Aid donated $20,500 and 9,457 volunteer hours
Sandy Gordon, who serves as staff support for the Aid, presents Ellen Kenney with a pin for reaching 5,000 volunteer hours. Looking on are outgoing President Phyllis Gaul, left, and Rob Fowler, RN, BSN, Director of Quality, who presented the pins.
The Waldo County General Hospital Aid held its annual meeting May 28 at Penobscot Shores, capping off another successful year. During fiscal year 2014, the group donated $20,500 to the Hospital–$13,500, which they earned from a series of fundraisers, and $7,000 from profits in their Hospital Gift Shop.
And then they turned around and donated another $10,000 toward their 2015 contributions.
Aid members also volunteered more than 9,457 hours in the Hospital, on community events and on fundraising activities.
Outgoing President Phyllis Gaul thanks her corresponding secretary Jean Russell for all her help.
Executive Director Mark Biscone said serving as the interim CEO at Pen Bay Medical Center should help the two hospitals to share more services. He said the two hospitals already share the services of doctors in urology, nephrology, and vascular medicine and in the future will be doing more of that, including an oncologist.
Biscone said a number of excellent new doctors have been added at Waldo County during the past year, along with some new programs and upgrading of equipment.
Aid member Carol Bisbee read the Auxiliary Prayer and sang a remembrance for members who have passed with Ellen Kenney.
In other action at the meeting, members:
• elected as officers for the upcoming year: Sally Millhorn, president; Jane Doak, vice president; Ellen Kenney, secretary; Judy Whitney, treasurer; Phyllis Gaul, corresponding secretary; and Lois Aitken, gift shop treasurer;
• honored Ed Kelley and Ellen Kenney for attaining 5,000 hours of volunteer hours; and Muriel Krakar, who lives in Chicago for 8,000 hours of volunteer hours (she still makes doll
clothes and mails them to the gift shop to be sold). Made special mention of Wilma Moses, who has the most volunteer hours, 8,335 (she serves as a pharmacist technician, is a past president more than once and is garden walk chair);
• thanked Connie Woitowitz, who is retiring as the tray favors coordinator after 20 years of service; Priscilla Withee, who is retiring as clinic volunteers chair; and Phyllis Gaul, who was completing her term as president;
• listened as outgoing President Phyllis Gaul thanked Jean Russell and Geary Tibbetts for going above and beyond in helping her during her term; and
• reminded members of the Summer Silver Tea to be held Thursday, July 17, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the former Anne Crosby Johnson manor, now the residence of George and Marcia Smith.