Good Samaritan Hospital associates help colleagues through holiday gift-giving program

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill – For 19 years, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital associates have helped other associates struggling to provide gifts for their families during the holiday season. Associates in need can apply for assistance; they are then “adopted” by other associates or departmental teams throughout the hospital.

“The Adopt-a-Family program was developed through our Mission and Spiritual Care Department with the recognition that our associates, like our patients and families, deserve compassionate care in response to their needs, especially around the holidays,” said the Rev. James Christian, vice president of Mission and Spiritual Care at Good Samaritan Hospital.

This year, the program will assist 41 families, including 171 associates, spouses and children. Names of associates benefitting from the Adopt-a-Family program remain confidential to protect their privacy.

Click here to watch a video about the program.

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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is committed to providing excellent care and a high level of service. Over the past 35 years, it has evolved into a recognized leader in health care. Deemed one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters, Good Samaritan Hospital is the only health care organization in the nation to earn the prestigious 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Good Samaritan Hospital features DuPage County’s only Level I trauma center and a certified Level III neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital is noted for cancer care, women and children’s services and surgical services and has received the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® designation, the highest honor and level of recognition awarded to nursing excellence in national and international health care. Good Samaritan Hospital is part of Advocate Health Care.