Honorees:
Seated (L-R): Theda Jean Lawhead, Dot Byers, Enna Harry, Delores Fye, Donna Shaw, Mary Beightol, and Dottie O’Dell.

Standing: Virginia Marnati, Pauline French, Ruth Graham, Ginny Johnson, Kris Strattan, Nina Johnson, Bea Harper, Joyce Reddington, Theresa Kuntz, and Orlando Carfley.

Standing: Karen Potts, Ruth Shonce, Marge Harvey, Charolette Tibbens, Peg Mills, Carole Litz Cipriano, Judy Swisher, Bill Swisher, Gemma Schake.

For information on becoming a Hospital Volunteer, call Colleen Yeager at 814.768.2391.

For information on becoming a Hospice Volunteer, call Dana Wilson at 814.768.2007.

Clearfield Hospital is proud of its more than 150 volunteers who serve in various capacities in the organizations.

As Good Will Ambassadors, our Volunteers provide many extra services that add to the comfort, care, and happiness of patients, their families and visitors. They improve the quality of care and help contain medical expenses.

Clearfield Hospital Volunteers are invaluable to the everyday operation of many departments. They create a friendly environment and brighten the day for Hospital patients, as they assist with the special needs of our patients and their families. Our volunteers work in The Cottage and the Chaplaincy Program and are members of our Auxiliary. Some of them staff the Information Desk and the Emergency Room/Registration Desk to give directions to our visitors. Volunteers work in the Ambulatory Care Unit to direct families of surgical patients and oversee the waiting room. Others provide escort services for our patients. Hospice is also blessed with outstanding volunteers. There are also Administrative, Cancer Center, Lifeline, Special Project, and Comfort Care Volunteers who all give tirelessly of themselves.

Acknowledgements Given

Jon Steen, Vice President of Support Services, and Kathy Simmons, Acting Vice President of Nursing, applauded the volunteers for their efforts throughout the year. The invocation was given by Reverend Rodger J. Gorton. William E. Wood, President of Clearfield Bank & Trust Co., and Doris Manos, represented the Hospital's Board of Directors.

Mr. Steen asked those present to remember our volunteers, who passed away during the last year, Ramona Morgan, Cottage Volunteer for 15 years; Jeanne Ross, Escort/Information Desk Volunteer for 10 years; and Tillie Carfley, Escort/Information Desk Volunteer for over 30 years. We were also asked to remember one of our Hospice Volunteers, Terry Davis, who is actively serving our Country in Iraq.

Also expressing her appreciation was Mary Sue Diehl, President of the Hospital Auxiliary. She thanked Donna Shaw for the outstanding job she does managing The Cottage and for the endless hours she dedicates to the hospital. She thanked Ginny Johnson, Program Director for Lifeline, and Nina Johnson, Director for the Comfort Care Program, for their hard work and dedication in their respective programs. She also thanked the other officers of the Auxiliary; Gigi Gearhart, President-Elect and Foundation for Health Representative; Donna Shaw, Vice President of Membership; Gail Adams, Treasurer, Lorna Simcox, Assistant Treasurer; Theda Jean Lawhead, Corresponding Secretary; and Suzanne Mosch, the Auxiliary's Representative to the Clearfield Hospital Board of Directors.

Hospital Honorees

Colleen Yeager, Volunteer Coordinator, presented Service Awards to Hospital Volunteers for their cumulative hours of service to the Hospital. Marie Cordiano, who works with Lifeline, was honored for 8500 hours of service; Kris Strattan, who volunteers in the Chemo Clinic, as well as at the Information Desk and the Escort Service, was honored for 8,000 hours of service. Donna Shaw, Manager of The Cottage Shop at the Hospital, and Evelyn Bowers, Escort Volunteer, were honored for 7,500 hours of service. Ginny Johnson, who is the Program Director for Lifeline, was honored for 6,000 hours of service, while Theresa Kuntz, Information Desk and Escort, Volunteer, was honored for 5,000 hours of service. They were followed by Pauline French, Cottage Volunteer, 4,000 hours; Nina Johnson, Comfort Care Program Director, and Kate Ogden, Cottage Volunteer, each with 3,500 hours; Bea Harper, Cottage Volunteer, and Theda Jean Lawhead, Information Desk/Escort Volunteer, each with 2500 hours. Delores Fye and Sybil Owens, Cottage Volunteers, and Ruth Graham and Shirley Wood, Information Desk/Escort Volunteers, were honored for 1,500 hours of service. Mary Beightol, Enna Harry, Joyce Reddington, and Donna Terry, Cottage Volunteers, were honored for 1,000 hours of service each, as were Lorna Malloy, Dottie O'Dell, and Tom Shimshock. Virginia Marnati, who volunteers at the Information Desk/Escort Service, the Cottage, and Hospice, was also honored at the 1,000 hour level. Sue Bell, Homer Breault, and Orlando Carfley, Information Desk/Escort Volunteers; Diane Bowser, Lifeline Volunteer; and Dot Byers, Cottage Volunteer, were honored for 500 hours. Mike Adcock, Information Desk/Escort, and Joanne Duttry, Auxiliary, were honored for 100 hours of service.

