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'Reach Out and Read' Basketball Tournament Raises $150,000 to Buy Books for Patients

October 30, 2023 - Raising $150,000 to buy tens of thousands of books for patients at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children was the successful goal of the 10th annual Reach Out and Read charity basketball tournament on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.

'Find It Early. Fight It Hard.' is the Breast Cancer Motto at Reading Hospital

October 30, 2023 -  In December of 2020, at the age of 37, Elizabeth Keller, LSW, OSW-C, a Social Worker at McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital was diagnosed with breast cancer. 

A Triple Amputee, Physical Therapy, and a Success Story

October 26, 2023 - Denise Wilson, a triple amputee, had one goal when she came to Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, Acute Rehab Unit (ARU) in January – to learn how to walk with her prosthetic legs.

Nursing Team Trains for Annual Road Run Event Together

October 11, 2023 - Amanda Miller, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, was determined to engage with her team members when she began her new role as Senior Director, Critical Care Division at Reading Hospital a few years ago.

15th Annual Oncology Patient Talent Show Presented by St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

September 29, 2023 - On September 28, 2023, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children hosted its 15th Annual Oncology Talent Show, featuring pediatric cancer patients performing for their families and hospital staff. The show’s timing coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, observed each year in September.

Retired Employee Adding 26th Road Run T-Shirt to His Collection

September 25, 2023 - No matter the outcome of the annual Reading Hospital Road Run, Bob Myers always feels like a winner. Since he began participating in the fundraiser in the 1980s, the annual T-shirt awarded to participants has become his trophy.

First Group of Reading Hospital Employees Completes English as a Second Language Classes

June 19, 2023 - A group of Reading Hospital employees completed the Hospital’s first-ever English as a Second Language (ESL) course on Wednesday, June 13. 

Reading Hospital Recognizes National Stroke Awareness Month

May 25, 2023 - Reading Hospital Stroke Center recently launched a new program, “How Do You Eat An Elephant?”, funded by the Reading Hospital Foundation, in support of May being National Stroke Awareness Month.

Reading Hospital Foundation Receives Donation from Grateful Patient to Enhance Care at McGlinn Cancer Institute 

March 8, 2023 - Reading Hospital Foundation recently hosted a donor recognition event with Tony Forino, Founder and CEO of Forino Co., L.P., a grateful patient who donated to the Foundation for McGlinn Cancer Institute (MCI).

Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing Patient Will Walk to "Reclaim the Day"

May 24, 2021 - Diana Pelletier, a Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing (RHRW) patient, plans an annual “Reclaim the Day” activity to celebrate life after a 2007 car accident left her with paralysis. This year, she plans to walk one mile in the EksoNR robotic exoskeleton and raise $5,280 for the EKSO Patient Assistance Fund at the Reading Hospital Foundation.