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Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Honors Employees and Volunteers at Annual Event
The 12th annual Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Winterfest, held at The Mansion in Voorhees, celebrated the hard work and accomplishments of Samaritan’s dedicated employees and volunteers. More than 300 volunteers, staff members and their families attended the luncheon buffet.
Samaritan President/CEO Mary Ann Boccolini presented recognition awards to employees who have been with the organization for milestone years and volunteers who have reached important levels in the hours of service they have given.
Top awardees of the afternoon included Susan Fisher, RN, Joanne Rosen and Anita Feldman (not present) who have worked at Samaritan for 20 years and volunteers Jacqueline Cunney who has dedicated 3,000 hours of her time to Samaritan and Joan Harrigan (not present) honored for 5,500 hours of service.
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Pictured in photo: Samaritan Volunteer Services Manager Sally Cezo presents volunteer Peggy Morgan of Marlton an award for 2,000 hours of service. Peggy started volunteering for Samaritan more than a decade ago by visiting patients and families. Now she makes important bi-weekly phone calls to Transitions patients and helps maintain an accurate address database for the marketing department. Peggy has also helped raise more than $30,000 for Samaritan’s sister hospice, Kawempe Home Care (KHC) in Kampala, Uganda, by coordinating sales of Beads for Education -- beautiful necklaces made out of recycled paper to help KHC families send their children to school.
About Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice:
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Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice is the regional leader for hospice care, palliative (comfort) medicine, geriatric care management, grief support and counseling and end-of-life education, research and advocacy. In addition to hospice services covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, Samaritan’s Family of Services also provides nearly $1 million each year in essential, yet non-reimbursed, services through generous community support.
Samaritan is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, independent organization accredited by The Joint Commission, a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its’ We Honor Veterans program created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Samaritan serves people in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties who are coping with the stresses of aging, serious illness or grief. For more information, visitwww.SamaritanHealthcareNJ.org.
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