St Mary Announces Tree Planting and Dedication for Earth Day

For the first time, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center will be planting and dedicating Magnolia trees on the hospital campus in celebration of Earth Day. St. Mary Medical Center is grateful to be receiving a donation of four trees from the City of Long Beach's Sustainability Department.

According to St. Mary Medical Center Foundation President Drew Gagner, it is often said in philanthropy that providing for our organization is akin to planting a tree that will someday provide shade to someone we will never know.  St. Mary will dedicate a tree on Earth Day to WWII Veteran Elmer McClintock, a member of our Sister Alphonsus Legacy Society, who recently passed away in February 2016 at the age of 97.

When                   

Friday, April 22, 2016 at 9 am

Where             

Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813
Trees will be planted on the far West side of campus, near Long Beach Blvd.

Who                         

Joel Yuhas
Hospital President, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center

Drew Gagner
Foundation President, Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center

Sister Celeste Trahan
Vice President of Mission Integration, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center

Contact Angela Giacobbe at (818) 314-3269 or Lysa Barry at (818) 716-7111

Contact at Event:

Megan Martinez, Manager of Marketing & Communications,
Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center (949) 233-4093 

About Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center

Founded in 1923 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a highly-regarded 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital that offers a full range of inpatient, outpatient and related health and wellness services to the greater Long Beach area.  St. Mary is committed to providing a unique balance of high-quality, compassionate care that brings both healing and humanity to the body, mind and spirit of our patients.  We deliver care to the sick while providing direct services to the underserved and advocate on their behalf.