Skaggs Volunteers Recognized for Service Hours

Skaggs Regional Medical Center (Photo By: Monte Schisler)

By: News Release
Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012

At Skaggs Regional Medical Center there’s an army in blue that provides valuable service to the hospital and its patients, and during the end of April, which is National Volunteer Month, those much appreciated individuals were honored for their many hours of dedicated service at Skaggs.

In addition to the roles the volunteers fill in the Skaggs system, they operate The Pink Door, a thrift shop in Hollister, and the Forget-Me-Not gift shop in the Skaggs Outpatient Center lobby. The volunteers also hold annual book drives, jewelry sales and various fundraisers to raise money for projects in the hospital.

“This year alone, our volunteers have provided more than $188,000 to Skaggs Regional Medical Center for various projects and equipment,” explains Rodney Arnold, President of Skaggs Foundation. “Our patients and community benefit from the hard work and giving spirit of our volunteers, from new blinds in patient rooms, spinning bikes at the Skaggs Health & Fitness Center, and cardiac stress test systems.”

The following volunteers were honored for their many hours of service over the years at Skaggs Regional Medical Center:

33,000- Marcella Pearce; 13,000- Bonnie Wilson; 11,000- Wilma Wiley; 9,000- Mary Capstick; 8,000- Jewel May; 7,000- Dick Jack; 6,000- Betty Morrison; 4,000- Ray Gravemann, Rita Mace; 3,000- Rosan Hepko, Jan Porter, Luetta Smithhisler, Corene Spilman; 2,000- June Barnes, Roger Barnes, Kenneth Bish, Arlene Gathman, Jim Gathman, Marjorie Herington, Sandy Hughes, Peggy Lindsay, Janie Mahon, Don Murray, Elma Olive, Karen Petty, Pat Runkle, Elly Spurlock, Bettye Tyre; 1,000- Jerry Allen, Loretta Baty, Charlotte Blackwell, Pola Cannon, Ginny Grenier, Dave Justice, Linda Mitchell, Louise Rachel, Jeanne Shumaker, Dean Soderquist, William Springborg, Sr., Louis Tuck, Donna Wendt, Colette Windisch; 500- Barbara Daniel, Pat Ellsberry, Lloyd Fortune, Ronald Holloway, Dorene Isaac, Dee Keeling, Mary Lou Kellogg, Erv Kufahl, Katheryn Kufahl, Daphene Lockard, Diane Mall, Bill Marr, Donna Peckham, Gordon Reynolds, Janis Reynolds, Patricia Rylott, Doris Sutton, Jan Simon; 100- Gail Brazle, Jan Brock, Rebecca Chandler, Josie Coats, Collier Duncan, Phyllis Duncan, Lucinda Hinkson, Mike Howeie, Jo-Ann Katz, Christy Kawabata, Floyd Knott, Ernestine Krafka, Karen Lashley, Don Maples, Mary McKinney, Vicki Nichols, Suzanne Nolin, Bob Oliver, Robert Paxton, Nina Ruark-Sullivan, Don Simon, Edna Soderquist, Ruby Syders, and Bettie Taylor.

The volunteer program at Skaggs was organized October 27, 1949 as the Skaggs Community Health Center Auxiliary. It served the hospital alongside the former Red Cross Volunteers, later known as the Skaggs Volunteers. As recent at 2008, the auxiliary and volunteers joined forces to create what is now known as Skaggs Regional Medical Center Volunteer Services.

There are more than 300 Skaggs Volunteers serving in many areas: hospital, hospice, Mended Hearts and chaplaincy. A Skaggs Volunteer typically donates anywhere from four to 16 hours of time a week, helping with various duties: filing mail, assisting staff, greeting guests, escorting guests, delivering meals, and more. After a few years of dedicated service, those hours add up.

To learn more about volunteering opportunities at Skaggs Regional Medical Center visit us at www.skaggs.net or call (417) 335-7114.

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