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The Auxiliary of Columbus Regional Healthcare System made several donations in 2008 to the hospital that helped improve efficiencies, enhance patient care and assisted students in obtaining a college degree. A 2008 Ford Van, valued at over $22,000, equipment for the laboratory, valued at over $2400, along with a $1000 donation to the HOSA Scholarship Fund were the 2008 gifts to CRHS.
The van, purchased locally, will be used to transport food/supplies to offsite locations, including meal and laundry service to the recently completed, Hospice Life Care Center. The Department of Laboratory Services received a STATspin Express 4 centrifuge, which will spin blood needed for chemistry tests in 3 minutes, as opposed to 10 minute equipment. “This new equipment will be so beneficial in providing a more rapid turn-around time, which will improve the patients’ experience” says Janet Royal, Director of Laboratory Services. “We were so honored that the Auxiliary chose to purchase this centrifuge for our department.”
Members of the Auxiliary provide many services to the hospital and the community, assisting in registration, greeting visitors at the information desk in the main lobby, providing communication with visitors/families in the surgical waiting room, helping out in various departments throughout the hospital, as well as staffing the appropriately named hospital gift shop, “The Sunshine Shop”, for visitors/employees. “Our volunteers provide a wonderful service to our hospital” states Terrie Priest, Vice President of Business Development and Community Relations, “It is always a comfort to see those pink (or blue jackets), those smiling faces and those warm expressions of assistance in all that they do.”
The money collected from fundraising events and sales in the gift shop go to support CRHS and the community. These recent donations to the hospital are just a few of the many monetary contributions the Auxiliary has made to CRHS over the past years. The Auxiliary has purchased equipment for the Physical Therapy Department; equipment for the Department of Laboratory Services; provided support to the Donayre Cancer Care Center with the purchase of goodie bags for cancer patients, DVD players for the Center and monetary support; and supported the Adopt-A-Child program sponsored by the Pastoral Care Department at Christmas as well as the hospital sponsored HOSA Scholarships.
If you are interested in joining the Auxiliary of Columbus Regional Healthcare System, please call Shelby Fuhr at 910-642-8011.
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Pictured are (sitting): Pat Paschal, Shelby Fuhr-Volunteer Coordinator Lou Hooks, Dixie Batten, Ronnie Thompson, and Betsy McKee. (Standing): Irene Fluharty, Grace Palmer, Lizzie Neill, Mildred Efird, Margaret McCloughy, Martha Dalton, Jackie Jones, Vivian Smith, Faye Merritt, Grace Gore, and Peggy Davis
Pictured with the Laboratory equipment are Pat Paschal, Dixie Batten and Betsy McKee, Auxiliary members
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