Mariner Girl Scouts get their sea legs aboard The Floating Hospital
Mariner Girl Scouts served on The Floating Hospital every day during the summer as part of their scout service and in pursuit of their…
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The Seaside Nursery and Hospital
When The Floating Hospital plied New York’s waterways bearing families needing care and relief, its captains had the choice of a few ports of…
Shortening the path to school attendance for migrant children
A new grant will help migrant children get their required vaccines for school
Volunteers Anchor The Floating Hospital
Volunteers have played an important role in The Floating Hospital's history, beginning in the summer of 1875.
Keeping an eye on healthy vision
We’ll soon add optometry to the list of in-house specialties available at our flagship Long Island City healthcare center. Scheduled to open in late…
Charting a Steady Course
This past April, Floating Hospital President Sean Granahan was the subject of a profile in Irish America magazine. The article is wide-ranging but focuses…
The Journey to Good Health
If you’ve ever had the unenviable duty of readying and transporting a child to soccer practice, music lessons or a school play, you don’t…
When Vegetables Were Unhealthy
Before the late nineteenth century, most Americans believed a healthy diet was rich in fat, starches, and salt. Many avoided fresh produce, assuming that…
Bank of America finds a healthy partner in The Floating Hospital
As is common in the corporate world, Bank of America (BofA) has undergone its share of mergers and acquisitions, but one thing that has…
Where Salty Breezes Blow
Excerpted from an article about The Floating Hospital, then operated by St. John’s Guild, in Harper’s Young People magazine, September 10, 1889
A look back/a look ahead
With the stubborn shadow of covid still lurking, challenges have continued to arise as we take on new endeavors and seek to expand our…
News and Events – October 2022
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