Volunteers feted at annual luncheon

The generosity and selflessness that goes hand in hand with being a volunteer is a formula for humility. On Wednesday, June 5, Maimonides Medical Center sought to give its hundreds of hardworking volunteers the appreciation they deserve at its Annual Volunteer Recognition Ceremony.

Maimonides, recently named one of the top 100 hospitals in the United States, has almost 2,000 volunteers.

“Maimonides is a great community resource, and the community recognizes that,” said Executive Vice President Dominick Stanzione.

“Volunteers are kind, caring and dedicated,” said Stanzione. “Health care can be scary, and the volunteers help bridge the gap between the hospital and their regular lives.”

Paula Friedman was honored at the event that took place at the Paradise Manor, on New Utrecht Avenue. Friedman has been offering up her services for over 58 years.

“Volunteering feels so good, I don’t know how people have lived their eyes without it,“ Friedman said.

Friedman later referred to volunteer work as “restoring humanity.”

Friedman is a Holocaust survivor, and recently persevered through a stroke. Doctor Steven Rudolph, director of the Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides, had Friedman as a patient.

“Mrs. Friedman was wonderful, optimistic, and determined to recover,” said Rudolph, “Nothing can stop her.”

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