Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Volunteers are needed to operate gift shop and fund donations
Dayton Hospital Auxiliary Treasurer Dorothy Croft (l) and President Laura Thorn (r) present a $1,500 check to Bob Hutchens for the Dayton/Waitsburg Community Health Foundation Fund in the Dayton General Hospital gift shop which is operated solely by hospital auxiliary volunteers.
Last Thursday, Dayton Hospital Auxiliary Treasurer Dorothy Croft and President Laura Thorn presented Bob Hutchens with a check in the amount of $1,500 for the Dayton Waitsburg Community Health Foundation Fund.
The fund was established by Bob and Anita Hutchens and Dolores Hutchens Cole in 2016 and is managed through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation. Interest in the fund is withdrawn annually to be used specifically for Columbia County Health System facility and equipment improvements in Dayton and Waitsburg and to provide support for staff who wish to improve their skills through education.
The hospital auxiliary raises money, not only for the hospital and foundations like the Dayton Waitsburg Community Health Foundation Fund, but also to provide scholarships for students in the medical field.
Croft said the hospital gift shop is staffed completely by volunteers.
"We need volunteers in order to donate money." Croft said. "We couldn't run the gift shop without them."
The gift shop is open to the public and serves staff, patients in the hospital, and patients at the Booker Rest Home.
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