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Tiny Treasures Fund Helps Newborns in Need After five years of pooling their own money to help newborns of severely economically disadvantaged families, the staff at Inspira Medical Center Vineland knew the need was greater than they could keep up with. With some 2,000 babies born at the hospital each year, many of them to families far below the poverty line, nurses and social workers didn’t want any infants going home without the essential items for baby care. Social workers Ashlee Goffredi, LSW, and Tim Steinmetz, LCSW, spearheaded the effort to give the Tiny Treasures fund a boost. After an appeal to the Tiny Tim Fund in Vineland, a significant donation brought their finances to a level to make a real difference in the lives of Cumberland County’s newest residents. “We want to give a little something to help babies get started right,” said Goffredi. “If a baby doesn’t have someplace to sleep, and we have the money, we’re going to help. We are grateful to the Tiny Tim Fund and everyone who donated to this effort.” The fund helps purchase such essentials as car seats, bassinets, baby clothes, diapers and all the necessary items to keep a newborn safe and well cared for in its first month of life. Contributions to the fund can be made to the Inspira Health Network Foundation Cumberland/Salem with “Tiny Treasures” in the memo section. Social workers Ashlee Goffredi, LSW and Tim Steinmetz, LCSW are the driving force behind the Tiny Treasures fund at Inspira Medical Center Vineland. Inspira Foundation Makes Capital Purchases In 2016, the Inspira Health Network Foundation Cumberland/Salem made capital purchases throughout the year totaling $977,953.87 for the following medical resources at Inspira Health Network: • 3 Affinity Birthing Beds (cid:127) 3 Operating Room tables (cid:127) Operating Room Table equipment (cid:127) Glidescope Laryngoscope (cid:127) 2 Ultrasound probes (cid:127) Slim Flex Video Ureteroscope (cid:127) Trios Surgical Table System (cid:127) Fire alarm magnet (cid:127) Construction of the Jane and Peter Galetto Jr. Simulation Center (cid:127) METIman Human Patient and Lucina Maternal/Fetal Simulators (cid:127) Computer equipment Your generous contributions provide substantial improvements at Inspira Health Network hospital departments each year to ensure that Inspira patients continue to receive the highest level of care. Thank you! CS.InspiraFoundation.net 3