With all of the concern of rising unemployment rates, furloughs and companies cutting positions, there is one group of people that has just kept on giving unconditionally- our volunteers!
On Tuesday, we celebrated and publicly thanked 175 special people that volunteer their time to the hospital to help us advance our mission and vision to achieve excellence and improve the lives of those we serve!
Without these ambassadors, our hospital could not provide the level of service to our patients and guests that we so greatly depend upon. From helping lost guests find their way, to transporting patients, and lending a supportive ear to a patient that is lonely or confused, our volunteers play a vital role in the day-to-day fabric of our organization.
One special individual, Elise Essig, was recognized as our volunteer of the year. Elise epitomizes the definition of loyalty as she has been faithfully giving of herself and her time since 1972, volunteering more than 5,000 hours over the past 37 years! Over this past year, Elise and her colleagues together have volunteered 16,500 hours of service to the hospital, a pretty humbling statistic for the rest of us.
I hope those of you reading along will take a moment this week to show appreciation and thank our volunteers for their many contributions. They are part of the team that is helping to make us the best health system in America! - Thank YOU!
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