St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers donate $100,000 the St. Elizabeth Hospital Capital Contingency Fund
01 / 20 / 2010
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Maria Nelson, Media Relations
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APPLETON, Wis. - The St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers, which is made up of 408 individuals, has made a donation of $100,000 to the St. Elizabeth Hospital Capital Contingency Fund. Marian Meyer, St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers president, presented the check to Travis Andersen, St. Elizabeth Hospital president during the Annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet.
“This is an extremely generous donation from the St. Elizabeth Hospital volunteers. Our volunteers continuously show their commitment to this hospital through the hours they spend volunteering and by giving back financially,” said Andersen. “The volunteers make a tremendous contribution to our patients and we rely on them everyday as part of the team to deliver our promise of personalized care to patients."
Money for the donation was raised through various fundraisers and through the gift shop.
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Affinity Health System, a faith-based regional health care network, is the Fox Valley’s second-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry. For the fourth consecutive year, Affinity has been named one of the nation’s top 64 health systems based on clinical performance according to Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. For ten consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 25 family practice and specialty clinics – 22 of which are recognized as NCQA Level III medical homes, the highest level of recognition – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; and Affinity Occupational Health.