Valley Softball Teams Raise $2,800 for Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness

Pictured in front row from left: Derby High Softball players Lacey DiMartino and Anna Chevarella. Pictured in back from left: Derby High School Athletic Director Rachael Caggiano, Derby High Softball Asst. Coach Jenn Moffat, O’Malley, Derby High Softball Coach Joe DiMartino, Lori DiMartino, and Derby High Principal Marty Pascale.
 

 

DERBY -The Derby and Ansonia High School softball teams recently presented Griffin Hospital Fund Director Tricia O’Malley with a donation of $2,800 to The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness Center at Griffin Hospital.

The two teams raised the money at the 7^th Annual Derby-Ansonia Pink Softball Game held on April 22. Organized by long-time Griffin Hospital employee and Derby High School Softball Coach Joe DiMartino, the fundraiser was held in honor of his wife, Lori, a breast cancer survivor.

 

The event featured raffles, food and music by DJ Phyllis Kaplan as the two teams competed. Overall, the annual fundraiser has donated more than $20,000 to the Center.

 

Located at 300 Seymour Ave. in Derby, The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness at Griffin Hospital offer patients a comprehensive range of personalized breast care and wellness services.

 

For more information about The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness, call 203-732-1300 or visit griffinhealth.org/cbw.

 

(This is a press release from Griffin Hospital)

Griffin to provide breast wellness outreach with Komen funding

Daun Barrett (left), Director of Community Outreach and Valley Parish Nurses at Griffin Hospital in Derby welcomes Denise Rivera Coladonato, Grants Coordinator at Susan G. Komen for the Cure Connecticut, at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin during a site visit. 
Earlier this year, Griffin received $50,000 from Komen to provide breast wellness outreach and education in the greater Valley area and to provide free screening mammograms to women who otherwise would not be able to afford one.