At the Monday, July 16, meeting of the Plainsboro Planning Board an application for a new sign on the side of the hospital was approved. The sign will mark the Atkinson Pavilion, and will consist of individual letters approximately 25 inches tall and 211 inches wide.
Andy Williams, spokesperson for the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, said the signage will “identify the patient tower as the Atkinson Pavilion.” The move comes in recognition of David & Patricia Atkinson’s donation to the new hospital — the largest gift ever made to a hospital in New Jersey.
Williams said the sign will feature similar white/night illuminated lettering to the one on the side of the hospital’s Medical Arts Pavilion.
IN other hospital-related news, the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro received a donation of 62 handmade blankets and quilts and 200 knitted and crocheted preemie and pediatric caps from Bob’s Blankie Brigade, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving people who are seriously ill or in need. Greg Carter, director of Annual Giving at Princeton HealthCare System Foundation, says the hospital will distribute them to patients in UMCPP’s Cancer Center, the Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit, and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Health Center.
Bob’s Blankie Brigade was established in 2008 to provide a warm and loving touch to children and adults in need. In a statement Helaine Lobman, president of Bob’s Blankie Brigade said the company’s goal for 2012 is to distribute 500 blankets and 500 caps to charitable causes in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida, and California.
