By Amy Korb, Executive Director
On August 17, 2020, the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps received delivery of a new ambulance for its fleet. The state-of-the-art vehicle is crucial to the organization’s success and the impact it makes on the whole community.
Each year, The Community Fund sets aside $50,000 to assist the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps (EVAC), which receives modest aid from the Town of Eastchester but relies heavily upon private donations. Every 3 years, The Fund gives EVAC a check toward a new ambulance, which costs about $150,000. The Fund has partnered with EVAC for the past 20 years to ensure that Bronxville, Eastchester, and Tuckahoe have the most up-to-date vehicles.
Maxwell K. Goldberg, Deputy Chief & Public Information Officer and EMT-B, is thrilled with the new purchase. “Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps would like to extend our sincerest thank you to The Community Fund for purchasing 57-B4 possible,” he said. “This 2020 Chevrolet G3500 Chassis with a Braun Express Type III Ambulance configuration is the perfect addition to our fleet. As new residents enter the community, our call volume continues to grow, and the addition of a fourth ambulance allows Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps to meet the community’s demands with top-notch medical care. Thanks to the generosity of The Community Fund, 57-B4 is loaded with state-of-the-art cardiac equipment, enhanced safety features, and a sleek design. Combine these features with the great reputation of Braun Custom Ambulances, and we are confident you will see this particular unit on the road for a decade or longer.”
EVAC strives to keep 3 ambulances in service at all times. Adding the new vehicle gives them the capacity to handle the maximum number of calls.
Jonalie Korengold, President of The Community Fund, understands the importance of this specific grant. “Now more than ever, our community needs the most up-to-date medical resources. With donations from our friends and neighbors, we are happy to purchase a new ambulance for the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps to be used in our area.”
The Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. (EVAC), which started in 1952, is the sole emergency ambulance provider for the Town of Eastchester and the Villages of Tuckahoe and Bronxville. EVAC’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate, cost-effective, and expeditious pre-hospital emergency medical care to our community. As an advanced life support service with paramedics on duty 24 hours a day, EVAC provides care that meets national pre-hospital emergency medical services delivery standards.
