More than 900 books collected in SSM Health Pediatrics book drive

March 26, 2024 12:00 PM -

Monroe, WI – In less than a month, SSM Health Monroe Clinic Medical Group’s Pediatrics team collected 951 new or gently used children’s books to give to pediatric patients at sick visits.

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The book drive, open to staff at SSM Health, collected books at the clinic in Monroe, as well as other SSM Health Monroe Medical Group locations.

“We are so appreciative of everyone that donated books. We weren’t sure what to expect, but this is well beyond anything we imagined,” shared Amy Schulz, RN, and Manager of Monroe’s Pediatrics team.

Teams will begin distributing the books soon.

About SSM Health in Monroe

SSM Health Monroe Hospital and SSM Health Monroe Clinic Medical Group is a Catholic, not-for-profit health care network with one hospital and a multi-specialty physician practice with over 120 employed providers offering a broad range of health care services to the meet the needs of the communities. It serves southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. SSM Health in Monroe also includes 12 clinic locations, a 24-hour emergency department, a home care and hospice agency, walk-in and urgent care clinics, rural family medicine residency and emergency medicine fellowship programs, and primary and specialty care sites offering preventative, acute and rehabilitative care.

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