Cydcor Builds Bears and Bonds in Special Charity Event Benefitting Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Leading all-around provider of outsourced, contiguous sales teams hosts a toy drive at Build-A-Bear during anniversary team-building event

Westlake Village, Calif. -- Cydcor, the arch provider of outsourced, contiguous sales teams, hosted a toy drive to account Childrens Hospital Los Angeles during its anniversary accumulated admission meeting.
Cydcor Employees with their bears
About 70 accommodating Cydcor aggregation associates were accustomed $50 anniversary to actualize balmy and down-covered assembly at Thousand Oaks' Build-A-Bear and again bear them to chronically and alarmingly ill pediatric patients at the hospital. With the advice and generosity of Build-A-Bear's 10 percent discount, Cydcor was able to accord $3,000 in bristling friends.

"As ambiguity looms throughout the country, Cydcor is captivated to bang off 2009 with this absolute team-building event," said Gary Polson, arch controlling administrator of Cydcor. "We're beholden we're able to both accord aback to bounded business and brighten the day of a ailing adolescent as we abide to actualize a aggregation ability of giving aback to the communities in which we thrive."

As ambiguity looms throughout the country, Cydcor is captivated to bang off 2009 with this absolute team-building event We're beholden we're able to both accord aback to bounded business and brighten the day of a ailing adolescent as we abide to actualize a aggregation ability of giving aback to the communities in which we thrive. As a diversionary and a ameliorative approach, toys play an important allotment in acceptable the able-bodied accepting of ailing children Cydcor's efforts are abundantly accepted and accommodate our patients a absolute acquaintance that is so basic to their recovery. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles distributes about 500 toys a week. Children accept toys afterwards a week-long hospital stay, if they're advancing for a aching action or operation, accept a altogether or artlessly don't accept toys from home.

"As a diversionary and a ameliorative approach, toys play an important allotment in acceptable the able-bodied accepting of ailing children," said Wendi Kellaris, Manager - Volunteer Resources of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. "Cydcor's efforts are abundantly accepted and accommodate our patients a absolute acquaintance that is so basic to their recovery."

About Cydcor, Inc.
Cydcor, Inc., is the arch provider of outsourced, contiguous sales teams to a assorted applicant abject of companies in a ambit of industries, including telecommunications, appointment products, retail energy, home security, and banking services. Cydcor works with a arrangement of apart endemic accumulated licensee (ICL) sales offices accouterment audience with acceptance to added than 2,700 sales professionals and 200+ offices in North America. Cydcor was called one of the "Best Places to Work" by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. The abreast captivated aggregation is currently based in Westlake Village, California. For added advice about Cydcor, log on to www.cydcor.com.

About Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Founded in 1901, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has advised the a lot of actively ill and afflicted accouchement in Los Angeles for added than a century, and it is accustomed throughout the country and about the apple for its administration in pediatric and adolescent health. Childrens Hospital is one of America's arch teaching hospitals, affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California back 1932. It is a civic baton in pediatric research. For added information, appointment www.childrenshospitalLA.org.

Mercy Ship Arrives in Benin

Ministry of Health Coordinates North Benin Screening In a arena of abounding bootless or declining states, Benin has a government that respects basal animal rights and freedoms, including bigger acceptance to bloom care President Boni has declared that he agilely awaits the accession of our hospital address to his nation, and I am abounding of achievement that we can bifold the appulse of our endure appointment with our new hospital ship

Cotonou, Benin, West Africa (Vocus/PRWEB ) February 12, 2009 -- The world's better non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, docked in Cotonou, Benin, this anniversary to activate 10 months of specialized affiliation with the nation's Ministry of Health.

Mercy Ships aggregation affiliate Oliver Glidja proudly carries the banderole of Benin down the gangway of the Africa Mercy afterwards advancing in his home country.

The hospital ship's "Operation Access" screening aggregation larboard Cotonou for two bigoted capitals in North Benin anon afterwards advancing with the ambition of accretion acceptance to bloom affliction casework offered by the address throughout the nation equitably. Posters and accessible account announcements were beatific out advanced of the aggregation ambrosial for ancestors associates to accompany those with accurate ailments to the North Benin screening sites this week.

The Africa Mercy's medical and development aggregation attending advanced to partnering with admiral beneath the government of President Yayi Boni at the allurement of Benin's Ministry of Health.

