Griffin Hospital fundraiser collects $8K for Spooner House in Shelton

Susan Agamy, Executive Director of Spooner House, left, joined Kim Hall, Sr. Applications Coordinator at Griffin Hospital, and hospital staff Dec. 21 in drawing tickets for the Holiday Wonderland of Trees fundraiser./ Contributed photo


DERBY - Griffin Hospital’s annual Holiday Wonderland of Trees fundraiser collected more than $8,000 for Spooner House in Shelton to help feed and shelter area families in need this winter.

As part of Griffin’s Planetree Patient-Centered Care Philosophy, the Holiday Wonderland of Trees calls on hospital departments to decorate three-foot artificial evergreen trees that are raffled off. 

The fundraiser aims to help improve health the community by supporting the Spooner House’s free shelter and food.

This is the sixth year of the fundraiser, which has raised more than $37,900 in total.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.