Cass Regional Medical Center | Wellness Matters | Fall 2017

Wellness Matters | Fall 2017 3 The Cass Regional Medical Center Auxiliary has been honored by the Missouri Association of Hospital Auxiliaries for their volunteer services. The award was presented on Thursday, Nov. 2, at a luncheon during the Missouri Hospital Association’s 95th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Osage Beach, Missouri. Cass Regional’s Auxiliary was selected 2017 “Auxiliary of the Year” in Category 1. The organization’s members were recognized for outstanding service between June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, and for their exceptional efforts as an auxiliary representing a hospital with between one and 30 licensed beds. Customer service, comfort and charity In 2016, the Auxiliary’s 68 volunteering members donated 14,961 hours of service to Cass Regional. The group also: w w Raised $14,018 for priority projects, including nearly $6,000 for hospital equipment and $1,500 in scholarships for local students. w w Operated the Hospitality Cart, which provided refreshments totaling more than $3,400 to patients and visitors. w w Coordinated the Helping Hands Project, which provided 1,542 handmade comfort items—such as cough pillows, rice bags, walker caddy bags, lap throws, shawls and hats—to Cass Regional patients. The items are made and donated by Auxilians and several other groups and individuals from the region. Three times a year, Auxiliary members also encourage patients, visitors and staff to place ribbons on a tree in the hospital’s rotunda to honor and remember those affected by heart disease RIBBONS FOR A CAUSE: The Auxiliary’s Cancer Remembrance Tree is one of three trees adorned in honor and memory of those affected by heart disease and cancer. From left are Auxilians Claudia McHale and Dotti Harper. Exceptional efforts Cass Regional’s Auxiliary earns recognition for outstanding service as 2017 “Auxiliary of the Year” HELPING OUT AND HAVING FUN For more information, contact Donna Walters, customer relations and volunteer coordinator, at 816-380-5888, ext. 7830, or dwalters@cassregional.org . OVER 62 MILLION Americans volunteered their time in 2015. Americans contributed about $ 184 worth of service in 2015. BILLION The median amount of time volunteers gave in 2015. 52 HOURS Sources: Corporation for National & Community Service; U.S. Department of Labor Sources:Corporation forNational&CommunityService;U.S.DepartmentofLabor Sources: Corporation for National & Community Service; U.S. Department of Labor and cancer. Through the Celebration of Life Tree during American Heart Month in February, the Cancer Remembrance Tree in June and the Breast Cancer Awareness Tree in October, the group raises funds to support the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen. The group also provides significant volunteer support and donations to Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation, helping fund additional equipment purchases and the Patient Assistance Fund. volunteers across the nation