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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.
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vim & vigor · winter 2008