April 26, 2017 – Ordinary people, extraordinary impact—volunteers as
real life
superheroes was the theme of the Southeast Georgia Health System Auxiliaries’
National Volunteer Week celebration, held at the Jekyll Island Convention
Center, to honor more than 300 volunteers from the Brunswick and Camden
campuses as well as the Senior Care Centers in Brunswick and St. Marys.
Combined, the volunteers gave 46,539 hours of service from March 1,
2016
to Feb. 19, 2017, valued at over $1.1 million. Of those, 94 volunteers
were recognized for cumulatively giving between 300 and 1,300 service
hours individually. Other “super” achievements included: donating
$125,000 to the Health System as a result of Gift Shop and fundraising
sales; awarding five $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors
who served in the
Volunteen
program and are
pursing
careers in health care, sending five
Volunteens
to the Council on Auxiliaries and Volunteers Youth Camp; and sponsoring
a team member who received a $1,000 scholarship from the Council on Auxiliaries
and Volunteers to help defray costs of continuing nursing education.
“How fortunate we are to have so many talented and dedicated people
helping us fulfill our mission,” said Howard W. Sepp Jr., FACHE,
vice-president
and administrator, Camden Campus. “You are always there and always
ready to serve.”
Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael D. Scherneck
echoed Sepp’s comments, telling the volunteers that amid all the
uncertainty surrounding health care, “One thing we can be sure of
is the commitment of all of you.”
Volunteers of the Year Named
The 2016 Auxiliary Volunteers of the Year were also named at the luncheon:
Frankie Murphy for the Brunswick Campus and Amy Baron for the Camden Campus
.
In
honoring Frankie Murphy as Volunteer of the Year, Joyce Toler, president,
Brunswick Campus Auxiliary, praised her for 14 years of service and for
demonstrating volunteer
super powers
by pairing great customer service with kindness and humor, “She
makes everyone who visits the Gift Shop feel well taken care of.”
Volunteering two days a week in the Gift Shop, Murphy is the “go
to” person when new volunteers need information on products and
procedures, and can often be found filling in for others and assisting
with the many fundraisers throughout the year
.
Introducing
Amy Baron as the Volunteer of the Year, Glenda Battle, president, Camden
Campus Auxiliary, said, “Amy might not be able to leap over a building
in a single bound, but she can light up a room with a hello and a smile,
and that’s a
super power
we can all aspire to.”
Volunteering in the Camden Campus Gift Shop for the past three years, Baron
goes the extra mile to make customers happy and fills in when other volunteers
need time away. She particularly enjoys training new volunteers as it
gives her time to get to know them and see them “stretch”
in their volunteer role.
The following Auxiliary volunteers were presented with service pins in
recognition of the number of hours they volunteered over the past year: