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September 2018 Celebrating 50 Years! Volunteer’s Voice 1968 — 2018 September 2018 Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary is a fellowship of volunteers Inside this issue dedicated to supporting each other, the hospital , its patients and the community. From the Hospital CEO 2 President’s Message — Judy Bornfeld Sunshine Update 3 Scholarships 3 Greetings to each one of our Auxiliary of our Volunteers are. With appreciation Cast Off News 4 members and friends… and a Big Thank You to Penny & Paul Burdeno, Gail Buchholz, Sean Plunkett, From the Day Chairs 4 We are actually getting a few days here Gisela Sellinger and Pat Smoogen. An Katie’s Korner 5 and there with some blue skies and white extra THANKS to Pat for coming up Birthdays 5 puffy clouds. I know, certainly not with a specially priced “Active Wear” MHA Founder 5 enough! This has been a tough summer section for the Cast Off. Great idea Pat! New Email Address 5 for all of us in the Eastern Sierra with the It’s really amazing what is accomplished Natl. Thrift Shop Day 6 fires, smoke and floods surrounding us. Hospital Thank You 7 when the store is closed. It feels good! Things to Do in Mammoth 8 Our celebration of National Thrift Store Our next work day is Friday, August 31, Calif. Admissions Day 10 Day last week was a Giant success and a at 10 a.m. big hit with our Volunteers and For Your Funny Bone 11 Coming up on Wednesday, September Community. We took in a whopping Bon Appetit! 11 12, at 1 p.m., is our Annual Hospital $3,000.00, an amazing amount of money Dates to Remember 12 Orientation and Budget Approval when the majority of the store was 1/2 General Meeting at Mammoth Hospital off! I want to extend a special THANK in Conference Rooms A & B. This is a YOU to Jan McPherson for thinking of really important and informative and putting together all of the ideas that Treasurer’s Report meeting. First we will be voting on our made this day such a GREAT hit! Jan’s 2018-2019 MHA Budget. Then the Diane Beglau imagination and creativity is incredible! hospital staff will conduct the Hospital July 1 31, 2018 The silly games, cookies, lemonade and — Orientation followed by a tour of the ice cream cones was really fun for Revenue: Emergency Department. This is a great everyone. The truly amazing part of the Cast Off 36,955.26 opportunity to meet some of the hospital day was the special dedication, caring Rental 1,218.29 staff and see how the Emergency and commitment of our Volunteers … 24 Membership 2,095.00 Department functions—without being ill! of you were here to make this successful Zwart Memorial 225.00 Our MHA Board Meeting will be at the day happen. Hats off and with Contribution 25.00 Cast Off at 10 a.m. Donation Jar 116.00 appreciation to: Mary Jo Bauer, Gail Interest Income 5.28 Buchholz, Penny & Paul Burdeno, Lou Scott McIntosh, our Property Manager, is Total Revenue: 40,639.83 Bush, Diane Casten, Shannon Clark, in the process of cleaning up our front Sharon Clark, Carole Claus, Karen parking and landscaping area at the Cast Expenses: Curry, Susy Fontana, Sharon Good, Sara Off. He is increasing our front parking Cast Off 10,181.32 Knadler, Lenore Lemon, Jan McPherson, area so the cars will be able to park head Administration 210.00 Nancy Melander, Gail Miller, Vicki in, thus doubling the amount of parking Installation Lunch 2,787.76 Mobley, Laura Norris, Peggy Rogers, spaces. Also, this will create a more Total Expenses: 13,179.08 Lisa Shugart, Pat Smoogen, Shirley inviting curb appeal at the Cast Off. Strazdins and to ALL of the other Net Income: 27,460.75 Hopefully, everyone has been having a Volunteers who helped get the wonderful summer as we approach the Union Bank Ending Bal: merchandise and the store ready for this fall and its wonderful array of colors. 105,529.02 Big Day!!! Pictures on page 6. Money Mkt Bal: 80,463.16 Continue to explore, have fun and enjoy each other and each and every day... life “Think Pink” Saturdays Our “Last Friday of the Month’s Work & is so very precious! Jan—July 14,861.69 Pizza Lunch Day” was another outstanding example of how special each P a g e 2 Volunteer’s Voice Volunteer’s Voice P a g e 3 The annual employee engagement survey results arrived Hospital News – Gary Myers, CEO this past week and these will be reviewed in detail by Sunshine Update – Sharon Clark & Carolyn Cook Scholarships senior managers, along with management team members over the next few weeks to determine common themes and We have offered to relieve Judy from The Scholarship Committee met August 15 and awarded opportunities for improvement. one her many responsibilities, i.e., $23,000 in scholarships