Community Benefits: Donations

	Donations
	Shore Health System Provides Hurricane Relief In August, 2005, Shore Health System of Easton, launched Operation Shore Cares, undertaking one of the most comprehensive efforts in the state. Shore Health System employees, volunteers and physicians have raised money for the American Red Cross, and the system adopted Slidell Memorial Hospital in Slidell, LA and began collecting items to help the staff and their families. The system’s goal is both for immediate relief and longer term support for the employees affected there. American Red Cross As of September 30, the Shore Health System efforts had raised $24,429.50 for the American Red Cross. Shore Health System matched this amount. On September 7, the cash registers in both hospitals cafeterias rang up $3,326.58 for the Operation Shore Cares Hurricane Katrina disaster relief effort. The Shore Health System Medical Staff donated $5,000 to Operation Shore Cares, and Tidewater Anesthesia donated $1,000. MHE Telemetry Unit held a bake sale and raised $510 as did Patient Financial Services with $213 raised. Shore Health System employees, volunteers, medical staff, and community members donated $14,379.92 through checks, cash and payroll deductions. Also, the Memorial Hospital Emergency Department sent CARE Boxes to Mississippi containing scrubs, contact lens solution donated by local ophthalmologists, toiletries given by the ED staff, Pharmacy and Food Services. Slidell Memorial Hospital Employee Relief Fund The Child Development Center canceled their yard sale fundraiser and all items collected for their sale were donated to the Shore Care Fund and loaded in the tractor trailers to go to Slidell Memorial. Employees, community members and other businesses filed two tractor trailers full of clothing, canned goods, toys, diapers, personal items, toothpaste, etc. for the employees of Slidell Memorial. A team of four executives from Shore Health System went to Slidell Memorial Hospital to meet Slidell Hospital employees and to help unload the tractor trailers. The Delaware Sewing Center allowed Shore Health System to send 22 of their beautiful homemade blankets and caps as a donation to Slidell Memorial as part of Operation Shore Cares. They also donated another 47 quilts. Choptank Community Health System employees joined in efforts to collect items to be placed in the tractor trailers to go to Slidell Memorial. Shore Banc Shares donated $2,500 to Operation Shore Cares. The donation will purchase uniforms and supplies needed by the Slidell Memorial Hospital staff and their families. A number of additional fundraising efforts are planned to benefit Slidell Hospital employees. Employees As part of the Red Cross Disaster Response, Brain Childs, director of clinical ethics and spiritual care for Shore Health System, left for the Gulf Coast of Alabama to set up mental health triage stations for both residents and workers. Monica Kolessar, an ICU Nurse went to Baton Rouge to assist with the hurricane Katrina Relief efforts. Nancy Harr, clinical information manager, left for the Gulf Coast to assist with the shelters, and Jason Youngbar, of the Information Technology Department, went to the Gulf Coast on October 5. In all Shore Health System has 32 employees who have volunteered to assist with the Katrina Relief Efforts.

Donations

Shore Health System Provides Hurricane Relief

In August, 2005, Shore Health System of Easton, launched Operation Shore Cares, undertaking one of the most comprehensive efforts in the state. Shore Health System employees, volunteers and physicians have raised money for the American Red Cross, and the system adopted Slidell Memorial Hospital in Slidell, LA and began collecting items to help the staff and their families. The system’s goal is both for immediate relief and longer term support for the employees affected there.

American Red Cross

As of September 30, the Shore Health System efforts had raised $24,429.50 for the American Red Cross. Shore Health System matched this amount.

On September 7, the cash registers in both hospitals cafeterias rang up $3,326.58 for the Operation Shore Cares Hurricane Katrina disaster relief effort.
The Shore Health System Medical Staff donated $5,000 to Operation Shore Cares, and Tidewater Anesthesia donated $1,000.
MHE Telemetry Unit held a bake sale and raised $510 as did Patient Financial Services with $213 raised.
Shore Health System employees, volunteers, medical staff, and community members donated $14,379.92 through checks, cash and payroll deductions.
Also, the Memorial Hospital Emergency Department sent CARE Boxes to Mississippi containing scrubs, contact lens solution donated by local ophthalmologists, toiletries given by the ED staff, Pharmacy and Food Services.

Slidell Memorial Hospital Employee Relief Fund

The Child Development Center canceled their yard sale fundraiser and all items collected for their sale were donated to the Shore Care Fund and loaded in the tractor trailers to go to Slidell Memorial.
Employees, community members and other businesses filed two tractor trailers full of clothing, canned goods, toys, diapers, personal items, toothpaste, etc. for the employees of Slidell Memorial. A team of four executives from Shore Health System went to Slidell Memorial Hospital to meet Slidell Hospital employees and to help unload the tractor trailers.
The Delaware Sewing Center allowed Shore Health System to send 22 of their beautiful homemade blankets and caps as a donation to Slidell Memorial as part of Operation Shore Cares. They also donated another 47 quilts.
Choptank Community Health System employees joined in efforts to collect items to be placed in the tractor trailers to go to Slidell Memorial.
Shore Banc Shares donated $2,500 to Operation Shore Cares. The donation will purchase uniforms and supplies needed by the Slidell Memorial Hospital staff and their families.

A number of additional fundraising efforts are planned to benefit Slidell Hospital employees.

Employees

As part of the Red Cross Disaster Response, Brain Childs, director of clinical ethics and spiritual care for Shore Health System, left for the Gulf Coast of Alabama to set up mental health triage stations for both residents and workers. Monica Kolessar, an ICU Nurse went to Baton Rouge to assist with the hurricane Katrina Relief efforts. Nancy Harr, clinical information manager, left for the Gulf Coast to assist with the shelters, and Jason Youngbar, of the Information Technology Department, went to the Gulf Coast on October 5. In all Shore Health System has 32 employees who have volunteered to assist with the Katrina Relief Efforts.