The Hospital Thrift Shop opened for its 87th season in business on Monday, May 16. Watch this video of the opening day rush.

Thanks to everyone who attended our event at The Chicken Box on Saturday, March 26th, and helped us take another step toward realizing our new hospital! We also want to recognize Rocky Fox and everyone at The Box for hosting us, as well as our emcee Brian Glowacki, Sophie T’s for providing delicious food, and those who donated some great auction and raffle items.

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Few people are better acquainted with Nantucket Cottage Hospital from a patient’s perspective than island tile-layer and fisherman David Goodman.

Over his many years on the island, Goodman has been a patient in the Emergency Department after a cerebral hemorrhage. He’s stayed for a week on the inpatient floor suffering from liver disease. And he’s utilized the hospital’s outpatient rehabilitation services frequently for his recoveries, as well as countless visits to Dr. Tim Lepore’s primary care office.

“I got better care here than I would have got anywhere,” Goodman said. “I had incredible attention. It’s a real personal touch being here, and what I mean by that is the nurses and doctors went out of their way to take care of me. It was beyond ‘I’m just doing my job.’ and that was a big thing for me.” (more…)

The Gift of a Lifetime

The year was 1979 when Jim and Maureen Hackett made their first visit to Nantucket. It was a weekend jaunt to the island on a whim while Jim was attending graduate school in Boston, but Nantucket left its mark on the young couple. They’ve been coming back ever since.

More than 30 years later, they’ve made memories here with their four children, and now their grandchildren. They speak about the island community in terms of an extended family.

It’s among the many reasons why the Hacketts made one of their largest gifts ever to Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s capital campaign, a $6 million commitment from the Hackett Family Foundation toward the creation of the island’s new hospital. (more…)

Nantucket Cottage Hospital has launced a new publication called Milestones that focuses on the campaign to build a new hospital for the island, and is designed to provide an update on the project as well as celebrate the donors and volunteers who are making this historic initiative a reality.In this issue, we highlight the Hackett Family Foundation’s incredible gift of $6 million toward the island’s new hospital. Read the complete digital edition by clicking below: