On Saturday, October 21, approximately 300 guests joined together for “You Should Be Dancing,” an event that raised more than $462,000 for Women & Infants Hospital’s Birth Center. The event was held at Café Nuovo in Providence and featured an evening of disco sounds with DJ Jaybeau Jones and live performances by the Boston-based band SoHo.
“We are honored to have the support of so many generous sponsors and donors who we thank for their commitment to Women & Infants and to the women and newborns of our community,” said Women & Infants Interim President and Chief Operating Officer Diane Rafferty. “The dedication of our event sponsors is essential in order for Women & Infants to continue its legacy of care and innovation.”
The evening’s contributors included Presenting Sponsor CVS Health; Solid Gold Sponsors Cox Business, Women & Infants’ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Women & Infants’ Department of Pediatrics; Disco Ball Sponsors Malcolm G. Chace Jr., Women & Infants’ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hinckley Allen, Women & Infants’ Medical Staff Association, NOW Delivery, Cynthia B. Patterson, Jack and Judith Remondi, and Southern New England Healthcare for Women; Dance Fever Sponsors ABM, Atlantic Management, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Lisa G. Bisaccia and Robert P. Neparstek, MD, Bernie and Heidi Buonanno, Claflin, Joanna and Angus Davis, Women & Infants’ Department of Medicine, Hasbro, IGT, Nursing Moms, Etc., Sodexo, Anne and Michael Szostak, The Foundry, Verrecchia Family Foundation, and University Ob-Gyn, Inc.
Close to 9,000 babies are born each year at Women & Infants Hospital, most in one of 19 private rooms or one of three dedicated Cesarean birth rooms. A team of nurses, midwives, physicians and other caregivers provides a wide range of services, ranging from a home-like experience in the Alternative Birthing Center to intensive monitoring by specialists for high-risk pregnancy and delivery.
Maureen G. Phipps, MD, MPH, chair and Chace-Joukowsky Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and assistant dean for Teaching and Research in Women’s Health at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, and chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital and Care New England Health System, thanked guests for supporting the program’s expansion and stated, “We are raising funds that will ensure the very best environment for the women and families who choose to deliver their babies at Women & Infants Hospital. Our plan is to transform our current Birthing Center into a state-of-the-art setting, a place where there is comfort and caring at all times, and the very best technology and talent are always available.”
To contribute to the Fund-A-Need or to make a donation of any kind, visit https://foundation.womenandinfants.org/dancing.