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Program to Remember Loved Ones Launched by Mayor Ganim
SWIM Across the Sound Personalized Banner Program Helps Cancer Patients and Families
City of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim is helping support St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation’s 32nd Anniversary SWIM Across the Sound with the Paint the City Blue campaign. The Mayor unveiled a new giant city banner and showcased a newly painted blue Bank Street on July 8, 2019.
Mayor Ganim shared information about the City’s Banner program, which allows businesses and individuals to sponsor streetlights in the city with a personalized banner in honor of or in memory of a loved one, with proceeds helping cancer patients in our community.
Mayor Ganim and his family were presented with a banner in honor of his sister Mary Ganim Kolesnik, who died of cancer at the age of 43 in 2008 by Dianne Auger, President of St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation.
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Banners like Mary's can be obtained with a $500 Donation to SWIM Across the Sound. To order a banner or for more information, please call 475-210-7308 or email John.Brannelly@ascension.org Click here for an order form. Banners will be placed throughout the City of Bridgeport.
Paint the City Blue culminates with the 32nd SWIM Across the Sound Marathon on Saturday, August 3, 2019, which is the SWIM’s marquee fundraising event. Swimmers, escort and perimeter boats will be leaving Port Jefferson, NY, to make the 15.5-mile journey to Captain’s Cove Seaport in Black Rock Harbor. The weekend ends with an Interfaith Memorial Service at Captain’s Cove on Sunday, August 4, 2019.
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About St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation
St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation is the fundraising and philanthropic arm of St. Vincent’s Medical Center, which is part of Ascension, one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S. The Foundation’s primary goal is to create and perpetuate financial support for programs and services on behalf of St. Vincent’s historic mission to serve the poor and medically underserved populations. The Foundation is also sponsor of St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound, offering cancer prevention and patient support programs for un- and underinsured area residents. Founded in 1984, the Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, has become a vital source of support for St. Vincent's through the establishment of endowments, trusts, and other financial vehicles. To learn more, call the Foundation office at 203-576-5451 or visit www.SwimAcrossTheSound.org.
About St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound
St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound is a charitable not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization run by the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation of Bridgeport, CT. Founded in 1987 and celebrating its 32nd Anniversary this year, the SWIM has had a unique niche helping individuals and families struggling through the difficult changes that cancer brings with it. The SWIM serves approximately 30,000 people annually by providing 44 programs, including cancer education, screening, prevention and support programs at low- or no-cost for the uninsured and underinsured. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific financial assistance, funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships, support groups and more. For more information, contact the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation at 203-576-5451 or visit www.SwimAcrossTheSound.org.