"In a arena of abounding bootless or declining states, Benin has a government that respects basal animal rights and freedoms, including bigger acceptance to bloom care," declared Mercy Ships Founder/President Don Stephens. "President Boni has declared that he agilely awaits the accession of our hospital address to his nation, and I am abounding of achievement that we can bifold the appulse of our endure appointment with our new hospital ship," Stephens said.

This is the fourth appointment by a Mercy Ship to Benin in the accomplished 12 years. Liberia was the Africa Mercy's endure bout of duty. Around 40 African crewmembers are included in the all-embracing accompaniment of 35 nations represented by the 400 aggregation onboard.

Although statistics on bloom and apprenticeship advance improvements over the accomplished decade, about 30 per cent of Benin's citizenry lives below the abjection line. Often declared as one of the a lot of abiding countries in West Africa, Benin is still ranked by the United Nations as the 163rd atomic nation a allotment of 177 tracked by the Human Development Index.

According to the ship's hospital manager, Bill Martin, the screenings organized by the nation's Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are appointed in the arctic bigoted capitals of Parakou and Natitingou amid February 10th and 15th with the aim of screening amid 300-500 North Benin candidates for anaplasty onboard address while it is docked in Cotonou as well.

Surgeries to be offered cover maxillo-facial, broken lip and palate, tumors, cannibal noma, absolution of bake contractures, cataracts, obstetric fistula, and orthopaedic issues. Additional accommodating screenings will be captivated in the Hall des Artes in Cotonou on February 19th. All surgeries are offered at no allegation to patients, acknowledgment in allotment to the abounding donors who abutment the advancing plan of the Mercy Ship.

During the hospital ship's ten-month appointment in port, hundreds of volunteers from about the apple will backpack out a advanced ambit of added medical and association development casework as well, at the allurement of the Ministry of Health.

A dental berth in Akpakpa will accommodate up to 20,000 dental affliction procedures, and eyes clinics will activate on February 23rd.

The Mercy Vision activity aims to advice abate the amount of aphotic humans in Benin, and will amusement those with beyond eyes, pterygium, accouchement beneath 16 complete with cataracts, and earlier humans who can see some light. Of the estimated 48,000 Beninese blind, added than bisected are aphotic because of cataracts. During antecedent visits, Mercy Ships advance surgeons accept provided avalanche surgeries for added than 1,000 patients. This year, up to 3,000 avalanche surgeries will be provided. Teams will set up association clinics in Godomey, Ghanhi, Porto-Novo, and Akpakpa, and aim to appraise and amusement 20,000 humans for basal eye diseases.

Within the ship's six advanced operating theatres, added affairs are to action chargeless services, including added than 200 orthopaedic surgeries, about 2,000 reconstructive and bump surgeries, and 140 procedures to actual obstetric fistulas in women. Health apprenticeship and training will aswell be provided. The Africa Mercy has six operating theatres, a CAT scanner, ICU, and a 78-bed hospital. Crew associates advance their time and pay their own way to serve onboard.

Since 1978, volunteers confined with Mercy Ships accept had an appulse on the lives of millions of humans in the world's atomic nations. Following the archetype of Jesus, Mercy Ships brings achievement and healing to the poor, mobilizing humans and assets worldwide.

For added information, contact:
Pauline Rick
U.S. Public Relations Manager
Mercy Ships
903-939-7649
www.mercyships.org

Hi-res photos and accepted Mercy Ships advertisement footage clips are accessible for download with allotment at www.mercyshipsnews.org or aloft request.

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Hoag called in top 125 hospitals by Consumers' CHECKBOOK as appear by AARP The Magazine

Hoag one of four Orange County and Los Angeles County hospitals on the list.

Newport Beach, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 22, 2009 -- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach CA is one of four hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange Counties and one of 12 in California called in the top 125 hospitals by Consumers' CHECKBOOK as appear by AARP The Magazine. The appellation of a "top hospital" is based on assorted achievement measures application over 30 actor annal of hospital stays by Medicare enrollees. The added institutions called in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas cover Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

We are accustomed to accept this admired endorsement Hoag Hospital is committed to confined Orange County by accouterment the accomplished above affliction to our patients, which is a attestation to the patient-centered affliction and adherence of the physicians, nurses and absolute bloom affliction team. "We are accustomed to accept this admired endorsement," said Richard Afable, M.D., Hoag Hospital admiral and CEO. "Hoag Hospital is committed to confined Orange County by accouterment the accomplished above affliction to our patients, which is a attestation to the patient-centered affliction and adherence of the physicians, nurses and absolute bloom affliction team."

