| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan |
| November 2, 2005 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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FALL RIVER, Mass. — Southcoast Hospitals Group volunteers provided more than 85,000 hours of service during fiscal year 2005, saving the hospital approximately $1 million annually.
Volunteers at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham attended a special reception in their honor last month at White's of Westport. The 700 volunteers were recognized collectively for hours of in service and individually for milestone years of service.
"Today we are here to honor you, the men and women who volunteer at our hospitals and off-site locations. Your commitment and dedication to Southcoast is truly outstanding," said John B. Day, President & CEO of Southcoast Health System. "The dedicated service of our volunteers saves the hospitals approximately $1 million a year — funds that can be reinvested into providing quality health care and services for the communities of the South Coast region."
In-service volunteer hours refer to people who work in the hospital or serve at an affiliated location. Volunteers serve in a number of capacities including the information desk, gift shop, general office work, patient representatives, cafeteria, escorts, pastoral care and patient transport. They also provide services from their homes by sewing or knitting caps and blankets for our maternity units, lap robes and cardiac pillows.
"Southcoast's success is due largely to the efforts of our volunteers. We all realize how much time and talent you have contributed. Thank you again for the tremendous job," said Agatha St. Amour, Director of Volunteer Services for Southcoast Hospitals Group.
The following is a list of volunteers honored at the luncheon:
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| John B. Day, President & CEO of Southcoast Health System; Ernestine Bell, Charlton Volunteer; John Teixeira, Volunteer Team Leader; Barbara Mumford, Charlton Volunteer, and Agatha St. Amour, Southcoast Director of Volunteer Services. | |
Barbara Mumford of Dighton has volunteered for a little more than one year. She has worked over 100 hours assisting customers in the gift shop, ringing up sales and stocking shelves. Her upbeat and friendly personality has made a welcome addition to the Charlton family.
100 Hours
- Candyce Bogus, Gift Shop
- Mary Deanaley, Gift Shop
- Pauline Fiore, Information Desk
- Ann Moore, Gift Shop
- Barbara Mumford, Gift Shop
- Geraldine Silva, Gift Shop
- Veronica Beaulieu, Information Desk
- Maxine Cobb, Flower/Mail Delivery
- Maureen Doerrler, Pharmacy
- Barbara Emond, Information Desk
- Vincent Hebert, Jarabek Center
- Lee Lavoie, Information Desk
- Joseph Levesque, Pastoral Care
- Bernice McCusker, Pastoral Care
- Barbara Passmore, Nursery
- Barbara Rosenberg, Gift Shop
- Maureen Solomon, Human Resources
- Henry Sylvia, Graphic Arts
- Maureen Tolley, Radiology
- Lillian Valcourt, Gift Shop
- Carole Bernardo, Gift Shop
- Mary Jane Camara, Pastoral Care
- Raul Fernandes, Mended Hearts
- Emma Pavao, Pastoral Care
- Roger Pelissier, Mended Hearts
- Debbie Roy, Cafeteria
- Ruth Teixeira, Southeast Rehab
- Jeannette Thibault, Pastoral Care
- Martha McVey, Pharmacy
- Ann Miller, Gift Shop
- Horace Wildes, Graphic Arts
- Barbara Bell, Emergency Dept.
- Russell Bell, Emergency Dept.
- Barbara Potts, Surgery Center
- Walter "Bud" Tackett, Patient Representative
- Mary Raposa, Gift Shop
- Maurice Vannier, Information Desk, Gift Shop, Pastoral Care
- Jeannette Bouchard, Gift Shop
- Ernestine Bell
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| Leonora "Nora" Durant, St. Luke's volunteer; John B. Day, President & CEO of Southcoast Health System; Janet Koska, Volunteer Team Leader; Robertson Kane, St. Luke's volunteer and blood donor, and Agatha St. Amour, Southcoast Director of Volunteer Services. | |
Robertson Kane of New Bedford was also recognized for hours and years of service. Mr. Kane began his affiliation with the Southcoast Blood Bank (formerly St. Luke's Blood Bank) in 1960 as a blood donor, to date he has given total 13 gallons. Since 1992, he has contributed 6,000 hours of clerical assistance in the blood bank.
100 Hours
- Anita Alferes, Surgery Center
- David Amaral, Pastoral Care
- Juliette Amaral, Information Desk
- Blair Anzaldi, Patient Representative
- Paige Anzaldi, Patient Representative
- Normand Bergeron, Oncology
- Thomas Bohan, Surgery Center
- Sandra Carvalho, Pastoral Care
- Clair Catullo, Pastoral Care
- Scott Costa, Emergency Dept.
- Leonard Crane, Information Desk
- Claire Donahue, Pastoral Care
- Mary Ellen Emmons, Pastoral Care
- Theresa Fidalgo, Pastoral Care
- Leona Fisher, Pastoral Care
- Olga Flynn, Health Information
- June Gomes, Pastoral Care
- Debra Kenney, Pastoral Care
- Monica Lambalot, Health Information
- Gloria Lavoie, Pastoral Care
- Georgette Martin, Surgery Center
- Mary E. Mello, Pastoral Care
- Nancy Miller, Pastoral Care
- Julieta Oliveira, Pastoral Care
- Mary L. Pereira, Patient Rep/Info. Desk
- Kathleen Ponte, Radiology/Surgery Ctr.
- David Pothier, Emergency Dept.
