School Donates $3,500, 700 Pairs Of Socks for Homeless Patients At Dominican Hospital

PHOTO: (L to R): Good Shepherd Catholic School Principal Diane Rabago, Good Shepherd students Clare Watson and Ethan Muzzio, and Dominican Hospital Director of Community Engagement Martina O’Sullivan in front of the more than 1,700 socks donated to the Dominican Hospital Emergency Department as a part of the 2016 Great Kindness Challenge. Sock donations came from the students of Good Shepherd and Holy Cross Schools, as well as from Dominican Hospital employees.

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News from Dignity Health Dominican Hospital:

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA – Dignity Health Dominican Hospital has received a donation of $3,500 and more than 700 pairs of socks for homeless patients from Good Shepherd Catholic School. The funds and socks were raised by Good Shepherd students and families as a part of the annual Great Kindness Challenge, which works to inspire a culture of kindness in school children across the world.

The socks will be donated to the Dominican Emergency Department, as new socks are the most needed item for homeless patients leaving the hospital. Combined with additional socks donated by students from Holy Cross School and Dominican employees, the hospital received more than 1,700 pairs of new socks.

The donation of $3,500, raised in under a week through a Good Shepherd student jog-a-thon, will bolster the Dominican Hospital Foundation Patient Support Fund, which enables the purchase of urgent medical equipment needed after discharge – such as wheelchairs and hearing aids – for patients who cannot afford the purchases on their own.

About Dominican Hospital

Dignity Health Dominican Hospital has been caring for the Santa Cruz County community for more than 70 years. . To learn more, please visit our website: www.DominicanHospital.org.