Volunteers from HHC hospitals and health centers extended their spirit of service by participating in the city's 9/11 Memorial Celebration Reading of the Names to honor the lives lost at the WTC Towers. This is the first year that September 11th has been declared a national day of service. Americans hosted fundraisers, literacy projects and sent packages for soldiers in the spirit of giving back, something HHC volunteers do everyday by serving as patient navigators, translators, reading to hospitalized children or just holding a patient's hand to offer comfort. The HHC volunteers readers included:

Bellevue Hospital Center
Barbara M. Duckett
Joan Murphy

Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility
Lygia Kensenhuis
Shirley Baker

Coney Island Hospital
Libi Abraham
Emerald Evans

Gouverneur Healthcare Services
Elsa Quinones
Dixin Chen

Harlem Hospital Center
Beulah K. Johnson
Julie M. Pasqual

Jacobi Medical Center
Edison Speck
William Castro, Jr.

Kings County Hospital Center
Jean Ward
Betty Keith

Lincoln Medical Center
Andres Avalos
Raymond Green

Metropolitan Hospital Center
Rita Respicio
Olivia Radziulis

North Central Bronx Hospital
Miladys Rivera
Linda Walker

Queens Hospital Center
Mary Gibbs
Sarah Lois Moss

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
Jessica Cortez
Ryan Minto

September 2009