Lori’s Gifts Opens at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Bennington, VT—May 20, 2019—Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) President and CEO Thomas A. Dee, FACHE, (center) cut the ribbon at a new Lori’s Gifts location off the main lobby at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington, VT, earlier this month.

He was accompanied, right to left, by Jennifer Civello, SVHC’s director of Volunteer Services; Leslie Keefe, the vice president for Corporate Development; Denise Scheps, Lori’s Gifts store manager; and Sovany Trzepacz, Lori’s Gifts district manager.

This is the company’s first store in Vermont. They have several locations in nearby New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and nationwide. The store offers convenience items, like cell phone chargers, and quality gift items, like designer fragrances. It is open 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday – Friday and noon – 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

"We are happy to be here. The hospital has been wonderful and welcoming,” Trzepacz said. “It is the start of a great partnership."

About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices. For more information, visit svhealthcare.org.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Language assistance services, free of charge, are available at 1-800-367-9559.