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Community Services
Donations to Help Those Who Help Others
C entraState recognizes the essential role other community organizations play in promoting the well-being of our friends and neighbors. Each year, through the CentraState Healthcare Foundation, we provide financial support to numerous area health, service and charitable groups—more than $90,000 in 2005 and $425,000 over the past five years. The donations we make are reviewed by staff and approved by the Foundation’s board of trustees. Most of these funds come from interest earned on contributions received and sources other than direct donations from patients or their families.
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- American Cancer Society, Eastern Division
- American Diabetes Association, Eastern Division
- American Heart Association
- American Red Cross
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County
- Brookdale Community College
- The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Central Jersey Blood Center
- Challenged Youth Sports, Inc.
- Children’s Health and Welfare Foundation
- Collier Services Foundation
- Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad
- Food Bank of Monmouth/Ocean County
- Freehold Community Alliance
- Freehold First Aid & Emergency Squad
- Freehold Regional High School District
- Freehold Township Independent Fire Co. #1
- Georgian Court University
- Health Research and Education Trust of New Jersey (NJHA affiliate)
- Hemophilia Association of New Jersey
- Hightstown First Aid Squad
- Howell First Aid Squad
- International Rett Syndrome Association
- Jackson First Aid Squad
- Kidney and Urology
Foundation of America, Inc. - Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation of New Jersey
- March of Dimes, New Jersey Chapter
- Marlboro First Aid Squad
- Millstone Volunteer First Aid Squad
- Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts, Inc.
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- New Egypt First Aid Squad
- New Hope Foundation
- Presbyterian Homes and Services, Inc.
- Prevention First
- Ronald McDonald House
- Small Talk, Inc.
- Special Strides
- United Way of Monmouth County
- Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
- YMCA of Western Monmouth County
- 180, Turning Lives Around
Free Programs for Seniors, Meeting Space
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CentraState reaches out to individuals in the community with innovative programs such as SeniorsFirst, based at Applewood Estates lifecare retirement community. Created in the 1980s to address an increasing need for senior activities and health programs, SeniorsFirst marked its 10,000th member milestone in 2004. SeniorsFirst offers conferences, lectures, health fairs and screenings, integrative therapies, driving classes and a variety of social activities. Membership now stands at more than 12,000. The cost of SeniorsFirst programs and services was more than $491,000 over the past five years.
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We also provide meeting space at no cost to a variety of civic, support and non-profit organizations, and facilitate many of the support groups at no charge.
Major Employer Also Major Volunteer Force
W ith more than 2,200 employees, CentraState Healthcare System is the seventh-largest employer in Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to a survey by Asbury Park Press, and the second-largest private employer in western Monmouth County, according to Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce. Our annual payroll is nearly $87-million.
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More than 40 employees devote a portion of their work time to serve on boards and committees or in other ways with non-profit healthcare, civic or other community organizations outside of our own. The number of hours CentraState invests in this manner exceeds 2,300 per year at an estimated value of $81,000.
