Keeping an eye on healthy vision

2023-07-11T15:41:13-04:00

We’ll soon add optometry to the list of in-house specialties available at our flagship Long Island City healthcare center. Scheduled to open in late 2023, the Floating Hospital eye care clinic will be tailored to the unique needs of the communities we serve.

Keeping an eye on healthy vision2023-07-11T15:41:13-04:00

News and Events – May/June2023

2023-07-21T10:28:41-04:00

Celebrate with us at the Summer Benefit 2023 | Students involved in the ACE mentor program | Is the Covid pandemic over? | Patient Tameka Cooke shares her story and her gratitude

News and Events – May/June20232023-07-21T10:28:41-04:00

Charting a Steady Course

2023-07-11T15:52:02-04:00

This past April, Floating Hospital President Sean Granahan was the subject of a profile in Irish America magazine. The article is wide-ranging but focuses initially on a fateful 2004 diner meeting between Granahan, at that point the organization’s General Counsel, and concerned members of the Hospital board.

Charting a Steady Course2023-07-11T15:52:02-04:00

The Journey to Good Health

2023-07-11T15:53:11-04:00

If you’ve ever had the unenviable duty of readying and transporting a child to soccer practice, music lessons or a school play, you don’t need anyone to tell you how onerous such a task can seem.

The Journey to Good Health2023-07-11T15:53:11-04:00

When Vegetables Were Unhealthy

2023-07-11T15:55:29-04:00

Before the late nineteenth century, most Americans believed a healthy diet was rich in fat, starches, and salt. Many avoided fresh produce, assuming that fruits and vegetables would worsen their health and make them vulnerable to cholera and dysentery.

When Vegetables Were Unhealthy2023-07-11T15:55:29-04:00

Where Salty Breezes Blow

2023-07-11T15:58:29-04:00

Excerpted from an article about The Floating Hospital, then operated by St. John’s Guild, in Harper’s Young People magazine, September 10, 1889

Where Salty Breezes Blow2023-07-11T15:58:29-04:00

The Gift of Candy Cane Lane

2023-07-11T16:23:10-04:00

For five days in our new community outreach center (Dec. 12-16), Candy Cane Lane, the Floating Hospital’s annual holiday event, hosted 770 family members, providing hundreds of gifts each day, including toys, games, gift-cards, pajamas and desperately needed winter clothing.

The Gift of Candy Cane Lane2023-07-11T16:23:10-04:00
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