From left, in front, are: Milyn Cooney, Charli Palmer, Taneka Donovan, Lillian Crandall, Meadow Grismore, Hazel Estes, Iris Pacanowski, Alivia Belson. Row two: Savannah Stein, Summer Chimera, Ella Maring, Lexi McGrew, Isla Zakrajsek, Stormy Raynor, Allison Tunison, Kendra Bowen, Coach Megan Orton. Row three: Coach Melissa Zakrajsek, Coach Aimee Helman, Kristin Rollinger, Kali DeGolier, Liberty Maring, Amelia Zakrajsek, Gabriellah Orton. Not pictured are Emerson Dodd, Nina Kapple, Bailey Schuster, Zoe Schuster, Hailey Cochrane, Danika Horton, Naomi Maring, Chelsea Pierce, Claire Schofield, Coach Jenn Chimera.

Westfield Goldenhawks Midget League football and cheerleading recently presented the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation with a $300 donation.

During the month of October, the league’s 30 Midget and Rookie Cheerleaders raised the funds for the hospital to bring awareness and support during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The league purchased pink cheer bows and breast cancer awareness socks for the team to wear during their football games throughout October. The money raised came from donations from the girls and their families. The team presented their gift to the hospital at the end of 2022.

“This is an extraordinary group of athletes,” says Coach Melissa Zakrajsek. “These girls wanted to do something to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month and they knew they wanted their donation to stay local to Westfield, the community where they live, learn and play. I’m so proud of them.”

Goldenhawks is Westfield’s youth football and cheerleading league, supporting over 80 local youth athletes ages 6-13 in football and cheerleading each year. For more information about Westfield Goldenhawks, please contact westfieldgoldenhawks@gmail.com.

“This gift from such a young group of donors speaks volumes and will allow AHN Westfield Radiology Department to focus on key areas that help women before, during and after a breast cancer diagnosis. We thank this group of impressive young girls for their support which is crucial in helping patients every step of the way at our community hospital,” said Patricia Gaughan DiPalma, executive director of the WMH Foundation.

For those who would like to learn more about the hospital Foundation or how to give to the 2023 Annual Campaign, contact Ms. DiPalma at patricia.dipalma@ahn.org; call: 716-793-2338 or visit the foundation’s website at: www.westfieldhospitalfoundation.org.

In addition to emergency care, the hospital provides an array of services, including ambulatory and short stay surgery, outpatient diagnostic services, physical therapy, cardiac testing and rehab, imaging, women’s diagnostic services, digital mammography, laboratory, diabetes education, nuclear stress testing, wound and infusion clinics, inpatient care, and a specialty services suite that includes general surgery, digestive diseases, OB-GYN services, orthopedics, urology, cardiology and hearing services.

Telemedicine services for stroke and endocrinology are also available at AHN-Westfield Hospital. The hospital also provides primary care services on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution during its nine week summer season.