The Community League at St. Mary Medical Center Announces The Grand Opening of Community Aid

Blessing and ribbon cutting ceremony will take place May 9.

LANGHORNE, Pa., April 29, 2016 – The Community League of St. Mary Medical Center is pleased to announce that onTuesday, May 9, from 10 to 11 a.m., the Community Aid Refurbished Equipment Store (CARES) and the re-newed, re-freshed, and re-furbished Thrift Shop will host their grand opening blessing, ribbon-cutting, and celebration. Both stores are located at 140 North Pine Street (Route 413), Langhorne, in the Pine Watson Shopping Center. CARES will serve as a community benefit to provide area residents in need with refurbished medical equipment such as wheelchairs, crutches, hospital beds, scooters, canes, and more.

Through CARES, area residents who have a temporary or permanent medical need and are not able to afford equipment now have a place to obtain costly items free of charge. Those who receive CARES refurbished equipment may re-donate it when no longer needed, so the cycle of giving can continue.

If you wish to make a donation of gently used medical equipment, CARES gratefully accepts:

• wheelchairs
• scooters
• power chairs
• canes
• walkers
• bedside commodes
• crutches
• electric hospital chairs
• tub transfer benches
• rehabilitation equipment
• unopened packages of gloves, tape, adult diapers, and disposable bed pads
• bed rails
• shower chairs

CARES will be open Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Thrift Shop hours of operation are Monday toSaturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

CARES is also looking for volunteers who are mechanically inclined or proficient at repairing machinery to help in this mission. For more information about donating items or to learn more about volunteering, please contact Lillian Schonewolf at215.710.2190.

About The Community League of St. Mary Medical Center
The Community League is a fun-raising, friend-raising, fund-raising group of dedicated men and women volunteers who support St. Mary Medical Center. Since the league’s beginning in 2007, they have raised more than $10 million to create The Healing Gardens on the medical center campus and help fund technological and other important projects. Their mission is “to support the healing environment of St. Mary Medical Center.” They work in cooperation with the St. Mary Foundation.