Shore Health System nurses are giving back to the communities they serve by choosing one Mid-Shore county each season to benefit from an outreach project.

The Shore Health System Nursing Shared Leadership Global Council selected Caroline County as the beneficiary of the summer community outreach project. Preston resident Deedra Abner, BSN, a nurse on the Dorchester General Hospital multi-specialty care unit, partnered with the Caroline County Health Department to organize a collection for the elderly. Shore Health System nurses, physicians and other employees donated food and personal items. Cash donations were also collected and the money will be used to renew personal alert systems for people who use them in their homes.

“With the rising cost of daily necessities coupled with the fixed incomes of senior citizens, our nurses decided that older Caroline County citizens would benefit from receiving these supplies,” explains Janet Hash, RN, chair of the Shore Health System Nursing Shared Leadership Global Council.