In an organization that prides itself on its compassion and generosity, they’re among the most compassionate and the most generous. And so, to mark National Volunteer Week 2023, St. Tammany Health System leadership pulled out the stops to celebrate the legion of local residents serving as part of the all-volunteer St. Tammany Hospital Guild.
The day’s message was simple but heartfelt: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
“Our wonderful volunteers really represent the heart and soul of our organization,” said STHS President and CEO Joan Coffman, FACHE. “Since the guild’s founding in March 1955, just four months after the founding of our hospital, they have demonstrated the generosity, compassion and community-mindedness that have become the hallmarks of St. Tammany Health System. We are enormously lucky to have them, and I am filled with gratitude for each and every one of them – past, present and future.”
Coffman, other members of health system leadership and St. Tammany Hospital Foundation leadership were among those in attendance Wednesday (April 19) for the groups’ 41st annual Volunteer Awards Luncheon, which fittingly boasted a superhero theme.
“Our supermen and superwomen are definitely world-changers,” STHS Volunteer Services Manager Shirley Primes said
In addition to lunch, door prizes, gifts for each volunteer, and a presentation by keynote speaker and WGNO-TV Chief Meteorologist Hank Allen, the day was marked by the official presentation to health system and foundation leadership of the guild’s annual gift to the foundation, this year in the amount of $44,500, raised through the guild’s operation of the hospital gift shop.
Additionally, recognition was given to guild members marking service milestones. See below for those singled out Wednesday, and scroll down further for more photos from the event.
Volunteers with the most hours of service
Daniel Brady, 570 hours
Yvonne Cleland, 519 hours
Jane Landry, 482 hours
Charles LaRose, 544 hours
Ken Kimberly, 536 hours
500 to 599 hours
Daniel Brady
Yvonne Cleland
Charles LaRose
Ken Kimberly
400 to 499 hours
Tiny Calder
Jane Landry
300 to 399 hours
Michele Aker
MaryAnn Brockhaus
Barbara Brumfield
David Brumfield
Theresa Ellzey
Jamey Hill
Rich O’Regan
200 to 299 hours
Lewis Dennis
Ken Lane
John Sammons
Charlotte Tafaro
Susie Tosso
Marie Tusa
Angela Womack
Nancy Wyatt
100 to 199 hours
Anna Bienvenu
Joan Coffenberg
Margaret Dennis
Dorothy Frederick
Marsha Licali
Austin McElroy
Michele Pennington
Ellie Reiter
Steve Restrepo
Richard Senette
Marion Shally
MaryRose Shaw
Pam Taylor
Terry Thibodeaux
50 to 99 hours
Sister Kateri Battaglia
Patrick Brady
Ann Carter
John Combs
Cindy Ducote
Jan Gagnon
Cynthia Glancy
Judy LaCour
Patricia Leblanc
Christy Moss
Markwell Nager
Maggie Roger
Toby Schaffer
Anne Tilton
Amy Trosclair
Keith Trosclair
Robin Williams
Hospice volunteers
Susan Austin
Charlotte Binnings
Judie Boudin
MaryAnn Brannan
Diane Combs
Jennie Fowler
Marisol Garcia
Joyce McHenry
Karen Place
Cathy Schultz
Nancy Wyatt
Cancer Center volunteers
Michell Berry
Carol Burnell
Margaret “Peg” Campos
Ann Carter
Rob “Sherlock” Foley
Jeannine Punch
William “Bill” Read III
Maxine Resweber
Steven Saux
John Warner
Michele White
Celebrating milestones in hours of service
Daniel Brady, 8,000 hours
Dottie Frederick, 6,000 hours
Marie Tusa, 6,000 hours
Barbara Brumfield, 4,000 hours
Ken Kimberly, 4,000 hours
Jane Landry, 4,000 hours
Charles LaRose, 3,000 hours
Rich O’Regan, 3,000 hours
Angela Womack, 2,000 hours
Richard Senette, 1,000 hours
Tiny Calder, 1,000 hours
Celebrating milestones in years of service
Daniel Brady, 25 years
Shelly Berry, 10 years
Judy LaCour, 10 years
Karen Place, 10 years
Melissa Dottolo, 5 years
Theresa Ellzey, 5 years
Rob Foley, 5 years
Steve Restrepo, 5 years
Richard Senette, 5 years
Marion Shally, 5 years
Nancy Wyatt, 5 years