The recipients, Jonathan Kwan, Franklin Square; Allison Riordan, Oceanside; Jessica Massiah, Valley Stream; Dana Crowe, Uniondale; Brandon Jacquet and Stefan Louis, both of Baldwin combined to provide 971 hours of volunteer service

1. For Immediate Release July 29, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
By Doing Good. Local Teenagers Earn Dorothy M. Sharer Scholarship
Photo Caption: South Nassau awarded six local high school students who served as junior
volunteers at the hospital with the Dorothy M. Sharer Scholarship. (Back row far left) Anne
Fernandez, director of Volunteer Services, and (Back row second from right) Rose Terzaga,
evening supervisor of Volunteer Services, and (to the right of Ms. Terzaga) Joe Calderone,
senior vice president of Corporate Communications and Development, thanked the junior
volunteers (Back row R to L) Brandon Jacquet; Jonathan Kwan; and Stefan Louis, and (seated)
Allison Riordan; Jessica Massiah; and Dana Crowe for their nearly 1,000 hours of devoted
volunteer service to the hospital.
Oceanside, NY – In recognition of their selfless service as junior volunteers at South
Nassau Communities Hospital, six local high school graduates who plan to pursue careers in
healthcare have been awarded the hospital’s annual Dorothy M. Sharer Scholarship.
The recipients, Jonathan Kwan, Valley Stream North H.S/Franklin Square; Allison
Riordan, Oceanside H.S./Oceanside; Jessica Massiah, Valley Stream Central H.S/Valley Stream;
Dana Crowe, Bishop Kellenberg Memorial H.S./Uniondale; Brandon Jacquet, Baldwin
H.S./Baldwin, and Stefan Louis, Baldwin H.S./Baldwin, combined to provide 971 hours of
dedicated volunteer service. The scholarships awarded ranged between $250 and $1,000.
The late Dorothy M. Sharer was a devoted and beloved volunteer at South Nassau for
more than 30 years who dedicated her life to serving others through volunteerism. Recipients of
the scholarship emulate Ms. Sharer’s traits while demonstrating a desire to pursue degrees in
higher education that would prepare them for careers in health care.
“Each scholarship recipient embodies Dorothy’s spirit of selflessness and the joy she
received from working with and helping others,” said Anne Marie Fernandez, South Nassau’s
director of volunteer services. “The scholarship recipients, as well as their fellow junior
volunteers, are commended for their good works in support of the hospital and its patients.”
Jonathan Kwan joined South Nassau as a junior volunteer July 24, 2012. Working
mostly at the hospital’s messenger desk, Jonathan’s responsibilities included delivering supplies
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2. to hospital departments and units and helping visitors navigate the hospital. Jonathan will attend
SUNY Binghamton in the fall, where he plans to major in Biomedical Engineering.
A junior volunteer beginning, June 25, 2014, Allison Riordan also served at the
messenger desk and performed similar tasks. She also volunteered in the hospital’s Palliative
Care Services, messenger desk, as well as its Center for New Beginnings (also referred to as the
Labor, Delivery and Maternity Unit). Allison will attend SUNY Plattsburgh to pursue a degree
in nursing.
Jessica Massiah joined South Nassau as a junior volunteer June 25, 2013. She served at
the messenger desk and SIBSPlace program in Hewlett. She will attend CUNY Queens College
in the fall.
Dana Crowe has been a volunteer since July 5, 2013, serving as a messenger and in the
Radiology Department. She will attend Temple University in the fall to pursue a degree in
Speech Language Pathology.
A junior volunteer since July 1, 2014, Brandon Jacquet worked at the messenger desk and
in the Center for New Beginnings. He has multiple healthcare career interests and will explore
them while he is a student at SUNY Albany.
Stefan Louis joined South Nassau in October 12, 2013. He served in the Patient Care
Services office, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center and the Outpatient Dialysis Center.
He plans to pursue a degree in physical therapy at the Malek School of Health Professions at
Marymount University in the fall to pursue a degree in Physical Therapy.
Volunteering at South Nassau can be both satisfying and enriching. No experience is
necessary: anyone with a little spare time, an easy smile and a kind heart qualifies. Junior high
and high school-aged young adults can volunteer after school, on weekends or during spring and
summer breaks. It's not only an excellent opportunity to help others, but also a great way to get a
firsthand look at the healthcare field for those youngsters who may be considering this as a
career. For more information about the junior volunteers program or volunteering at South
Nassau, please call Volunteer Office at 516-632-3928.
South Nassau is a recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Target: Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Quality Achievement
Award as well as the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation
Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),
South Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds,
more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an
acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac,

3. oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In
addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and
elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York
State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American
College of Surgeons and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the hospital has been awarded the
Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures,
including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for
hip and joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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