Auxiliary Recognizes Service Award Recipients

MHE-Auxiliary-AwardsAuxiliary Recognizes Service Award Recipients

The Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton recently held its annual service awards luncheon at the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford. The Auxiliary celebrated 228,750 hours of service volunteered by 89 members who reached service milestones in 2014.

The service award program recognizes members’ volunteer milestones. During the ceremony Marion Miller and Julie Wojcik were each honored for volunteering 18,500 hours. Other distinguished honorees were Pauline Lane for 14,000 hours, Elizabeth Lechthaler for 13,500 hours, Margaret Blair for 12,000 hours and Joe Shultz for 10,500 hours.

Other service awards were presented to Debbie Hayes and Elva Pierce (8500); Neal O’Shea (7500); Gail Jenkins (7000); Terry Stephan (6500); Carolyn Behr, Codie Codispoti and Sabine Simonson (5000); Mary Ann Clark (4500); Janet Granger, Edith Hayman, Camille Kneale and Robert Sausser (4000); Barbara Brown, Brenda Prettyman and Phyllis Widerkehr (3500); Barbara Reinhardt (3000); Celia Bodmer and Regina Holland (2500); Esther Burns, Ruth Cecil, Nancy Espenhorst, Margaret Green, Maschell L. Hines, Valery Miller, Elmer Parkerson and Anita Rowan (2000); Art Cecil, Virginia Curtin, Lillian Hall, Donald O’Brien and Sue Shortall (1500); Marilyn Bates, Thomas Cronshaw, Jennie Einhorn, Alice Engle, William Huff, Christina O’Hara, Mary Ann Ray, Susan Silver and Rosemary Trippe (1000); Lorraine Bruckner, Judith Coffren, Sharron Lee Jamarik, Annabel Lesher, Linda Nagle, Ruth Quiri, Robert Savoie, Norman Schied, Daniel Tanner and Joyce Wilhelm (750); Sandra Dunker, Bill Eyring, Barbara Gardella, Robert Gretzinger, Liz Hannegan, Jean Hobbs, Eileen Kornas, Adrianna Lee, Ricka Robinson, Claudette Ross, Maggie Schabdach, Elmira Weber and Newton Williams (500); Peggy Bardelman, Gretchen Bauer, Patricia Collins, Diane Daffin, Virginia Ann Harvey, Mary McArtoer, Genenieve Murray, Barbara Nickerson and Gervais Wooters (250); and Kathleen Fabian, Patricia Griffith, Bill Hosker, Dobbie Hurst, Ellen Mielke, Diane Ries, George Shoener, Judy Smith, Val Tate and Bryant Wheeler (100).

Since its establishment, the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton has been instrumental in raising funds for various hospital programs and services at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton. Auxiliary funds are primarily raised through sales at Maggie’s Gift Shop, located at the hospital, and at the Bazaar at 121 Federal Street, which accepts donations of gently used clothing, accessories and small household items that are resold at reasonable prices. Both retail establishments are staffed by auxiliary volunteers. In addition, auxiliary volunteers are a resource in clinical areas both at the hospital and offsite, providing assistance to staff members, patients and visitors in multiple areas. Free blood pressure screenings are also provided to the community by auxiliary volunteers every Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until noon, excluding holidays, at the Diagnostic and Imaging Center located at 10 Martin Court in Easton.

For additional information about volunteer opportunities with the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, visit umshoreregional.org or call 410-822-1000, extension 5839.

Photo: The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary recently celebrated those members who reached service award milestones. 89 volunteers were recognized for 228,750 hours of service at the annual awards luncheon.