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Noelia Kvaternik
Physician Assistant Noelia Kvaternik always helps patients in the Emergency Department, and this spring, she is going a step—thousands of steps, actually—beyond to help them with nonclinical needs, as well.
Kvaternik, who ran the Chicago Marathon in 2007, joined Team Brigham this year to help raise money for BWH community health programs and services. “I love working at BWH and believe strongly in the work we do,” she said. “I am excited to be part of a team raising money to help patients address problems like domestic violence and get the support they need.”
She is among136 runners of Team Brigham who have been pounding the pavement as they train for the 113th Boston Marathon April 20.
Their goal is to raise $500,000 to support community health programs and services at BWH, including Passageway, which provides advocacy and support for victims of domestic violence, Connecting Hope, Assistance and Treatment (CHAT), which offers financial assistance to low income breast cancer patients, and the Student Success Jobs Program, which provides hospital based paid internships and mentoring to students from seven Boston High Schools.
Since Team Brigham’s inception in 1998, more than 1,200 runners have raised more than $3.7 millions to benefit community health programs at BWH.
“The funds we receive through Team Brigham are crucial to getting people services they need and may not otherwise have,” said Wanda McClain, director of the Center for Community Health and Health Equity.
This year’s team is the largest yet, thanks in part to John Hancock for donating seven extra runner spots to the team. Thirty members are BWH employees and three are Faulkner Hospital employees, with other runners coming from as far as California to be part of the Team Brigham marathon experience.
Since 2000, a special group has joined forces with Team Brigham. Deloitte & Touche employees and their families and friends have been raising funds in memory of their colleague Ellen Gabriel who lost her battle with cancer in 1999. These funds support community health programs at BWH focused on breast cancer services.
“Fund raising is going very well, and this year’s team is well on its way to meeting our goal,” said Suzanne Leidel, of BWH Development, the official den mother of the team.
View the Team Brigham fund-raising page at www.firstgiving.com/teambrigham2009