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MCIA Hospice Brochure Wins National Awards

January 19, 2006 -- The Middlesex County Improvement Authority has received two national marketing and communications awards for a brochure it produced about the services available at the Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice at Roosevelt Care Center.

The MCIA owns and operates Roosevelt Care Center and the Hospice, which provides end-of-life care and support to patients and their families.

“A lot of careful attention and thought went into the production of the brochure because it is so very important to inform the Middlesex County community about the services our Hospice provides,” said MCIA Director of Administration Jane S. Leal, who produced the brochure.

The MCIA was named a 2005 Gold Winner for the MarCom Creative Awards, an international competition for marketing and communication professionals.

The MarCom Creative Awards are part of The Communicator Awards, one of the largest, oldest and most respected competitions in the communication field. The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world, according to the MarCom Web site.

The full-color, eight-page pamphlet also received a bronze award for the 2005 Spotlight Awards of the League of American Communications Professionals.

The brochure was among 850 nominees for Spotlight Awards, which are judged by a field of communications professionals affiliated with the League. 

The Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice on the campus of Roosevelt Care Center in Edison is a six-bed building that offers a homelike environment to patients and their families. Hospice services also are available at the homes of patients or their families.

The Hospice program also offers a bereavement support group for families throughout the County. Meetings are held at the Hospice Building on the second Wednesday of every month. Sample topics include grief and loss, Alzheimer’s disease and personal perspective on death and dying.

For more information or to register for upcoming sessions, please contact Jill Zhou, LCSW, or the Rev. Thurlan Meadows, at 732-321-9335.

The Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice is always looking for volunteers to help families going through the grieving process.

The Hospice is particularly looking for volunteers to visit with families after a loved one has passed to help them get through the bereavement process.

Volunteers are required to complete a 12-hour educational course that includes workshops, videos and lectures.

Call 732-321-9335 for information. 

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