South Nassau Receives $1 Million Donation from Feil Family Foundation
Summary
"The Feil family has been extremely generous to South Nassau over the years and, once again, they have come forward with a donation that will allow us to advance our mission to improve care.This includes a $3 million donation to South Nassau in the spring of 2011 that supported the continued growth and expansion of the hospitals existing Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center, located in Valley Stream.The Feil family set aside part of the donation to support the hiring of a part-time behavioral health counselor to work with the social services staff at the Barry & Florence Freidberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside.This includes a $3 million donation to South Nassau in the spring of 2011 that supported the continued growth and expansion of the hospitals existing Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center, located in Valley Stream.Feil serves as President & CEO of The Feil Organization, a family-owned real estate investment, development and management company based in New York, NY.The Feil family set aside part of the donation to support the hiring of a part-time behavioral health counselor to work with the social services staff at the Barry & Florence Freidberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside.This new partnership between the Jewish Community Center and the hospital will help advance a joint goal of giving residents the information and education they need to stay healthy and avoid costly hospital visits.