CarePoint donates funds for Hurricane Harvey relief

HUDSON COUNTY— CarePoint Health announced Thursday that it is raising funds for Hurricane Harvey relief by supporting Team Rubicon.
The company, which has hospitals in Hoboken, Bayonne, and Jersey City, is making a corporate donation. Employees are personally supporting Team Rubicon and other charities providing relief.
Team Rubicon is a nonprofit organization that unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams.
Since 2011, Team Rubicon has responded to 212 disasters.
They are currently deployed in Houston, Texas conducting floodwater rescue operations in Harris and Galveston counties.
“It is important for us all to come together as a community to support the ongoing efforts to deal with the effects of Hurricane Harvey,” said CEO of CarePoint Health Jeff Mandler. “We are all too familiar with the damage brought by coastal storms and want to do our part to enable organizations like Team Rubicon to help conduct rescue and recoveries in the affected areas.”