East Central Reporter

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital issued the following announcement on June 21.

The HSHS St Anthony’s Memorial Hospital recently honored Auxilians at the Auxiliary Appreciation Event held in early-May during Hospital Week at the hospital.

 

At the event, service awards were presented to the Auxilians for their volunteer hours given to the hospital.  The following 28 Auxilians received awards for their cumulative hours of service to the hospital:

40,500 Hours

Rose Boggs

 

14,000 Hours

Donna Zerrusen

 

9,500 hours

Marilyn Schaefer

 

9,000 Hours

Lois Repking

 

8,500 Hours

Bernadette “Bernie” Niemann

 

4,500 hours

Mary Jane Koester

 

3,000 hours

Marilyn Cline

Ken Joslyn

 

2,500 hours

Kathern Upchurch

 

1,500 hours

Melissa Kruse

Pat Wendt

                       

1,000 Hours

Doris Hammer

Marilyn More

Robert Tripp

 

800 Hours

Joyce Kabbes

 

500 Hours

Judy Bennett

Louise Schaefer

 

300 Hours                  

Bernice Broom

Abby Dowling

Jack Dowling

Mary Haag

Elaine Tegeler

 

100 Hours

Gail Althoff

Jane Having

Tamra Kuester

Judy Loafman

Elaine Martin

Betty Zumbahlen

The new Auxiliary Executive Committee officers were also installed during the meeting. The members installed as the Executive Committee for the 2018-2020 term are Donna Zerrusen, President; Mary Jane Koester, Vice President; Kathern Upchurch, Secretary/Treasurer; Rita Thoele, Membership Chair; Marilyn More, Special Events Chair; Rosemary Vonderheide, Guest Services/Gift Shop Chair; and Marilyn Schaefer, Past President.

At this event, the HSHS St Anthony’s Memorial Hospital Auxiliary announced the recipients of the new scholarship program this launched this year for Effingham County high school seniors pursuing a degree or certification in a health care field. Each recipient receives a $500 scholarship to be used toward their education. The Auxiliary Scholarship Committee chose three individuals based on their applications, essays, and letters of recommendation. The 2018 recipients are:

• Danielle Gullett (Beecher City High School): Gullett plans to attend Lake Land College in Mattoon, to ultimately pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Elizabeth Feldhake (Dieterich High School): Feldhake will be attending Kaskaskia Community College in Centralia to obtain certification in x-ray technology/sonography.
• Jamie Lawrence (Beecher City High School): Lawrence plans to attend Lake Land College in Mattoon, seeking a degree to become a physical therapist assistant.

The Auxiliary was founded in 1956 by a group of women who wanted to help patients of St. Anthony’s hospital. Since that time, the men and women of the HSHS St Anthony’s Auxiliary have recorded over 500,000 volunteer hours, sharing in the hospital’s Mission.

Original source can be found here.

Source: HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital