Sisters of Charity Hospital, both Main Street Campus and St. Joseph Campus, have been recognized for its commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care to stroke patients with the 2013 Get With The Guidelines®–Quality Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Roseanne Hemmitt from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association will present Peter U. Bergmann, Sisters Hospital President & CEO, along with Karen Koster, Sisters Hospital Stroke Coordinator, with an award for their achievements. The first presentation was held on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 1pm in the Sisters Hospital Lobby on Main Street. The second award ceremony wasl held today in the Emergency Room Lobby of St. Joseph Campus on Harlem Road.

MJ Maccalupo, author of “The Almost Definitive Collection Vol. 1,” will be the featured guest at a book-signing event from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at the nonprofit Dog Ears Bookstore & Café, 688 Abbott Road, Buffalo.

“The Almost Definitive Collection Vol. 1” contains six short “Stories of the Macabre,” seven “Introspective Essays,” 40-plus poems and “Husbands-in-Law,” a three-act play.