Jan. 16, 2025 QNS News Team Nearly 90 families received holiday gifts and essentials in 2024 through the St. John’s ICARE Foundation’s annual Adopt-A-Family program, an initiative aimed at easing the financial burden for those in need during the holiday season. The St. John’s ICARE Foundation serves as the philanthropic arm of St. John’s…
Dec. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry First responders pulled the body of a woman from the frigid waters off Rockaway Park on Friday morning, and investigators are working to determine how she died. Police from the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach responded to a 911 call at 8:44 a.m. reporting a person in the…
Nov. 26, 2024 QNS News Team A Rockaway-based foundation has received a grant from the Amazin’ Mets Foundation to enhance maternal care for residents of the Rockaways. The St. John’s ICARE Foundation has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, led by New York Mets owner Alex Cohen, to support the…
Nov. 1, 2024 QNS News Team Episcopal Health Services (EHS) in Far Rockaway held its annual National Depression Screening Day on Thursday, Oct. 10, offering free mental health screenings and resources in the parking lot of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. The event, organized by the Population Health team at EHS, aimed to address the…
Oct. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Episcopal Health Services (EHS), a prominent healthcare provider serving the Rockaway Peninsula and Five Towns, has announced the expansion of its Cancer Services Program to offer no-cost breast and cervical cancer screenings and diagnostic services. Supported by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), these services are…
Oct. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The St. John’s ICARE Foundation, based in Far Rockaway, is dedicated to supporting St. John’s Episcopal Hospital through fundraising efforts that improve healthcare services for the local community. Recently, the foundation held its 27th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament at North Hills Country Club, raising $500,000 for the hospital’s…
Sep. 19, 2024 By Czarinna Andres St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway has introduced a Nurse Residency Program aimed at providing in-depth, on-the-job training for recent nursing graduates. The program, developed with the New York City Nursing Project in partnership with Vizient, is accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres As the new school year approaches, families across the Rockaway Peninsula and nearby communities gathered for the 8th annual Community and Back-to-School Wellness event on Aug. 16. The event, held at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, located at 327 Beach 19th St. in the Rockaways, offered a festive atmosphere…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres St. John’s Episcopal Hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula has received $500,000 in funding from New York State Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato, which will advance the hospital’s efforts to improve women’s healthcare services. The funds will support the construction of the hospital’s new Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP)…
Jul. 23, 2024 By Ethan Marshall St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway will soon have a new state-of-the-art Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) unit for expecting mothers, thanks to almost $8.8 million in funding from legislators and private donors. When St. John’s Episcopal broke ground on this new unit on May 17,…