Christian Health Care Center Selects New Reciipients of The David F. Bolger Award for Service and Leadership

Each year, Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) holds its A Celebration of Excellence gala, CHCC’s largest fundraising event. While it is not an annual practice to honor individuals or organizations, CHCC has identified and recognized key community leaders for their legacy of service, leadership, and commitment to our communities. The David F. Bolger Award for Service and Leadership was established in 2013, and is presented during A Celebration of Excellence held every fall.

This year’s honorees will be Senator Kevin J. O’Toole, R-40, and LAN Associates of Midland Park. A Celebration of Excellence will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at The Venetian in Garfield. All funds raised from the event will benefit continued renovations to CHCC’s Longview Assisted Living Residence, including The Courtyard – a dedicated space for memory support and early dementia/Alzheimer’s.

“The David F. Bolger Award is selectively presented to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exceptional and inspiring levels of leadership, both personally and professionally, and with a level of service that puts others above themselves,” said Douglas A. Struyk, CPA, LNHA, CHCC President and CEO. “In their own powerful and unique ways, Senator O’Toole and LAN Associates have demonstrated and delivered these qualities without expectation of any recognition. We are so proud to honor their service to countless others with this prestigious award.”

Throughout Senator O’Toole’s career, he has been an advocate for individuals with mental-health disorders, seniors, veterans, and others struggling with everyday challenges. He has sponsored laws to reform welfare, strengthen domestic-violence statutes, mandate insurance coverage for mammography and for treatment of breast and cervical cancer, and preserve New Jersey’s drinking-water supply though the preservation of Sterling Forest. Earlier this year, Senator O’Toole sponsored a bill requiring that colleges have mental-health professionals available around-the-clock to in an effort to prevent suicides among New Jersey college students in distress. The senator’s district includes parts of Bergen, Essex, and Passaic counties.

“Being a legislator is an incredible honor, especially having the trust of my constituents to serve them,” Senator O’Toole said. “Being able to help constituents with their issues has always been my number one priority. Having the ability to help people solve their problems is one way, I believe, that I repay them for trusting me to be their state senator.”

LAN Associates of Midland Park has had a long-standing professional partnership with CHCC for over 25 years designing critical projects and expansions on CHCC’s 78 acre campus.

In 1965, John A. Lacz founded LAN in Hawthorne with a handful of employees and a vision to create the most dynamic architectural, engineering, surveying, and environmental firm possible. Today, LAN Associates has grown to a staff of more than 80 with offices in Midland Park and Goshen, NY, and a satellite office in Trumbull, CT, and is one of the largest full-service architectural, surveying, engineering, and environmental firms in the region.

LAN has remained steadfast in its commitment to caring for the environment, which in turn, creates a healthier community. LAN provides the community with sustainable, inspirational, and functional solutions that are designed to meet clients’ needs while also transcending future generations. LAN’s efforts in sustainability and green design earned the firm the Distinguished Engineering Award presented by the New Jersey Alliance for Action. LAN was also awarded by Engineering News-Record (ENR) New York as a 2016 Top Design Firm.

“We were surprised and humbled to learn we were selected to receive the prestigious David F. Bolger Award for Service and Leadership” said Kenneth H. Karle, president of LAN Associates. “It has been a pleasure to improve the built environment over our past 51 years. This award inspires us to use our design skills to do even more to improve the quality of life for our community and especially those in need of care.”

Ticket and sponsorship opportunities are now available for A Celebration of Excellence. For complete event information visit ChristianHealthCare.org/ACelebrationOfExcellence or call (201) 848-5796.

CHCC provides a broad continuum of high-quality, compassionate care, offering superior senior-life, short-term rehab, and mental-health services. As a non-profit organization, we deliver care to our community based upon the Christian principles on which we were founded more than a century ago.

For more information, visit ChristianHealthCare.org.Each year, Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) holds its A Celebration of Excellence gala, CHCC’s largest fundraising event. While it is not an annual practice to honor individuals or organizations, CHCC has identified and recognized key community leaders for their legacy of service, leadership, and commitment to our communities. The David F. Bolger Award for Service and Leadership was established in 2013, and is presented during A Celebration of Excellence held every fall.

This year’s honorees will be Senator Kevin J. O’Toole, R-40, and LAN Associates of Midland Park. A Celebration of Excellence will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at The Venetian in Garfield. All funds raised from the event will benefit continued renovations to CHCC’s Longview Assisted Living Residence, including The Courtyard – a dedicated space for memory support and early dementia/Alzheimer’s.

“The David F. Bolger Award is selectively presented to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exceptional and inspiring levels of leadership, both personally and professionally, and with a level of service that puts others above themselves,” said Douglas A. Struyk, CPA, LNHA, CHCC President and CEO. “In their own powerful and unique ways, Senator O’Toole and LAN Associates have demonstrated and delivered these qualities without expectation of any recognition. We are so proud to honor their service to countless others with this prestigious award.”

Throughout Senator O’Toole’s career, he has been an advocate for individuals with mental-health disorders, seniors, veterans, and others struggling with everyday challenges. He has sponsored laws to reform welfare, strengthen domestic-violence statutes, mandate insurance coverage for mammography and for treatment of breast and cervical cancer, and preserve New Jersey’s drinking-water supply though the preservation of Sterling Forest. Earlier this year, Senator O’Toole sponsored a bill requiring that colleges have mental-health professionals available around-the-clock to in an effort to prevent suicides among New Jersey college students in distress. The senator’s district includes parts of Bergen, Essex, and Passaic counties.

“Being a legislator is an incredible honor, especially having the trust of my constituents to serve them,” Senator O’Toole said. “Being able to help constituents with their issues has always been my number one priority. Having the ability to help people solve their problems is one way, I believe, that I repay them for trusting me to be their state senator.

LAN Associates of Midland Park has had a long-standing professional partnership with CHCC for over 25 years designing critical projects and expansions on CHCC’s 78 acre campus.

In 1965, John A. Lacz founded LAN in Hawthorne with a handful of employees and a vision to create the most dynamic architectural, engineering, surveying, and environmental firm possible. Today, LAN Associates has grown to a staff of more than 80 with offices in Midland Park and Goshen, NY, and a satellite office in Trumbull, CT, and is one of the largest full-service architectural, surveying, engineering, and environmental firms in the region.

LAN has remained steadfast in its commitment to caring for the environment, which in turn, creates a healthier community. LAN provides the community with sustainable, inspirational, and functional solutions that are designed to meet clients’ needs while also transcending future generations. LAN’s efforts in sustainability and green design earned the firm the Distinguished Engineering Award presented by the New Jersey Alliance for Action. LAN was also awarded by Engineering News-Record (ENR) New York as a 2016 Top Design Firm.

“We were surprised and humbled to learn we were selected to receive the prestigious David F. Bolger Award for Service and Leadership” said Kenneth H. Karle, president of LAN Associates. “It has been a pleasure to improve the built environment over our past 51 years. This award inspires us to use our design skills to do even more to improve the quality of life for our community and especially those in need of care.”

Ticket and sponsorship opportunities are now available for A Celebration of Excellence. For complete event information visit ChristianHealthCare.org/ACelebrationOfExcellence or call (201) 848-5796.

CHCC provides a broad continuum of high-quality, compassionate care, offering superior senior-life, short-term rehab, and mental-health services. As a non-profit organization, we deliver care to our community based upon the Christian principles on which we were founded more than a century ago.

For more information, visit ChristianHealthCare.org.