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◂ FOUNDATION
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
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Winter 2011 – 2012
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The
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Auxiliary is dedicated to service. In one month
alone, its 211 volunteers served 3,643 hours,
equaling the work of 21 full-time employees at a
value of $78,220. That service freed up time for
staff members to spend with patients and financial
resources for advancing hospital services.
Their time may also include hours spent outside
the hospital halls, organizing fundraisers, collecting
children’s books for the emergency department
waiting room, or sewing cough pillow covers and
prayer shawls for patients.
Time well spent
Each volunteer commits to at least one four-
hour shift a week. Every hour, the volunteer
rotates responsibilities.
“I would not be here if they told me I’d be at
a desk for four hours,” Auxiliary President Jane
Seiboldt says, laughing. A shift may be as diverse
as delivering flowers or items from the pharmacy,
serving at an information desk, and assisting in the
surgery waiting room.
And in the midst of service, the volunteers form
strong friendships.
“We are a family,” Seiboldt says. “Since we’re on the
same shifts every week, we have lifetime friends. We
are an eclectic group of retired people, professionals,
college students, and young parents. It’s a nice group
of interesting people who believe in serving others.”
The fun in fundraising
The Auxiliary also fundraises for the hospital,
hosting bake sales, jewelry sales, and, during
National Nurses Week, a uniform sale. And if you
step into Medical Plaza I, you can’t miss the aroma
of delicious popcorn for sale, the proceeds of which
go straight to the hospital.
Procuring future auxilians also rests with the
Auxiliary, which recruits and works with Junior
Volunteers. These teens learn to serve using their
talents — for example, playing the piano in the
Methodist Richardson Cancer Center lobby — and
how to plan philanthropic events. This summer, the
teens organized a gift basket raffle and Bunco night,
bringing in $2,500 for the hospital.
Would you like to join the Methodist Richardson
Auxiliary? Just go to
www.MethodistHealthSystem.org/
RichardsonVolunteers
and click on “Apply Online” in the
left-hand column.
NOSTEALING COOKIES HERE:
The bake sale crew sold tasty treats to
support hospital services.
AN ARMY OF LOVE:
At last year’s volunteer banquet, the Auxiliary
celebrated a year of service together.
Thank you! Your gift kept giving
Last year, your donation to the Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Foundation made a difference.
It took aim at breast cancer, bringing tumor-targeting brachytherapy
to the Methodist Richardson Cancer Center. It brought a robot — the da
Vinci
®
Surgical System— into the operating room, enhancing precision
and reducing pain, scarring, and recovery time for patients. And it got
needed medical care to uninsured and underinsured men and women
in Richardson.
“Contributing to Methodist Richardson allows us to not only offer
great programs and great equipment at two hospitals, but it allows us
to offer care for patients in their greatest time of need,” Foundation
Director Ann Bartnik says. “Every giftmatters.”
To include the Foundation in your tax-deductible end-of-year giving or
to get involved, go to
www.MethodistHealthSystem.org/RichardsonFoundation
or call Ann Bartnik at
972-498-7678
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A
shining
example of service
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