to seven deserving applicants. writing the "Sunshine" column. We They are: CEO Search are new and 'green' so please be patient. We ask Auxiliary members to Carson Bold I’ve requested that Mark Andrew from Witt/Kieffer Biology with a Pre-Med emphasis provide a suggested set of behavioral-based questions to share with one of us if you learn Westminster College assist in interviewing the CEO candidates. I would also something that we need to suggest the Board determine what format it would like to include. Thank you. Alexander Hamilton follow for the finalist candidates interviews in September. Healthcare Administration I believe it would be helpful to have a few different panels Way back in January, Susy Fontana had minor surgery on University of Southern California Medical Staff interview the finalists to obtain broad based feedback. In her face. No big deal because normal antibiotics would I am still awaiting a response to our offer from our addition to the Board, it may be helpful to have a panel of prevent any possible infection, right? Wrong~~!! And the Sydney Knadler Psychiatrist candidate. As of this writing, despite very physicians, a panel made up of hospital staff and infection persisted. So did Susy. She tried a new doctor Physical Therapy positive communication throughout, he has not responded managers, and one of community leaders. Mark Andrew but was simply given other antibiotics. Nothing improved. Regis University to our offer. In the interim, we now have a second While in town, she consulted doctors here who prescribed may have some suggestions for you on this as well. Rachael Newman candidate who is making a site visit to both Inyo and more antibiotics. Finally, they realized she had C.Diff that Nursing Mono Counties the week following our Board meeting. was caused by too many antibiotics! After almost 6 Board Member Recruitment Western Governor's University Thus far, four potential candidates have spoken with me months, they got her on the correct prescription. Thank Ob/Gyn recruitment: We now have three very interested, and filed papers for the open Board position vacated by goodness she's almost back to 100%. Yvonne Reyes experienced candidates to provide Women’s Health Lynda Salcido’s resignation. Ryan Wood intends to seek Nursing services. One recently did a locums for a week and a second term in November. In the event the Board elects Back in February, you may remember Peggy Rogers had a Cal State Sacramento/Cal State Chico interviewed with us. The other two are arranging site not to appoint someone to fill the current vacancy, it is my nasty cold and cough. The monotonous coughing began to visits. Locum tenens is in place through the end of understanding that the Board of Supervisors will favor cause "shortness of breath". Even after the cold subsided, Kendal Sturdivant September at this time to keep the service up and running. holding the vacancy over to be filled by election in Peggy would endure not being able to get her breath, but Nursing November. At that time, five candidates, including Ryan, no pain. She turned to our medical community for help. Azusa Pacific University But even after Peggy had every possible test, doctors had Pediatrician recruitment: Following a very positive site will be in the mix and the top two vote getters will fill the Lindsey Tollefson no answers for her. She's considering an angiogram but visit this week, we are planning to extend an offer to an vacant position and Ryan Wood’s expired term. Dental Hygiene after so many tests, she's kinda tired of them. Hang in experienced candidate for this opening. She has expressed Shasta Community College an ability to join us fairly quickly during her transition Facilities there, Peggy; we're all on your team. time by providing coverage on an interim basis. In the We re-bid the sitework project and received only one bid. Thank you to the committee who spent countless hours interim, we are utilizing locums to cover the gaps. The single bid was nearly double the original engineer’s reviewing all the applications submitted this year. The estimate. I plan to sit down with the contractor next week committee is chaired by Vicki Mobley. Members include Anesthesiologist recruitment: Dr. Chad Davis plans to to determine if the project can be value engineered and Penny Bourne, Judy Bornfeld, Shannon Clark, Karen leave the area at the end of November. I am working with still be completed this year. Bidding on the Specialty Curry, Edyth Irvine, Sara Knadler, Jan McPherson, and Pat the anesthesiologists to find a replacement for him for Clinic was also delayed due to the architect’s consultants Smoogen.
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