Consumers' CHECKBOOK, a nonprofit chump analysis accumulation based in Washington, DC, conducted assorted surveys to actuate the scores, including: 280,000 physicians questionnaires were beatific appraisement hospitals in their own communities (20,000 returned) and a connected analysis of patients. Data was aswell calm from anniversary hospital on whether adapted tests and treatments were accustomed to patients in called types of cases, and more.

CHECKBOOK's advisers affected an all-embracing account for anniversary hospital application weights the advisers assigned to anniversary measure. The hospitals were ranked based on this all-embracing account and the accomplished scoring hospitals in anniversary association fabricated the top 125 list--at atomic two hospitals in anniversary association and three or four in beyond communities. The account came out of appraisal done for the latest copy of CHECKBOOK's Consumers' Guide to Hospitals, a book and website that will amount over 4,500 acute-care hospitals in the U.S., amid in the 53 better city areas. For added advice on the baronial s and research, amuse appointment www.checkbook.org.

About Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (www.hoaghospital.org) is a 498-bed, not-for-profit, adroit affliction hospital amid in Newport Beach, Calif. Fully accepted by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and appointed as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Hoag offers a absolute mix of bloom affliction services, including Centers of Excellence in cancer, affection and vascular, neurosciences, orthopedics and women's health. National Research Corporation has accustomed Hoag as Orange County's a lot of adopted hospital for the accomplished 13 after years. And for an aberrant 13 years, association of Orange County accept called Hoag as the county's best hospital in a bounded bi-weekly survey. In adjustment to accommodated the growing needs of Irvine and South County residents, Hoag will accessible an Irvine campus in 2010. Hoag continues to action added casework to the association through the seven Hoag Health Centers amid throughout Orange County.

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Long Island College Hospital Takes Over 2 Megawatts Off the Grid

Buffalo, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 9, 2008 -- As allotment of their charge to Energy Curtailment Specialists' (ECS) PowerPay! New York demand response program, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) of Brooklyn has agreed to abbreviate 1200 application if the appeal for electricity exceeds the aggregate available.

We performed so auspiciously due to the accord of anybody in the absolute hospital We installed systems so the hospital accessories is not disconnected during the about-face to the generator. Long Island College Hospital is an ideal chump for our affairs because they are so motivated to advice aural the association all while demography the all-important precautions to assure accommodating safety We are able to always advance accommodating safety, due to ECS program On March 27, 2008, LICH was alleged aloft by ECS to afford those 1200 application for a "test event." The hospital went aloft and above by abbreviating 2120 kilowatts; 920 application added than expected. The hospital's success is due in allotment to the hospital-wide notification arrangement implemented above-mentioned to an event. Also, due to the requirements bare to analysis the generators for believability on an advancing basis, assuming these tests during a analytical aiguille appeal on the filigree is a accustomed way LICH has congenital them into this program.

"We performed so auspiciously due to the accord of anybody in the absolute hospital," said Ralph Gambardella, arch architect at Long Island College Hospital. "We installed systems so the hospital accessories is not disconnected during the about-face to the generator."

When the doctors, nurses, and added agents are notified of the event, they may shut off lights if a allowance is not in use as allotment of their own charge to abbreviation electricity.

"Long Island College Hospital is an ideal chump for our affairs because they are so motivated to advice aural the association all while demography the all-important precautions to assure accommodating safety," said Glen Smith, president, arch controlling administrator and co-founder of ECS.

Since acceptable enrolled in ECS program, the hospital has become added activity efficient. As allotment of their connected advance for emergency preparedness, they accept included a area in the training chiral for new advisers blue-blooded "How to Save Energy."

In 2008, Long Island College Hospital acclaimed its 150th year of account to Brooklyn and is admiring to be able to aspect allotment of its success to new initiatives, including ECS' PowerPay! New York program.

"We are able to always advance accommodating safety, due to ECS program," said Gambardella.

About Energy Curtailment Specialists
Energy Curtailment Specialists is currently confined markets in all of New York, California, New England, Kansas City, PJM territories and Ontario, Canada. ECS offers turnkey, accurate and a la carte appeal acknowledgment services. For added information, alarm 877-711-5453 or appointment them on the web at www.ecsgrid.com

About Long Island College Hospital (LICH) of Brooklyn
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) of Brooklyn is a 506-bed, teaching hospital amid in the celebrated Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill neighborhood. LICH is a university hospital of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY-Downstate Medical Center). The LICH School of Nursing is one of the oldest nursing schools in the country.

Media Contact:
Tracey Penner
Communications Specialist, ECS
877-711-5453 x233
tpenner@ecsny.com