NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital celebrates volunteers with gala at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has always maintained that “amazing things bloom wherever our volunteers are planted,” according to a release. So, it is only fitting that the hospital recently held its annual Volunteer Gala at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Approximately 240 volunteers attended the event, which featured a cocktail hour in the garden, dinner in the glass Palm House and speeches from hospital administrators.
Dr. Richard Liebowitz, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist, thanked the volunteers for their service to the hospital’s patients and staff, which totaled more than 100,000 hours (donated by more than 1,000 volunteers) in 2016.
“A hospital exists to serve its community,” Liebowitz said. “If you have community members volunteering their time, it demonstrates that they understand the importance of the institution.”