Mrs. Yeager also recognized the volunteers who work with the Chaplaincy Program at the Hospital. Sophie Butler, Evelyn Lewis, and Edith Merle have served as Chaplaincy Volunteers since 1975; Joyce Michaels since 1980; May Grenus, Herman Neamy, Alta Rishel, and Florence Rogers since 1992. Also serving as Chaplaincy Volunteers are Richard Barkley, since 1993; Emmylu Accordino, Jean Helsel, Joy Myers, and Eugene Williams since 1994; Gail Kelly since 1997; Mildred Hanson since 1998; Delores Fye since 1999, and Betty Koozer and Louse Lindberg since 2000; Eleanor Bodle, since 2005; and Katherine Friberg and Virginia Marnati, who became Chaplaincy volunteers sine 2006. Delores Fye also works with Reverend Gorton, Director of the Chaplaincy Program, to schedule the volunteers.

Hospice Honorees

Ame Wagner, Director of Home Care, presented awards to the Hospice Volunteers, and told them, "You are truly our beacons of light. We can't thank you enough."

Pauline Bennett was honored as having the most patient hours, with 522 hours of service in 2006. Carole Litz Cipriano, Annie Lumadue, Donald Dinant, Judy Swisher, and Ann Leach were honored as having over 100 hours of service each in the past year. Betty Schenk, Donna Veihdeffer, Milly Johnson, Roger Gorton, Marge Harvey, Phyllis Bauman, Louise Kennedy, and Charolette Tibbens were honored for giving over 50 hours of service. Darlene Cole, Lisa Woods, Dottie McBride, Eleanor Bodle, Chassidy Flood, William Swisher, Susan Haas, Larry Krest, Karen Potts, Richard Aurand, Virginia Marnati, Lauren McDole, Janet Palmer Lovesky, Alicia Rowles, and Gemma Schake, were honored for serving over 20 hours in 2006.

Ms Wagner mentioned the newest Hospice volunteers: Chassidy Flood, Antoinette Franek, Delores Fulesday, Virginia Marnati, Lauren McDole, Dana Pierce, Karen Potts, Lisa Woods, Ruth Shonce, and Gemma Schake, and Lauren McDole, who is the youngest Hospice volunteer.

Entertainment Provided by Local Students

Entertainment for the event was provided, in part, by students from the St. Francis Catholic School in Clearfield, who sang a selection of songs.

Students in Mrs. Crotzer's first grade class were Alex Coval, Sydney Coval, Rebecca Dohner, Jaclyn Freeman, Joshua Geppert, Christopher Girardi, Keri Hollenbaugh, Katelyn Lansberry, Onyx Libreatori, Harrison McMillen, Hannah Miller; Wyatt Porter, Matthew Ryan, Jakob Sorbera, Lauren Stetler, John Swalligan, Jessica Tomasko, and Brittni Walker.

These students in Mrs. Thorpe's second grade class also participated: Matthew Collins, Paige Conrad, Michael Holtmeyer, Shaina McBride, Ethan McGinnis, David McKenzie, Jacy Markel, Hope Martin, Jacob Moore, Haylee Stuckey, Tate Swanson, and Victoria Walker.

Also entertaining at the luncheon was Rachel Duke, who sang a selection of show tunes. Rachel is a fourth grade student at Centre Elementary School.

More Information on Volunteering

Clearfield Hospital feels fortunate to have so many wonderful volunteers and would encourage anyone interested in joining us to give us a call.

For information on becoming a Hospital Volunteer, call Colleen Yeager at 814.768.2391.

For information on becoming a Hospice Volunteer, call Dana Wilson at 814.768.2007.