Lakewood, NJ --- Volunteers provide incredible
support to many organizations. At Kimball Medical Center,
the volunteers are extremely dedicated and their responsibilities
vary tremendously.
According to Donna Salin, director of the Volunteer Resource
Center at Kimball, there are 565 active volunteers who have
provided 91,000 hours of service during 2008. “Our
volunteers fulfill a broad range of services including patient
contact, clerical services, cashiering, managing and staffing
our three Thrift shops, transporting patients, reception,
as well as many other responsibilities,” she explains. “We
are very fortunate to have such a dedicated and committed
group of volunteers here at Kimball,” says Salin.
Each year, Kimball’s Volunteer Resource Center honors
one of its volunteers as the Volunteer of the Year. This
year’s recipient Terry Onorati of Manchester, was presented
with a commemorative engraved clock during a recent volunteer
luncheon. This award is bestowed upon the volunteer
that worked the greatest number of hours during the year
and recognizes their many efforts.
“Terry Onorati started volunteering at Kimball Medical
Center on August 23, 1991, and was placed on our nursing
unit 4H,” explains Salin. “There she attends
to patients’ non-clinical needs and assists staff with
various errands, and tasks. She also works at the Treasure
Chest Thrift Shop in Lakehurst as well as spending time at
home knitting baby hats and lap blankets for our patients,” said
Salin.
Terry has provided to Kimball Medical Center a total of
10,653 hours since she started in 1991 and was awarded a
10,500 hour bar to hang from her volunteer pin at the Recognition
Luncheon in addition to her honor as Volunteer of the Year.
“Volunteers, like Terry, are an invaluable asset,
and are critical to the overall success of Kimball Medical
Center,” says Salin.
For more information on volunteer opportunities at Kimball
Medical Center, please call 732-886-4523 or e-mail KMCVolunteers@sbhcs.com.
Date: July 21, 2009
CONTACT: Carrie Cristello
Director, Public Relations
732-923-6552
ccristello@sbhcs.com
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