St. Clare's Gives Back To Its Employees

Saint Clare’s Health System embraced the spirit of giving during the holiday season by hosting an “Adopt a Family” program – a way for Saint Clare’s staff members to support their fellow employees.

 As part of the program, individual employees or departments within the hospital were invited to “adopt” individuals employed by the health system that had been identified as benefitting from extra assistance during the holiday season, purchasing gifts anonymously for them and their families. More than 50 Saint Clare’s departments and individuals took part in the initiative, which found a special way for Saint Clare’s employees to support each other, brighten their holidays, and recognize their ongoing commitment to providing compassionate care to patients in the community.

Due to the generosity of Saint Clare’s staff, more people and departments wanted to adopt families than the number of families who sought assistance for the holidays. Eleven departments and individuals were offered the opportunity to purchase gifts for the Children’s Crisis Intervention Services at Saint Clare’s Hospital/Boonton, an inpatient behavioral health services unit providing services for children and adolescents between the ages of five and seventeen.

“We are truly touched by the overwhelming generosity that Saint Clare’s employees have shown in the “Adopt a Family” Program,” says Sister Susan Evelyn, Vice President, Mission Integration at Saint Clare’s. “The number of gifts provided to the Boonton unit exceeded all of our expectations.”