- Mildred Renaud, Hospice
- Edward Soares, Pastoral Care
- Helen Stager, Pastoral Care
- Carol Strupczewski, Library
- Cynthia Tardif, Pastoral Care
- Patricia Wampler, Pastoral Care
- Frances Ward, Pastoral Care
- Sandra Wheeler, Hospice
- Debra Clinch, Surgery Center
- Dee Foster, Information Desk
- Fatina Higgins, Admitting
- Martha Sue Lambert, Mailroom/Nursing
- Patricia Marujo, Oncology
- Dennis Medeiros, Patient Representative
- Therese Menard, Surgery Center
- Cheryl Morey, Gift Shop/Hospice
- Mary Pilling, Pastoral Care
- John Rotondi, Nursing
- Catherine Sanderson, Pastoral Care
- Diane Binning, Nursing
- Rose Duarte, Admitting/Flower Delivery
- Pearl Enos, Pastoral Care
- Raymond Guy, Transportation
- John Moore, Emergency Dept.
- Joan Park, Pastoral Care
- Bella Perry, Transportation
- Louis Silverstein, Information Desk
- Robert Vigeant, Hospice/Surgery Center
- Mike Araujo, Transportation
- Lucy Bernardo, Information Desk/Pastoral Care
- Jean Duggan, Pastoral Care
- William Duggan, Pastoral Care
- Elvira Fernandes, Library
- Patricia Halloran, Gift Shop
- Lorraine Harrington, Information Desk
- Meredith Hathaway, Gift Shop
- Dympna Jacobsen, Pastoral Care
- Gen Tracz, Surgery Center
- Cecile Joseph, Surgery Center
- Lorene Oliveira, Surgery Center
- Phyllis Roberts, Hospice
- Mary Castellina, Pastoral Care
- Bernice Goldstein, Surgery Center
- Theresa Grime, Gift Shop
- Louise Baptiste, Mailroom
- Phyllis Faunce, Surgery Center
- Norma Oste, Surgery Center
- Mary Ann Touhey, Rehab Services
- Gloria Vincent, Health Information
- Muriel Morse, Information Desk
- Mary Sciscento, Purchasing
- Richard Nissen, Transportation
- Lorette Viens, Gift Shop
- Mary Wiegel, Knitting/Surgery Center
- Marie Bouley, Flower Delivery/Knitting
- Lillian Toupin, Surgery Center
- Robertson Kane, Blood Bank
- Vi Fernandes, Nursing/Rehab Services
- Leonora Durant, Nursing
- Ed Fernandes, Emergency Dept./Gift Shop
- Adeline Sousa, Administration/Cardiology
- Marie Oliver, Gift Shop
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| Agatha St. Amour, Southcoast Director of Volunteer Services; Corrine "Corre" Rogers, Tobey Volunteer; John B. Day, President & CEO of Southcoast Health System; Mary Ann Andrews, Tobey Volunteer, and Kathy Doherty, Volunteer Team Leader. | |
Mary Ann Andrews of Carver is the perfect addition to the Tobey Hospital volunteers. She became a volunteer to give back to the community after working at Plymouth Savings Bank for 31 years as an Assistant Vice President, Retail Banking. Her professionalism and experience have made her the perfect fit with the hospital's dedicated volunteers.
100 Hours
- Amabel Barrows, Patient Representative
- Catherine Bergeron, Gift Shop
- Elaine Butterworth, Pastoral Care
- Nancy Coville, Transportation
- Gary Flood, Information Desk
- Bertha Hertzberg, Representative
- Judith MacGregor, Gift Shop
- Christina Le, Junior Volunteer
- Allison MacLellan, Junior Volunteer
- Meghan Shippey, Junior Volunteer
- Elizabeth Barrett, Patient Representative
- Christopher Brooks, Transportation
- Harold (Bud) Cole, Information Desk, EVS
- Diane Cremonini, Patient Rep, Transportation
- Jacqueline Crocker, Transportation
- Charles Crowley, Transportation
- Betty Danhauser, Transportation
- Canby Dautel, Transportation
- Ann Hamilton, SDC, Transportation
- Lorraine Krawiec, Knitter
- Catherine Timmins, Gift Shop
- Elizabeth Weinberg, Patient Representative
- Carl Whitcomb, Transportation
- A. Belle Anderson, Gift Shop
- Ann Ayers, Transportation
- Eleanor Eldredge, Gift Shop
- Helen Imbruglia, Medical Records
- Sally Shuttle, Emergency Room
- Louise Thunert, OPC, Transportation
- Leona Trainor, Information Desk
- Lucille Dardis, Information Desk
- Virginia Britton, Gift Shop
- Norma Cole, Gift Shop
- Norma Keyes, Gift Shop
- Anna Carreiro, Information Desk
- Bradford Morse, Transportation
- Margaret Hitchcock, Transportation
- Dorothy Walford, Admitting
- Ada Lukey, Transportation
- Corrine Rogers, Information Desk, Transportation
Volunteering at Southcoast
Southcoast Hospitals is currently accepting applications for the Volunteer program. Volunteers work at the Information Desk, Gift Shop, Transportation, Clerical Worker, Pastoral Care, Patient Representative and other areas. Applicants are selected according to their dedication and commitment to the program, ability, skills and availability.
For more information, call the Volunteer Team Leader at one of the Southcoast Hospitals or visit www.southcoast.org/involve/volunteer/:
- Janet Koska, St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford at 508-961-5274.
- John Teixeira, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River at 508-679-7038.
- Kathy Doherty, Tobey Hospital, Wareham at 508-273-4102.
About Southcoast
Southcoast Health System, a not-for-profit charitable organization, is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes Southcoast Hospitals Group, formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast is one of three community hospitals approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform open heart surgery and primary angioplasty beginning in Spring 2002.
Media Contact
Joyce Faria Brennan
Phone: 508-961-5270
Pager: 508-387-9605
Fax: 508-961-5876
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