These volunteers truly are ‘stars’
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has announced the recipients of its third quarter volunteer Star Awards.
Rev. Fred Houck has been volunteering at the hospital since August 2013 and has accumulated 2,731 life hours and 3,766 merit hours. Rev. Houck has a reputation for his tirelessness in doing the work of the Lord.
Steve Johnson has been a volunteer since April 2011, with a total of 3,438 life hours and 6,068 merit hours.
Johnson began as a courtesy cart driver, which he has expanded to include evenings, and helps in the material management department.
Barbara Weber has been with Regional Medical since November 2016, working as a courier. She also works at the welcome center of the medical office building and the Welcome D center.
Weber has accumulated more than 3,000 life hours and more than 3,500 merit hours.
Mobile mammography
AdventHealth has signed an agreement for the purchase of all the assets of Tampa Bay Mobile Mammography, according to a news release.
Mobile Mammography is a leading provider of 3D services to more than 700 locations in the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas, including schools, government agencies, corporations and health care clinics.
The transaction was expected to be completed by Dec. 20 and, once official, the mobile services will be part of AdventHealth West Florida Division.
The sale includes Tampa Bay Mobile Mammography’s three specialty buses equipped with Hologic 3D Mammography systems. The 3D system offers more clarity, regardless of breast size or density, increased comfort and more accuracy in diagnosis, detecting subtle lesions and fine calcifications to help pinpoint cancers early.
Tampa Bay Mobile Mammography has screened more than 32,000 women in the last five years.
Fashion show raises money for Gulfside
The annual Charity Fashion Show on Dec. 3, at Heritage Springs Golf & Country Club in Trinity, raised more than $41,000 to support hospice patients and families through Gulfside Hospice.
The sold-out event featured winter and holiday fashions presented by Dillard’s from The Shops at Wiregrass.
Deiah Riley, from ABC Action News, returned to emcee the event for the fourth time, and guests had a seated lunch.
There also was a vendor expo and door prizes.
Regional Medical donates to campaign
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, a Level II Trauma Center, joined the Bayonet Point medical staff in donating $13,000 each to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office and Pasco County School’s Stop the Bleed campaign.
This national initiative aims to train and empower civilians to act swiftly and effectively in trauma situations.
Training is provided by voluntary medical personnel who are experts in the initial stages of trauma management, and is tailored to quick, life-saving measures that can be applied by anybody in the event of an emergency.
Each school is also provided with 15 trauma kits that are placed in strategic locations to be rapidly accessed, in the case of an emergency.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and Pasco County Schools believe that, to be effective, over 100 Pasco County schools should be equipped with the trauma kits.
The initial cost is $250,000 to provide quality and long-lasting kits.
Dr. George Giannakopoulos, Regional Medical chief of staff, decided to jumpstart the campaign with hospital medical staff with the $13,000 donation, and the hospital itself chose to match the donation with an additional $13,000.
Cancer foundation receives funds
Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano’s five offices partnered with the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation to help raise funds and awareness of breast cancer, its symptoms and treatments.
Through the sale of the Foundation’s “End Breast Cancer” specialty tag and cash donations, a total of $7,678.39 was raised to help end the suffering caused by breast cancer.
For details regarding charitable promotions or services provided by the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office, contact Greg Giordano, assistant tax collector for communications and special projects, at (727) 847-8179, or visit PascoTaxes.com.
