Two area businesses and a local school will launch fund-raising efforts in April on behalf of University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) and the Princeton HealthCare System Foundation.
Tuscan Hills LLC, importers of home furnishings and accessories, located at 4428 Route 27 in Kingston, will donate 10 percent of all sales between April 7 and May 12 to UMCP’s Level II Special Care Nursery, which provides management of high-risk pregnancies, as well as care for newborns.
This generous effort is inspired by a personal experience.
In 2002, Tuscan Hill owners Suzanne and Greg Evans learned they were expecting twin girls. As the pregnancy progressed, one daughter was hindered by intrauterine growth restriction, which gradually began to limit her growth. Six weeks before her due date, an emergency c-section was required.
In light of the high-risk pregnancy, the couple decided to bring their daughters into the world at UMCP. On April 7, 2003, the 2½-pound and 3½-pound little girls were delivered and moved into the Level II Special Care Nursery, where they remained for five weeks.
”The Tuscan Hills Gives Back benefit … honors the doctors and nurses at the special care nursery and commemorates the five weeks that our twin daughters spent there after their birth on April 7, 2003,” said Sue Evans. “This is our way of celebrating our daughters’ eighth birthday on April 7 and saying thank you to all of the doctors and nurses who cared for us. Under the direction of Dr. Brigitte Mihalyfi, the girls were handled with intensive, incredibly skilled care during their stay in the Level II Special Care Nursery.”
In addition to the Tuscan Hills benefit, Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) Foundation announced that during the month of April, New York Delicatessen and Restaurant, 3331 Route One, Lawrenceville, will donate 10 percent of its proceeds to the foundation.
New York Deli’s co-owner, Leonard Punia, is a major supporter of the PHCS having made a generous gift of $1.35 million in 2009 to the foundation’s Design for Healing campaign, which is raising funds for construction of the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.
The third benefit during April in support of UMCP is a children’s Dance Marathon, “Kids Bopping for Kids,” on Saturday, April 16.
This event, hosted by the Princeton Junior School and Community Connection of Princeton HealthCare (formerly the Auxiliary), will be held at the Princeton Junior School campus at 90 Fackler Road, Lawrenceville, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on April 16. Children in kindergarten through grade 5 are welcome to participate in the event, which will include carnival games, sporting activities, snacks, drinks and entertainment. Proceeds from the dance marathon will benefit the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at UMCP.
”We are very grateful for the continued support of local businesses and organizations. The equipment and resources such donations provide make a real difference, enabling us to deliver outstanding care to all our patients,” said Joseph Stampe, vice president of development at HealthCare System Foundation.
For more information, contact Mr. Stampe at 609-497-4190 or [email protected].

