December 28, 1998

Patients of the MGH health centers and clients of the MGH HAVEN (Hospitals
Helping Abuse and Violence End Now) program will get a big surprise this Christmas from MGHers who have donated presents for the holidays. Patient Care Services and other MGH employees joined with the MGH Charlestown, Chelsea and Revere health centers and HAVEN program to deliver presents to families in need.

From left, Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, MS, senior vice president for Patient Care Services and chief nurse; Deborah Washington, RN, director of Diversity for Patient Care Services, who spearheaded the project; Thomas Sterne, MD, medical director of the MGH·Chelsea HealthCare Center; Karen Murphy-Lind, RN, of the MGH·Charlestown HealthCare Center; Roger Pasinski, MD, medical director of the MGH·Revere HealthCare Center; and Bonnie Zimmer, director of the HAVEN program.