Community Contributions HELPING OUR SCHOOLS Recently, the John Crecco Foundation donated a defibrillator to Bloomfield High School and another to Demarest Elementary School. The foundation has raised and given away more than $1 million over the years and has served as a major sponsor for youth league teams, drug-abuse prevention programs and the Leukemia Society. In the photo, taken at BHS, standing from left, are Michael Napolitano of UNICO, BHS principal Chris Jennings; Marion Crecco, Tom Reading and John Sanders of the Crecco Foundation, schools superintendent Sal Goncalves, and seated, John Crecco. THE JOHN I. CRECCO FOUNDATION DONATES A TOTAL OF $25,000 TO CLARA MAASS HOSPITAL IN BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY, FOR EQUIPMENT TO THE CARDIAC GYM FACILILITIES John I. Crecco, former Bloomfield mayor, and his wife Marion, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly presented Clara Maass Medical Center hospital representatives with a $12,000 donation towards a $25,000 pledge on behalf of the John I. Crecco Foundation for cardiac services at the hospital (photo courtesy of Clara maass Medical Center). VIEW THE FULL PRESS RELEASE The John I. Crecco Foundation has contributed over one million dollars to area hospitals for the purpose of advancing cardiac care. The Foundation has also played a major role in the construction and creation of the telemetry unit at Columbus Hospital in Newark and the Green Room at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. Mountainside Hospital, Montclair Purchase of a Telemetry Monitoring System for the Hospital's Heart Failure Center. The work done in this cardiac care unit will, among other benefits, help reduce the patients' time in the hospital.   Columbus Hospital, Newark Financing for a Telemetry System that can monitor up to thirty cardiac patients at one time. Bloomfield Police Department Purchase of six defibrillators for police cars.   Bloomfield Emergency Squad - Donated Defibrillator and mannequin for teaching The "Resusciann" for CPR courses. Sponsored the MIT Course Bloomfield Fire Department Purchased the "Resusciann" for CPR Courses. Donated "Pluggie the Robot" to teach fire safety in all the schools. Deborah Heart and Lung Center Audio Visual Equipment. Three additional defibrilators were donated November 2010. Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark Sponsorship of an infection free "Green" operating room. Prior to this many hip replacement patients would contract infections during surgery causing extensive hospital stays, and in some cases, even death.   Clara Maass Memorial Hospital, Belleville Cardiac Equipment. Hackensack Hospital Donation of $5,000.00 to the Cysticfrosis Clinic Educational Program Ambulatory Equipment.   Tri County Memorial Hospital, Newark Funding for a Mobile Cardiac intensive care unit. Columbus Hospital, Newark First Cardiac Care Unit. Two bed unit and the following year a six bed unit. BACK TO TOP   Saint Barnabas Medical Center - Newark, NJ Funding for Cardiac Equipment. Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ Sponsorship of a Ventricular Bypass machine for open heart surgery. The foundation has also been a major contributor to the Salvation Army, Italian Eathquake relief donations, City of Hope, Bloomfield Little League Baseball Teams, The March of Dimes, Leukemia Society and Ethiopian Child Hunger. Bishop Francis receives a $29k check for Ethiopian Child Hunger.