For more than 120 years, the ELIH Auxiliary has dedicated itself to ensuring that the residents and visitors of the North Fork and Shelter Island have ready access to the highest quality healthcare.
In 2024, our all-volunteer group of 100 passionate community members provided over 14,500 hours of service in total including 1,310 hours in-hospital, 9,025 at the Opportunity Shop Thrift Store with the balance of hours of service donated by our wonderful ELIH Auxiliary Executive Board, through special fundraising projects undertaken by the Membership/Special Projects Division such as Ladies Day on the Links, the Italian Night Dinner and two annual ELIH Auxiliary fundraisers - the Dream Green Extravaganza and the Car/Cash Giveaway.
Our motivation today remains the same as it was in 1905, to ensure that our local community hospital, Stony Brook Eastern Island Hospital, continues to thrive and has the resources needed to add innovative technologies and care programs.
I am proud to say that 2024 was another record-breaking fundraising year for the ELIH Auxiliary. Much of last year’s success is due to the hard-working volunteers at the ELIH Opportunity Shop in Greenport Village. Through their efforts, as well as Membership/Special Events projects and two major fundraising events, we donated $600,000 to the hospital!
The total donations from the Auxiliary to the ELIH Foundation were $328,500 in unrestricted gifts, $39,000 from the Car/Cash Giveaway, $116,000 from the Dream Green Extravaganza, $10,000 for 2North Mattresses, $93,500 for a new ASU Sterilizer, $5,000 to the Social Worker Education Fund in Memory of outstanding Auxilian Nora Busch and $8,000 for our wonderful Employees’ holiday party. In addition to the $600,000, $300 in memorial donations were made to honor Auxilians, and the ELIH Auxiliary continued to fund 100% of the almost $10,000 cost to provide in-hospital cable TV service to our patients. Over the years, the Auxiliary has raised in excess of $13 million for our hospital.
I am grateful to the many talented volunteers and members who generously give their time to the ELIH Auxiliary. Your talent, ingenuity, and dedication inspire me every day!
Helene V. Fall
President, ELIH Auxiliary
Dan's Best of the Best Consignment/Thrift Shop 2019-2022
- Named 2013 Auxiliary of the Year by the Health Care Association of New York State (HANYS)
- Named 2017 Best Small Auxiliary by the Health Care Association of New York State (HANYS)
- Awarded the 2016-17 Community Service Award by The North Fork Chamber of Commerce
- Recipients of Peconic Landing’s 2017 Older Americans Champions Award
- ELIH Auxiliary Opportunity Shop Named 2019 Platinum Best Consignment/Thrift Shop by Dan’s Papers “Best of the Best” on the North Fork
- ELIH Auxiliary Opportunity Shop Named 2020 Platinum Best Consignment/Thrift Shop by Dan’s Papers “Best of the Best” on the North Fork
The Opportunity Shop is the hospital's thrift shop, located at 321 Main Street in Greenport Village. Our Auxilians volunteer at the "Op Shop" and every penny spent there supports Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. The store is open every Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-3pm, and donations are accepted during open hours. For more information, call the ELIH Foundation Office at (631) 477-5164.
ELIH AUXILIARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Helene V. Fall, President
Susi Young, First Vice President
Susan Geitz, Second Vice President
Iris Begora, Treasurer
Margaret Brown, Recording Secretary
Madeline Laveglia, Corresponding Secretary
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Helene V. Fall, Car/Cash Extravaganza Chair
Madeline Laveglia, Nominating Chair
Mary Ellen Connors, Timekeeper
DIVISIONS
Corner Shop – Helene V. Fall and Susi Young, Co-Chairs
Membership/Special Events – Barbara Koch, Chair; Lauretta Faria, Co-Chair/Treasurer; Anne McElroy, Co-Chair
Opportunity Shop and Consignment Closet – Connie Connor, Chair; Jean Graham, Co-Chair
Volunteer Services (Including Junior Volunteers) – Helene V. Fall, Interim Chair
DREAM GREEN
Helene V. Fall, Chair