WHAT: Maimonides Health will be the recipient of a donation of 1,000 sensory-friendly onesies and swaddles for families with newborns born at Maimonides Medical Center. Valerie Bernal, CEO and founder of children’s clothing company Parker & Talia will visit Maimonides’ Labor & Delivery Unit to distribute the first round of donations directly to families. Parker & Talia creates clothing with an emphasis on comfort and suitability for children with sensory processing disorders, with seamless, hypoallergenic, eco-friendly materials.

WHO: Valerie Bernal, Founder and CEO of Parker & Talia
Labor & Delivery Patients and Newborns at Maimonides Medical Center
Maimonides Medical Center Labor & Delivery Clinical Staff

WHEN: Thursday, May 9, 2024
10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Maimonides Medical Center
4802 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219
Meet in Main Lobby (Between 48th and 49th Streets)

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About Maimonides Health
Maimonides Health is Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 320,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1,700+ physicians and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties and Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center.

Maimonides’ clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. For additional information, please visit maimo.org.