New Haven (November 11, 2012) – John R. Quinn, President & CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut (VNA/SCC) recently announced that EBP Supply Solutions (formerly Eastern Bag & Paper) would be adopting over 60 families in the Nurturing Families Network of the VNA/SCC.
The Nurturing Families Network, a state-funded program available in 16 towns in New Haven County, works in partnership with first-time parents facing the challenges of parenthood by enhancing their strengths, providing education, and creating community connections.
For over 7 years, EBP Supply Solutions has generously provided wrapped gifts for children of these first-time parents, based on the age, gender, and wish list of each child, which the Nurturing Family Network’s Home Visitors deliver to the children within two weeks before Christmas.
Thanks to its dedicated Home Visitors, and through generous support from EBP Supply Solutions, the Nurturing Families Network is able to bring Christmas joy to young children. For more information about this program, please contact Pam Lorenzo, Program Manager & Clinical Supervisor for the Nurturing Families Network, at 203-859-6059 or plorenzo@vnascc.org
About VNA Health Systems
VNA Health Systems is comprised of the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut (VNA/SCC) and CareSource, Inc.
Founded in 1904, the VNA/SCC, which is the original VNA of New Haven, Milford and the Valley, is a state licensed, non-profit, community-based home health care agency. The VNA/SCC staff consists of highly skilled nurses, therapists, medical social workers and home health aides. A vital resource to the communities it serves, the VNA/SCC provides a wide range of specialized clinical services, community programs, the Nurturing Families Network and subsidized care, through United Way funding, to those who are in need. The agency employs over 230 staff members, has an average daily census of over 1,000 patients and makes over 170,000 home visits per year. The agency is the founder of the Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing. The VNA/SCC is supported in part by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, local United Way organizations, corporate sponsors and individual donors. To learn more about the VNA/SCC visit www.vnascc.org.
Care Source strives to maximize the quality of life for its clients and their caregivers in the home and health care settings. Their services include homemakers, companions and live-in aides. To learn more about CareSource visit www.caresourceinc.org.
