Superheroes For Hospice

A Press Release For Superheroes For Hospice

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Hey Gang, got an update from Superheroes From Hospice!

 

For Immediate Release

Contact: Marketing, ltortorello@barnabashealth.org

Comic Book Donations Requested to Benefit Barnabas Health Hospice Patients and Families

New Jersey – Those forgotten boxes in your closet, garage or basement cab be dusted off to help support patients and families served by Barnabas Health Hospice. Since 2009, Superheroes for Hospice has raised more than $100k to help individuals with serious illness. The project is currently in need of the following items to restock for its next event, scheduled Saturday, May 30, in West Orange. All donations are tax deductible and donation pick-ups can be arranged.

  • Comic books (all genres)
  • Graphic novels
  • Unopened action figures
  • Artwork
  • Any comic-related items

To make a donation, contact Spiro Ballas at 973-322-4866 or sballas@barnabashealth.org.

For more information about Superheroes for Hospice and to stay up-to-date about upcoming events, visit barnabashealth.org/comics or “like” us on Facebook at facebook.com/BHHospiceAndHomeCare.

About Barnabas Health Hospice

Comfort the Patient. Heal the Family.®

Barnabas Health Hospice offers compassion and support to both the patient and family – empowering decision making, enhancing quality of life, providing comfort, and when the journey has ended, helping those who remain to cope with the loss and move forward. We collaborate with each patient’s Primary Care Physician to offer hospice and palliative care services, throughout 10 New Jersey counties, in private homes, in the hospital, or in long-term care or assisted living facilities. For more information, visit barnabashealthhospice.org. 

Geek Catalog Update 11/2/2014

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Here’s our latest Geek Catalog updates! This one leans heavy towards coding, Canada, and female geeks!

If you want to check out the full catalog, go to the lists sorted by Geekery and by Focus!

Comics

  • Charity

Computing

  • Female Geeks
    • Girls Learning Code – A Canadian non-profit that focuses on helping young women learn technical skills in a supportive atmosphere.
    • Ladies Learning Code – A Canadian non-profit that focuses on helping people learn beginner technical skills in a comfortable, social way.
    • Rails Girls – A worldwide group that works to empower women with technology.
  • Youth Education
    • Kids Learning Code – A Canadian non-profit that focuses on helping young people learn technical skills in a supportive atmosphere.

Video Games

  • Academics
    • Digital Games Research Association – An association for academics and professionals who research digital games and things related to them. Includes events, a journal, a conference, and more.
  • Charitable Work
    • Get Well Gamers – A foundation to bring video games to children’s hospitals in the US.
    • Get Well Gamers UK – A foundation to bring video games to children’s hospitals in the UK

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.