Gerdau Ameristeel Supports Local Good Samaritan Project
05/24/2007 - Gerdau Ameristeel and the Ryan Nece Foundation will present the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System with 17 computers and 44 Web cams with headsets for use in connecting patients with family members located around the country.
Gerdau Ameristeel and the Ryan Nece Foundation will present the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System with 17 computers and 44 Web cams with headsets for use in connecting patients with family members located around the country.
Gerdau Ameristeel’s donation serves as the Ryan Nece Foundation’s first Good Samaritan Project of 2007. Fifteen of the donated computers are desktop units that will be placed in central locations around the hospital for general patient use, and two are laptops that will be used by patients who are unable to leave their beds to visit the computer room. All of the computers will be equipped with Web cams and headsets. Selected families of veterans will receive the remaining Web cams and headsets.
After a presentation ceremony on Thursday, May 24, a live demonstration of the Web cam's capabilities will connect a veteran at the hospital with his family in Gastonia, N.C., a suburb of Charlotte.
The Ryan Nece Foundation's Good Samaritan Program seeks project recipients throughout the Tampa Bay area who need assistance to overcome life's obstacles. Nominations for the Good Samaritan Program are accepted on the Foundation's Web site, RyanNece56.com.
The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System has been providing care since 1933. Overall, more than 3,000 veterans per day receive health care services at Bay Pines, the Fort Myers Outpatient Clinic and associated community-based outpatient clinics. Bay Pines provides physical, emotional and psychological support for the healing and wellness process.
Gerdau Ameristeel is the second largest mini-mill steel producer in North America with annual manufacturing capacity of more than nine million tons of mill finished steel products. The company serves customers throughout the United States and Canada and its products are generally found in bridges, highways, stadiums, and commercial and apartment buildings.
