| Upcoming Events
Auxiliary Specialty Sale - Uniforms & Scrubs at N. Decatur:
May 7 & 8
Auxiliary Specialty Sale - JK Linens at N. Decatur:
June 4 & 5
Auxiliary Specialty Sale - Your Silver Connection at Hillandale:
June 19
Charles B. Eberhart Memorial Golf Classic:
October 6th
Capital City Crabapple
For more information on upcoming events, please contact the Foundation at 404.501.5956 |
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| Foundation Board of Trustees |
Judy & Bob McMahan
Co-Chairs
Raoul Mayer, Ph.D., M.D. Medical Vice Co-Chair Melissa Seely-Morgan, M.D. Medical Vice Co-Chair John Shelton Jr., FACHE President & CEO John Katsianis, M.B.A., C.P.A. Treasurer Mary Anne Batchelor Tim Bendin Annette Benefield Duane Blair, M.D. Walt Bryde, CPA, CGMA Darryl Ford Tom Gould, J.D. Dane Henry Tom Jollay Dee Keeton John Kelley John Kennedy, M.D. Betty Levett Dr. Audrey B. Morgan Scott Overcarsh Monique Perry Doug Peters Kathy Peters Judy Sherman Bob Wilson Sandy Zayac |
| Foundation Staff C. Leigh Minter Executive Director Elisabeth Nark Manager Beverly Hutchinson, B.S.N., R.N. Foundation Liaison Karen Caughman Sr. Development Specialist Kellie McMahan Development Specialist |
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| What do M&M candies and our volunteers have in common? There's nothing sweeter to brighten your day! Read on to find out what we did to give back to these Magnificent and Marvelous "Auxilians" during Volunteer Week. Plus find out the grandmother's words that inspired one Rockbridge family medicine doctor to join the Foundation's Founders' Circle with a generous donation. PEACH season has arrived early in some parts of Georgia. Learn which 12 DeKalb Medical departments are receiving more than $16,000 in PEACH Grant Awards for improvements. And when you see him in the community, please be sure to give a warm welcome to our newest Foundation Board member, Tom Jollay, CPA. We look forward to the impact his wisdom and "we can do it!" attitude will have on the DeKalb Medical Foundation! |
April is National Volunteer Month
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We celebrated our volunteers ALL WEEK!
There is no sweeter sight than to see a bright smile from a volunteer or that beautiful bouquet of flowers to brighten your day during a stay in the hospital. Our patients love our volunteers... and sometimes all it takes is just a simple smile to lift their spirits so their hearts feel a little happier and they heal a little faster. Our volunteers' sweetness was returned in so many ways during Volunteer Appreciation Week. To celebrate their magnificent, marvelous selves, we handed out M&M candies and had a week filled with sweet and savory events like an Auxiliary luncheon or two, a special speaker, a delicious breakfast and more. It was our time to shower our volunteers with a little sugar and we had fun sweetening their days! 
For more pictures from Volunteer Week, click here.
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| Rockbridge Family Medicine Physician Joins Founders' Circle |
Physicians in Philanthropy Spotlight:
Dr. Tina-Ann Kerr Thompson
Giving back to her community is a philosophy that
Dr. Tina-Ann
 Kerr Thompson was raised with almost as soon as she could walk. "My grandmother used to tell me that to whom much is given, much is required," shares Thompson who recently joined the DeKalb Medical Foundation's Founders' Circle Physicians in Philanthropy giving club. Thompson's love of medicine and philanthropy began more than 20 years ago as a volunteer in a pediatric unit in a hospital in Connecticut. "Being a doctor is a gift and a privilege, and I am extending that gift to as many patients as possible so they can access good care at DeKalb Medical."
Interested in becoming a member of Physicians in Philanthropy? Please contact Leigh Minter, executive director of the
DeKalb Medical Foundation at leigh.minter@dekalbmedical.org
or 404.501.5764.
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DeKalb County Native Joins Foundation Board
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Volunteering is about being better together!
Tom Jollay's work and life have been lived with the belief we are all
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| Stone Mountain resident, Tom Jollay |
better together- a mindset that motivates him to give generously to his community. As a new member of the DeKalb Medical Foundation Board of Trustees, Tom Jollay, CPA will bring more than 30 years of business consulting and strategic planning expertise to his leadership position. Jollay, who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher, says he has watched DeKalb Medical successfully grow over the past fifty years and he plans to be an active part of its growth in the coming years. "I like to volunteer for organizations where I know I can have an immediate impact on my community," shares Jollay. Jollay's family physician was a DeKalb Medical doctor and when his wife suffered a heart attack, she received life-saving expert care at DeKalb Medical, care experiences he holds dear and wants others to know they can trust. |
DeKalb Medical Employees Give Back
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Funds support internal grants
Congratulations to the departments that were recipients of this year's PEACH Grant Awards! Ten percent of PEACH dollars raised each year support internal projects within the hospital, including the PEACH Grants and the Employee Disaster Relief Fund. Members of the Foundation Board of Trustees Grants Allocation Task Force, review the applications and select those projects that they feel will make the most impact to our patients' safety and treatment at DeKalb Medical. More than $16,000 was distributed to 12 departments across all three campuses. Departments and projects funded are listed below:
- Respiratory Therapy, Downtown Decatur: One wheelchair accessible outdoor picnic table
- Lab, Hillandale, Hillandale: One mail cart
- Radiology Department, Hillandale: One bariatric wheelchair
- 2400 Telemetry, N. Decatur: One sleep chair
- 3400 Surgical Floor, N. Decatur: One Capital sleep chair
- Heart Wellness Center, N. Decatur: One heavy duty vinyl covered rolling chair for use w/ arm ergometer machine
- IRC Rehab Services, N. Decatur: One TONI-4; a test for nonverbal intelligence used by speech therapists
- Labor & Delivery, N. Decatur: One Sara Stedy manual patient lift
- Organizational Development & Learning, N. Decatur: 1 Oyle dual channel wireless portable PA system
- Outpatient Rehab Services, N. Decatur: VitalStrim portable Kit + 30 electrodes pack - stimulate throat muscles for swallowing
- Outpatient Surgery Center, N. Decatur: 1 Blood pressure monitor
- Sleep Disorders Center, N. Decatur: 2 Patient monitoring systems
PEACH
is the employee giving program of DeKalb Medical and stands for:
Partnering
Employees
Actively
Committed to
Healthcare.
About 50% of employees give back to the Foundation through this giving program.
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This year's PEACH Grant Awards Recipients
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Thank you to our donors and volunteers that support our mission of strengthening the link between DeKalb Medical and the community we serve through communication, education, service and philanthropy. We are dedicated to improving the standard of health in our community by raising friends and funds for healthcare initiatives offered through DeKalb Medical.
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