Dr. Josh Meier volunteers in Haiti - Norton Healthcare

Employees donate
health kits for Haiti
Employees in Patient Financial
Services recently purchased items to
assemble 181 health kits for survivors
of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
Melanie Payne, who works in the
self-pay unit, learned that the United
Methodist Church had asked the Boy
Scouts for help in collecting items for
the health kits. Payne, whose son is a
Boy Scout, brought the request to the
attention of Tina McNelly, manager of
vendor support. McNelly turned it into
a competition for the entire Patient
Financial Services team, offering a free
lunch to the group that collected and
assembled the most kits.
Each kit contained a hand towel,
wash cloth, comb, nail file or fingernail
clippers, bath-size bar of soap,
toothbrush, six adhesive bandages and
$1 for toothpaste.
The winning team was cash/system
support, who donated 41 bags. The selfpay/vendor
support team was a close
second with 38 bags.
“Every time this group comes
together to do something from their
hearts I am always amazed,” McNelly
said. “They give generously whenever
they are asked to participate in a worthy
cause.”
The United Methodist Church,
which has a presence in Haiti, shipped
the health kits to Haiti, where they were
distributed to needy citizens.
–Cheryl Lockhart
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