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Junior Women's Club donation helps hospital's breast health pgm.

The $9,500 donation helps Elmhurst Hospital provide a lymphedema program, educational materials and other benefits for its patients.

(From left) Kelly Southwell, RN, Patient Navigator, Elmhurst Hospital; Susan Tyburski, Executive Director, EMH Foundation; Jean Lydon, Chief Nursing Officer, Elmhurst Hospital and Elmhurst Junior Women’s Club members Michelle Polach, Jennifer Gordon.
(From left) Kelly Southwell, RN, Patient Navigator, Elmhurst Hospital; Susan Tyburski, Executive Director, EMH Foundation; Jean Lydon, Chief Nursing Officer, Elmhurst Hospital and Elmhurst Junior Women’s Club members Michelle Polach, Jennifer Gordon.

The Elmhurst Junior Women’s Club recently donated $9,500 to the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation to benefit breast health services at Elmhurst Hospital’s Nancy W. Knowles Cancer Center.

“We’re very grateful to the Elmhurst Junior Women’s Club for their continued support through the years of our breast health program,” says Jean Lydon, Chief Nursing Officer, Elmhurst Hospital. “The funds help us provide a lymphedema program, educational materials and many other benefits for our patients.”

For more information about the breast health program, visit www.eehealth.org/services/womens-health/breast.

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For more information about the Elmhurst Junior Women’s Club, visit www.elmhurst-juniors.org.

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