Chatham Twig Donates $10,000 To Children's Hospital

CHATHAM, NJ— Chatham Twig, the fundraising arm of the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center, has made a $10,000 donation to Goryeb Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Morristown Medical Center.

The donation will be used to purchase a year's worth of infant sleep sacks for the NICU. These sacks help reduce the rate of SIDS, suffocation, entrapment and strangulation as babies sleep, and is given to all parents free of charge.

"This significant gift is a wonderful testament to the large impact a small group of volunteers can make on an organization. We are so very proud of the engagement of our Chatham Twig members," said Samantha Ekert, Co-President, Chatham Twig and board member of the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center.

It was not easy raising the donation this year: the scheduled benefit event was cancelled due to a January storm.

Over the past six years, the Twigs have donated $210,000 to different causes at Morristown Medical Center.

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