Happy WorkersTom Grape, Chairman and CEO of Benchmark Assisted Living, recently visited the Atrium at Cardinal Drive in Agawam to present the 2007 Ripple Award, which is given to the community achieving the highest employee-satisfaction rating in the system. Receiving the award on behalf of the Atrium staff is Susan Brooks, executive director.
Ready to Serve
Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton recently feted 315 volunteers with a luncheon at Union Station restaurant. The hospital’s volunteers logged 32,000 hours last year — that’s roughly 88 hours of volunteer service per day — with work including collating medical charts and patient-information packets, calling patients with appointment reminders, folding and stuffing mailings, delivering mail, greeting patients, knitting baby hats, sewing stuffed bears, and working in gift shop, among other tasks. Pictured here are Ellie Abramowicz (left) and Doris Hebert, who work in the CDH coffee shop.
Bridging the Divide
The Ludlow Area Adult Learning Center run by Holyoke Community College recently awarded certificates to students from Chicopee, Ludlow, Springfield, and Wilbraham to become bilingual health care counselors for senior citizens. Through the program, called Serving the Health Care Needs of Elders (SHINE), seniors with native languages other than English are gaining access to information and becoming informed and engaged health care consumers. Among the graduates, from left, were Sengnaly Soumphalphakdy (originally from Laos, resides in Springfield); Zofia Orzol (Poland, Chicopee); Serpil Durdu (Turkey, Ludlow); Amy Chan (China, Wilbraham); Seungwon Kwon (South Korea, Wilbraham); and Sandra Pereira (Dominican Republic, Springfield). Not pictured is Aldina Lavaredes (Portugual, Springfield).
Champions Together
State Rep. Todd Smola (R-1st Hampden District) and Christine Shirtcliff, president of Baystate Mary Lane Hospital (BMLH) in Ware, were on-hand for the third annual Walk of Champions, held recently at Quaboag Regional Middle High School in Warren, which raised more than $38,000 to benefit the Baystate Regional Cancer Program at BMLH. More than 600 walkers registered, including teams from five area schools and businesses including Moulton Insurance Agency, Janine’s Frostee, Country Bank, North Brookfield Savings Bank, BMLH, and others. Gold sponsors included Country Bank, Health New England, and Intercity Lines.
Pinning Ceremonies
A total of 84 students at Springfield Technical Community College participated in the 2008 Pinning Ceremony for the School of Health and Patient Simulation. The students represented graduating classes in Medical Assistant, Respiratory Care, Clinical Laboratory Science, Surgical Technology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiography, and Sonography.
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