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April 20, 2010 LMH volunteers do everything from transporting patients to stocking supplies to working in the gift shop. They were recognized Monday evening during the LMH Auxiliary’s 83rd annual meeting and awards ceremony at Alvamar Country Club, as part of National Volunteer Week. In 2009: • 844 — people volunteered. • 12 percent — increase from 2008. • 434 — were college students. • 112 — were junior high and high school students. • 60,252 — hours of services provided to LMH. • 1,000 — the most hours provided by one volunteer, Reathyl Brummett. • 96 — age of oldest volunteer who knits caps for newborns. • 14 — age of youngest volunteer who transports patients. • $30,000 — donated by LMH Auxiliary to hospital’s palliative care rooms and new cardiovascular services. • $20,000 — gift still being selected by Auxiliary board. “We have wonderful staff at the hospital, but the volunteers are able to just provide that icing on the cake, those little extras that make it nice, make it our community hospital.” — Allyson Leland, LMH director of volunteer services Volunteers of the Year are: • Madge Compton. She volunteers in the medical records and care coordination departments and put in more than 400 hours, or 50 eight-hour days. • Bryce Ridgway. The West Junior High School eighth-grader began in December and already has volunteered 140 hours. He comes in at 7 a.m. every Sunday and helps in the skilled nursing department. He helps patients to breakfast and visits with them. Bryce Ridgway If you would like to volunteer: • Click on lmh.org. • Call 505-3141.
For more information contact:
Belinda Rehmer, Communications Coordinator 785-505-3131
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