Quilts provide some extra care
The ‘Quilting With Grace’ group, from Grace Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill, presented Oak Hill Hospital’s Pediatric ER with four handmade quilts to be given to young children in need who are experiencing a traumatic event and need some additional tender loving care. Members of the group share the quilts with Kim Loucks, ER and Pediatric ER director (right).
President’s Service Award
Harriet Prager, a volunteer at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, received the President’s Call to Service Award Certificate, from the office of the President of the United States. Prager began volunteering in 1999 and has more than 17,000 hours of service. She currently volunteers at the post-anesthesia care unit and is serving on the awards committee for the Volunteer Association. Prager also served on the association’s scholarship committee, helped with special projects, was on the board of directors for the Volunteer Association, and a board member of Suncoast Health & Education Foundation.
Club makes comfort pillows
The GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club had a “Stuffing Party” to finish its assembly line project of cutting, sewing and finishing 160 comfort pillows for women recuperating after breast cancer surgery.
The pillows were delivered by Margee Carpenter, project chair, to the Women’s Center at Florida Hospital.
For information on the club, visit GFWCLutzLandOLakesWomansClub.org.
Access Health opens new office
Access Health Care Physicians has opened a new office in Zephyrhills for cardiology services, at 7323 Green Slope Drive.
Dr. Vinod Raxwal is board certified in cardiology, interventional cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. He specializes in interventional cardiology.
Raxwal also has locations in Hudson and New Port Richey.
For information, call (813) 333-5754.
Hospital hands out awards
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point recently handed out the following awards:
- Joe D’Amari: 2017 Male Volunteer of the Year
- Carol Del Santo: 2017 Female Volunteer of the Year
- Adrian Borel: Quarter of a Century of Service (27 years)
- Al Del Santo: Quarter of a Century of Service (27 years)
- Carol Del Santo: Quarter of a Century of Service (28 years)
- Shirley Stibal: Quarter of a Century of Service (29 years)
- Charlotte Craven: Volunteer Star Award, first quarter 2018
- Janet Day: Volunteer Star Award, first quarter 2018
- Sharon McTeer: Volunteer Star Award, first quarter 2018
- Crystal Drilea: Excellence in Nursing Professional Mentoring
- Gwenn Hartley: Excellence in Nursing Compassionate Care
