Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County celebrates another strong year of service
On Thursday evening, April 28, the board, staff and volunteers of Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, including the services of Hospice of Wadsworth-Rittman, LifeCare Palliative Medicine and the Friendtique store, met at Smithville United Methodist Church in Smithville to celebrate the strong end-of-life care provided in this community.
Board chairperson, Andrei Dordea, highlighted some of the fiscal highlights of this past year, including the fact that this community hospice has now received over $400,000 in donations through the Friendtique store in downtown Wooster. He also pointed to the savings of over $330,000 through volunteer contributions in the last year, and operational savings accomplished by the hospice staff through careful management strategies.
Executive director, Colleen Nettleton, shared information on the health and strength of Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, and highlighted the addition of the new Pet Peace of Mind program, which is funded by a grant from Banfield Charitable Trust. This program allows hospice to provide services designed to allow a patient to keep a pet with them during their hospice stay through funds for grooming, pet services and supplies, and through the efforts of a dedicated volunteer team.
All the volunteers in attendance were honored for their work in direct care, bereavement care, spiritual care, community education, clerical support in the office, or as members of the board of directors. Wooster residents Bernice Carmony, Joyce Shull, Jody Spelman, and William Weiss; Orrville residents Carma Loyer and Marsha Potts; and Creston resident Mary Ann Stutz were all honored for 10 years of volunteer service. Honored for five years of service were Gary Burroway of Doylestown; Sharla Clark, Alan Demos, Jackie, Robbie Griffith, Beth Meenan, Chris Mesier and Susan Zimmerman, all of Wooster; and Lois Maibach of Smithville. One highlight of the evening for the recognition of Mary Jane “Tuck” Gustafson for 20 years of service.
Doylestown resident, Gary Burroway, was named the 2011 Kearney Award winner for having contributed the greatest number of hours of any volunteer over the last year. Dr. Walter Kearney, in whose honor the annual award was named, presented it in person. Dr. Kearney indicated that Burroway had contributed his hours of service both in his work at Altercare of Wadsworth and in patient care for a patient living at home.
Those volunteers honored for more tahn 100 hours of service were: Judy Aasen of Rittman; Gary Burroway, Sue White, and Kathy Yovanovits of Doylestown; Sherah-leigh Gerber, Sue Gochanuer, Levina Peachey, and Mabel Wade of Apple Creek; Richard Holcker of West Salem, Brenda Hostetler, Carma Loyer, Terry Pippin, and Miriam Zehr of Orrville; Dixie Jones, Art Martell, and Rhonda Marthey of Dalton; Marilyn Kranz of Smithville; Bob and Inez Ramsier of Marshallville; Diana Sheeks of Medina; Carole Steiner of Seville; Claudia Ward of Fredericksburg; Vickie Wilcox of Wadsworth; Karen Wood of Creston; Bette Boldman, Bernice Carmony, Sharla Clark, Alan Demos, B.J. Fairhurst, Tom Flanagan, Jackie Fry, Dorothy Hawk, Pauline Holmes, Mary Hudson, Sally Krueger, Carol Lucci, Jane Moore, Sharon Pooler, Kate Free, Vicki Snure, Jim Snyder, Jody Spelman, JoAnne Spitler, Reuben and Delores Stevens, Jim and Linda Straub, Dorothy Walker, Tyann Walker, Sue Wengard, Ed Wirt, Brenda Ziegler and Susan Zimmerman, all of Wooster;
The hospice Volunteer of the Month for April 2011 is Scott Murphy of Wooster.
Board chairperson, Andrei Dordea, highlighted some of the fiscal highlights of this past year, including the fact that this community hospice has now received over $400,000 in donations through the Friendtique store in downtown Wooster. He also pointed to the savings of over $330,000 through volunteer contributions in the last year, and operational savings accomplished by the hospice staff through careful management strategies.
Executive director, Colleen Nettleton, shared information on the health and strength of Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, and highlighted the addition of the new Pet Peace of Mind program, which is funded by a grant from Banfield Charitable Trust. This program allows hospice to provide services designed to allow a patient to keep a pet with them during their hospice stay through funds for grooming, pet services and supplies, and through the efforts of a dedicated volunteer team.
All the volunteers in attendance were honored for their work in direct care, bereavement care, spiritual care, community education, clerical support in the office, or as members of the board of directors. Wooster residents Bernice Carmony, Joyce Shull, Jody Spelman, and William Weiss; Orrville residents Carma Loyer and Marsha Potts; and Creston resident Mary Ann Stutz were all honored for 10 years of volunteer service. Honored for five years of service were Gary Burroway of Doylestown; Sharla Clark, Alan Demos, Jackie, Robbie Griffith, Beth Meenan, Chris Mesier and Susan Zimmerman, all of Wooster; and Lois Maibach of Smithville. One highlight of the evening for the recognition of Mary Jane “Tuck” Gustafson for 20 years of service.
Doylestown resident, Gary Burroway, was named the 2011 Kearney Award winner for having contributed the greatest number of hours of any volunteer over the last year. Dr. Walter Kearney, in whose honor the annual award was named, presented it in person. Dr. Kearney indicated that Burroway had contributed his hours of service both in his work at Altercare of Wadsworth and in patient care for a patient living at home.
Those volunteers honored for more tahn 100 hours of service were: Judy Aasen of Rittman; Gary Burroway, Sue White, and Kathy Yovanovits of Doylestown; Sherah-leigh Gerber, Sue Gochanuer, Levina Peachey, and Mabel Wade of Apple Creek; Richard Holcker of West Salem, Brenda Hostetler, Carma Loyer, Terry Pippin, and Miriam Zehr of Orrville; Dixie Jones, Art Martell, and Rhonda Marthey of Dalton; Marilyn Kranz of Smithville; Bob and Inez Ramsier of Marshallville; Diana Sheeks of Medina; Carole Steiner of Seville; Claudia Ward of Fredericksburg; Vickie Wilcox of Wadsworth; Karen Wood of Creston; Bette Boldman, Bernice Carmony, Sharla Clark, Alan Demos, B.J. Fairhurst, Tom Flanagan, Jackie Fry, Dorothy Hawk, Pauline Holmes, Mary Hudson, Sally Krueger, Carol Lucci, Jane Moore, Sharon Pooler, Kate Free, Vicki Snure, Jim Snyder, Jody Spelman, JoAnne Spitler, Reuben and Delores Stevens, Jim and Linda Straub, Dorothy Walker, Tyann Walker, Sue Wengard, Ed Wirt, Brenda Ziegler and Susan Zimmerman, all of Wooster;
The hospice Volunteer of the Month for April 2011 is Scott Murphy of Wooster.
Published: May 14, 2011
