November 1, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System
Volunteer Services recently announced Margie Young as the Brunswick Campus Summer Volunteer
of the Quarter and Ishbel McInnes-Drong as the Camden Campus Summer Volunteer
of the Quarter.
Young has provided volunteer support in the Brunswick Campus Breast Care
Center for eight years. Her primary responsibility is to assist with letters
that are mailed to hundreds of patients each week. She also provides support
with additional Volunteer Services projects. “Over the years, Margie
has been very supportive of our volunteer program,” says Peggy Tuten,
president, Brunswick Campus Volunteer Services. “She has helped
with the various fundraisers, projects and Gift Shop bake sales held prior
to the pandemic.”
Young has volunteered extensively with Habitat for Humanity and is a former
president of the Friends of the Library. In 2008 she received the YWCA
Tribute to Women Leaders award and was recognized in 2009 and 2010 with
the Habitat for Humanity Outstanding Volunteer Award. In 2015 she received
the Charles Beard Library Advocacy Award for outstanding contributions
to Georgia libraries. Young remains very active in helping to run the
used bookstore at the Brunswick-Glynn County libraries. She and her husband,
Dick, have two sons and two grandsons. In her spare time, she enjoys working
in her yard, exercising, cooking and reading.
McInnes-Drong has volunteered two days a week in the Camden Campus Outpatient
Laboratory since joining Volunteer Services in 2018. “Like all our
volunteers, Ishbel had to take a break when we suspended Volunteer Services
in March 2020 due to the pandemic,” says Kathleen Worthing, president,
Camden Campus Volunteer Services. “Since returning in June 2021,
she has taken on the responsibility of training new volunteers in the
lab and has trained four new volunteers in a very short time. In between,
there were several months when Ishbel was the only volunteer in the lab
and she volunteered extra days. We know that her help was much appreciated
by the Outpatient Laboratory team members.”
McInnes-Drong moved to St. Marys from Connecticut where she worked as a
shift supervisor in a casino. In her spare time, she enjoys DIY projects
in her home and gardening.
More than 250 volunteers generously share their time and talents to assist
patients, visitors, and team members at the Southeast Georgia Health System
Brunswick and Camden campuses, as well as the Senior Care Centers in Brunswick
and St. Marys. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact Kristin
Doll, CAVS, director, Volunteer Services, at 912-466-1071 or visit
sghs.org.