February 2015 Volume 59, Issue 2 Page 4 Membership Report Welcome to our newest members: Hannah Birk (A) – Columbia Courtney Lalich (A) – Belleville Carrington Davis (JV) – Fairview Heights Sarah Ebel (JV) – Freeburg Anna Richardson (A) – Belleville Stephanie Reichling (A) – Belleville Diana Jones (A) – Fairview Heights Paul Kurrelmeyer (A) – Swansea Dorothy Ovelgoenner (A) – Fairview Heights Dates to Remember February 12-13 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. February 18 ’t 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on D February 19 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. March 4 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Midnight Hours Gift Shop Fo rg et Shoe Sale Auditorium ! Shoe Sale Auditorium Blood Drive Auditorium With our condolences to the family and friends, we acknowledge the passing of sustaining member, Margaret Hale on December 18, 2014. March 19-20 Smart Driving Course 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Memorial Health Education Center 706 E. Highway 50, O’Fallon Thank you to our newest Life members Mary Lou Peter and Terry Klemann. A Life Membership is open to anyone who makes a one-time contribution of $100.00. This money is used to maintain the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Educational Assistance Programs. Life Members may choose to be either an active or sustaining member without further payment of dues. March 30-31 New Book Sale TBAAuditorium Membership Numbers: Active163 Active/Life112 Junior 48 Life 207 Sustaining 60 Total590 Community of Character Word for the Month Trustworthiness Trustworthiness in words and actions. Being honest, reliable and doing what you say you’ll do. Magazines Gently used current magazines no older than October 2014 are needed for our waiting rooms. Please do not include catalogs. Please bring your donations to the Auxiliary Office. Mur-Mur 4500 Memorial Drive • Belleville, IL 62226 • (618) 257-5545 • [email protected] Gift Shop Holds Midnight Hours On Thursday, January 8, from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Friday, January 9, the Auxiliary opened the Gift Shop for night shift employees. Carole Middendorf along with volunteers Chris Hubert, Judie Louden, Jean Joseph, Lynn Blomberg, Dolores Miller and Becky Olroyd worked the sale. All Christmas items were 75% off and new merchandise for Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day filled the shop. Pet themed décor and home and wine décor were also available. The baby section has the most adorable gifts for newborns. The Gift Shop will open Thursday, February 12, from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Friday, February 13. Make your final Valentine’s Day purchases and be one of the first to see the items for St. Patrick’s Day. Fundraising The Uniform Show held on January 18 and 19 in the Auditorium was a big success. Scrubs and Beyond brought in the uniforms and other related merchandise. They gave away a stethoscope to one lucky winner as an attendance prize. Our next Uniform Show is scheduled for June. The 2015 Book Bazaar will be Wednesday, April 29 through Saturday, May 2. Book collection started January 20 at the warehouse and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday from 8-11 a.m. and Saturdays March 7 and April 4 from 8-11 a.m. Barrels are also available for donations in the Main and East (D) Lobbies of the hospital, the Orthopedic and Neuro Science Building, and at the following off-campus locations: • Regions Bank 4400 West Main Street, Belleville • YMCA 2627 Carlyle Avenue, Belleville 284 North Seven Hills Road, O’Fallon Page 2 • Schnucks Markets 907 East Highway 50, O’Fallon 5720 North Belt West, Belleville 110 Carlyle Plaza Drive, Belleville 2665 North Illinois Street, Swansea • Family Physicians of O’Fallon 310 North Seven Hills Road, O’Fallon • Belleville Health and Sports Center 101 South 74th Street, Belleville • St. Paul United Church of Christ 115 West B Street, Belleville • Memorial Healthcare Center - O’Fallon 800 East Highway 50, O’Fallon • Commerce Bank 5701 West Main Street, Belleville • Bank of Edwardsville 5720 West Main Street, Belleville • Bank of O’Fallon 901 S. Lincoln Avenue, O’Fallon • First Bank 804 West Highway 50, O’Fallon From the President... A belated Happy Groundhog Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Washington’s Birthday and President’s Day! Hope this finds everyone well and the flu bug gone for the year! I am so impressed with the number of hours you, our volunteers at Memorial, donate each year. The huge number we present at the December meeting is staggering. I decided that we have many unsung heroes and I would like to recognize them. So, I am going to highlight as many of the committees that make up our Auxiliary as the year allows. This month will be the By-Laws and Care Center. The By-laws Committee, which consists of five members - the immediate past president, the current vice president, the chairperson, and two other members - do most of their work behind the scenes, but what they do affects how the Auxiliary continues to be organized and operate in an orderly manner. This year the members of the committee are: Shirley Wehrenberg, Chairperson, Sandy Jaskowiak, Dolores Miller, Sister Aquinas Kurtz, and Pat Lanaghan. Our job is to consider all proposed revisions and amendments to Shirley Wehrenberg the Bylaws, Standing Rules, Policy Sheets, Organization Chart, and Service Descriptions of the Auxiliary. We then present these proposed amendments to the Auxiliary Executive Committee, the Auxiliary Executive Board, and our hospital CEO before they are finally approved by the membership at large at the Membership Meeting. These amendments often come about by changes that are called for at the wishes of the membership (such as our elimination of the March and September Quarterly Meetings as a result of the questionnaire that was sent out last year) and sometimes as a result of changes in Hospital policy or changes in the law (such as newly required testing and immunizations). It is an everchanging world we live in and we need to keep up with the times. Memorial Care Center There are fourteen active volunteers at Page 3 the Care Center. The four greeters at the reception desk in the main lounge are Lynn Koehler, Dick Goers, Janet Chappel, Winnie Kane and Ruth Ogles. Their duty is to greet visitors and assist them in locating patient rooms. Judy Kennedy is our Book Cart volunteer. Judy takes our cart down each hall offering patients a variety of reading material to help fill in the hours between therapy, meals, naps and Bingo. The nine volunteers who make up the Bingo group are Jann Tribout, Frieda Vogt, Dolores Cange, Louise Voegtle, Linda Karczewski, Pat Jorgenson, Betty Lehr, Jean Joseph and Judie Louden. Bingo every Wednesday from 1 to 4 pm. They get the tables ready with the Bingo cards and red chips used as covers, select and display a variety of prizes for both men and women, then visit each patient room inviting Judie Louden everyone including visitors to play. They also assist staff with the transportation of the patients from their rooms to the lounge. They finish playing at 3:30 so that everyone has time to select a prize. Every patient wins a prize! Patients are returned to their rooms and all supplies are packed away ready for the next Wednesdays Bingo game. Ellen Goodman said, “I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.” Mary Ann Silhavy Auxiliary President Watch Us Grow Access the webcam at www.memhospeast.com There was a private tour of Memorial Hospital East held on January 23. Board members were invited to attend and were given an inside look of the building, which is now fully enclosed and heated. The hour-long tour provided a sneak peak of the new hospital, which is scheduled to admit its first patient in April 2016.