "Kohl's Caring Parents" program.

Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), part of Yale New Haven Health, is a nationally recognized, 1,541-bed, not-for-profit hospital serving as the primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine (YSM). Founded as the fourth voluntary hospital in the U.S. in 1826, today, YNHH has two New Haven-based campuses, and also includes Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and Smilow Cancer Hospital. YNHH has received Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the nation’s highest honor of nursing excellence. YNHH has a combined medical staff of about 4,500 university and community physicians practicing in more than 100 specialties. www.ynhh.org