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News & EventsDay Kimball Hospital Honors Volunteers During National
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Miriam Rowley, 94, of Woodstock was honored for 18,000 hours of volunteer service to Day Kimball Hospital. Rowley is pictured (center left), with the Pastoral Care and Volunteer Services team (l-r), Janet Johnson, Virginia Army and Jane Williamson. |
PUTNAM, CT –– In celebration of National Volunteer Week,
April 15 to 21, Day Kimball Hospital honored its volunteers Wednesday at a recognition luncheon at the Imperial Room in Danielson. The luncheon was planned by the staff of Pastoral Care and Volunteer Services and the Volunteer Advisory Board. This annual event honors those volunteers who donate their time, talent and efforts to Day Kimball Hospital and its programs.
As volunteers are such an integral part of Day Kimball Hospital, the afternoon’s program included a panel of diverse speakers including, The Reverend Virginia Army, Director of Pastoral Care and Volunteer Services; Peter Deary, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Robert E. Smanik, FACHE, President and CEO; John Graham, MD; Sandra Bucci, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services; Thomas Denton, Vice President of Human Resources; and Janet Johnson, Coordinator of Pastoral Care and Volunteer Services. The speakers were followed by a photo slideshow and special awards.
According to The Reverend Army, Day Kimball Hospital currently has 295 active volunteers. At the luncheon, 103 volunteers were recognized for reaching milestone hours of service. Miriam Rowley, 94, of Woodstock was given a special honor for volunteering at Day Kimball Hospital since 1979 and giving 18,000 hours of service! Ms. Rowley currently donates her time at Day Kimball Hospital’s Putnam Rehabilitation Services Department.
“Day Kimball Hospital is fortunate to be able to rely upon a rich tradition of volunteerism among our community members,” said Robert Smanik. “The positive impact of your work is visible throughout the hospital and is a necessary and vital component of Day Kimball’s success.”
Mr. Smanik continued, “We must never take our volunteers for granted as they stand as powerful symbols of generosity, civic-mindedness and humanity. On behalf of the entire hospital and the communities we serve in Northeast Connecticut, I extend a heartfelt debt of gratitude to the many volunteers at DKH for their priceless contributions!”
In his commentary, Mr. Denton remarked that Day Kimball’s volunteers donated 35,034 hours of service to their community hospital in 2007! This figure is equivalent to 16.8 years of service by full-time employees, and $840,000 if wages were paid. “Volunteers add immeasurable impact to the Day Kimball Hospital community and to the communities of Northeastern Connecticut,” said the Vice President of Human Resources. “Day Kimball is unique by making patients feel at home, you are apart of that community, and we thank you.”
The following volunteers were recognized for hours of service: 18,000 hours- Miriam Rowley; 10,500 hours- Doris Gamelin, Elaine Mills; 9,500 hours- Georgette Coderre; 4,500 hours- Jean Sheldon; 4,000 hours- Elaine Dauphinais and Roger Franklin; 3,500 hours- Marvin Fox and Mae Riley; 3,000 hours- Loretta Dickinson; 2,500 hours- Arline Altmeier, Hazel Edwards; Marion Gebhardt, Dena McCarthy, and Gwen Walter; 2,000 hours- Rilla Anderson, Gloria Beauregard and Ruth Slye; 1,500 hours- Helen Ferland, Belle Henzel, Janice Hoenig, Robert Picard, Joyce Ricci and Joanne Stansky; 1,000 hours- Clifford Buttermark, Joan Cyr, Francine Lee, Fran Seiffert, Pauline Trahan and Sylvia Wetherell; 900 hours-Lorraine Bell, Ruth Bonneau, Lyn Hanson and Eleanor Hubbard; 800 hours- Fay Brumfield, Julie Dupont, Amanda Hawkins, Rosemary Kettelle, Mary Beth Leonard, Carolyn Mann, Alan Pratt, Doris Roy and Lois Thompson; 700 hours- Ingrid Anderson, Richard Anger, Gwen Mailloux, Eileen Page and Katherine Wilkinson; 600 hours- Robert Cote, Marge Mushero, Anna Prihoda, Paula Schimmel and Lloyd Walling; 500 hours- Nancy Benoit, Alice Belden, Michael Fournier, Pauline Hillman, Ronald Pazul, Tasi Vriga and Lesley Shumann; 400 hours- Signe Adams, Jean Baker, Sarah Bates, Susan Byrnes, Marlys Elliott, Kathleen Gerardi, Cheryl Lewis, Susan Morisssette and Rita Spear; 300 hours- Beverly Bayer, Wanda Ben, Eleanor Clark, Julie Clark, Sarah Palumbo, Joan Perry, Wayne Vallade, Sandra Walling, Lorna Wilson and Sandra Travinski; 200 hours- Margaret Bennett, David Blain, Mary Brown, Philip Godin, Rita Gratton, Mary Thomas, Mary Vertefeuille, Donald Wilson and Elizabeth Finnemore; 100 hours- Jane Boisse, Elizabeth Cartier, Barbara Elliott, Joyce Fall, Loretta Glenn, Ricky Long, Marion Glidden, Charlotte Grady, Patricia McGaffigan, James Mellen, Marie O’Keefe, Sandra Peralta, Ruth Stetson, Gladys Tucker, Mariette Vachon and Lori Wajer.
If you are interested in volunteering for Day Kimball Hospital or one of its programs, contact Janet Johnson at (860) 928-6541, extension 2279.
Day Kimball Hospital is a non-profit, 103-bed community hospital in Putnam. Day Kimball has
been in operation since 1894, and provides for the health care needs of Northeastern Connecticut,
and nearby Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Day Kimball Hospital is served by more than 1,000
employees and more than 100 physicians, dentists and medical specialists.
In coordination with its affiliated health centers in Danielson, Dayville, Plainfield and Thompson, Day Kimball offers acute and general medical/surgical care, a 24-hour Emergency and Prompt Care Department, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, oncology, hematology, cardiopulmonary and psychiatric programs.
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