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Employee Excellence purpose worthwhile work making a difference Who’s Lighting the Halls of MGH? Join us in recognizing them Marion General Hospital honors its employees who embrace the spirit of service excellence through its Headlighter program. Other outstanding employees who reduce operating expenses or improve service in their departments receive Key Contributor awards. Here is MGH’s most recent group of employees who earned the distinctions. ❋ Headlighters • Gayle Wagner, telemetry • Jeannie Starr, cardiac cath labs • Nancy Pierce, R.N., medical/surgical • Jane Cline, R.N., pediatrics • DeShell White, health information management • Linda Briede, R.N., information technology • Susan Wright, human resources • Joe Beck, receiving and distribution • Sheri Hacker, laboratory • Pam Waymire, critical care department • Margaret Julian, R.N., quality improvement • Josh Miller, ambulance ❋ Key Contributors • Susan Smoker, R.N., risk management • Tammy Cornelious, R.N., emergency room • Tom Fett, protective services Featured Headlighter Karen Malott, receptionist, puts passion into practice Karen Malott, PatientFirst Medical Group of MGH, neurology, has voluntarily become the facilitator for the Alzheimer’s support group that meets at the Marion Public Library each month. In addition, she has arranged speakers for the meetings and gathered and distributed helpful brochures for the caregivers who attend the meetings. Malott has spent countless hours helping the caregivers resolve issues involving the care of their loved ones. She often spends her lunch hour working on arrangements for the meetings. MGH commends Malott for her selflessness and dedication to this important health issue. Her commitment to our community is one to which we all should aspire. vim & vigor · winter 2008 53
Volunteer Services Your Support Benefits Many A message from MGH Auxiliary President Mary Craw The Marion General Hospital Auxiliary is beginning a new year of fundraising activities, and we hope you can help us by supporting the events. There is always something for everyone at the sales. Your purchase of great merchandise like books, candy, cheesecakes and jewelry will help fund our future planned projects— such as buying televisions for the pediatrics unit, making rice bags for the nursery and purchasing automated external defibrillator (AED) and Lifeline® units for community use in emergency situations. The monies raised also support other community efforts. Ivy Tech Community College (Marion) was the recent recipient of a $10,000 gift from the Auxiliary to be used for the continued education of nursing students. (In the past, the Auxiliary awarded 10 individual $1,000 scholarships, but it was determined that the college could help more nursing students if the money was available for all rather than set aside for just 10 individuals.) We are truly thankful for your ongoing support, which allows us to be of service to many. Being thankful is appropriate this time of the year. As we enter the Thanksgiving season, please take a moment to reflect on your own life and remember what you are grateful for. We are always looking for happy people with smiling faces who wish to volunteer at MGH. This season, consider giving just a little of yourself to help others—it can be a wonderful feeling. call To volunteer at MGH, call 765-662-4753. Volunteers of the Month September Volunteer of the Month: Mary Ellen Spencer—“There is a great need to volunteer and it is very rewarding,” says Mary Ellen Spencer, whose slightly mischievous smile and pleasant personality can be found volunteering in the gift shop. The Upland resident says she started to volunteer Mary Ellen Spencer at MGH four years ago after the death of her husband to help fill the void in her life. “It gives me something to look forward to each week,” she says. During off hours, Spencer spends her time crocheting, knitting dish cloths, traveling, baking and working puzzle books with Ginger, her Yorkshire terrier and companion. October Volunteer of the Month: Pete Hall—A two-year MGH volunteer, Pete Hall was born and raised on a farm in Grant County. When it came time to decide where to volunteer, he says it was a nobrainer: MGH is within walking distance of his home. “I needed to keep busy and it’s a service for the Pete Hall community,” he says. “The smiles, thanks and appreciation you receive make volunteering at MGH worthwhile.” While away from MGH, he enjoys assembling and mounting jigsaw puzzles. Hall is no stranger to healthcare, either—he routinely visits others in hospitals and nursing homes as an outreach activity with his church. November Volunteer of the Month: Phil Weck—As a messenger at MGH for more than two years, Phil Weck has traveled all over the hospital delivering and picking up mail and medicines. “I needed to find something to do with my time while my wife was working,” he says. “Volunteering Phil Weck gives me the greatest feeling in the world.” Weck, originally from Wabash County, is nearly a newlywed—he and his wife, Jan, were married in 2006. They share their home with Peaches, their admittedly spoiled cat. This 30-year teaching veteran says he enjoys bowling in his spare time. 54 vim & vigor · winter 2008
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