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Mary Trautman, Legendary Volunteer<\/p>\nJamestown\u00a0 (JRMC)\u00a0 \u2014 Jamestown Regional Medical Center can\u2019t do the work it does without the work of the volunteers, said Mike Delfs, JRMC President & CEO. Though volunteerism looked different this spring, one thing remained the same \u2013 the volunteers\u2019 commitment to legendary care. Despite the pandemic, volunteers continued to make masks, tummy pillows and provide comfort items for patients.
\n“On Aug. 13, we were able to see our volunteers, some for the first time since March. Usually, the JRMC Volunteer Appreciation Banquet is held in the spring, however, the pandemic forced us to be creative,” said Regina Olson, JRMC Volunteer & Community Development Coordinator. “We asked our volunteers to drive through our south parking lot to receive a goodie bag and awards. Their presence and help is really missed. This helped us reconnect.”
\nJRMC presented awards to the 113 volunteers.
\nSince 1997, those volunteers have donated more than 153,000 hours. Last year alone, they donated more than 7,200 hours.
\nJRMC volunteers serve in different ways. This includes Telecare, making blankets, tummy pillows and infant hats, personally escorting patients and guests to appointments as well as assembling education packets and mailings. They dedicate time to fundraising events too.
\nIn addition to celebrating the volunteers\u2019 hard work, JRMC also recognized the following:
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Mary Trautman, Legendary Volunteer<\/p>\n
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JRMC Founation Director, Lisa Jackson<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Terry Ukestad, Volunteer of the Year<\/p>\n
\u00b7 JRMC Volunteer & Community Development Coordinator, Gina Olson,<\/p>\n
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MARY TRAUTMAN
\nThe Legendary volunteer is someone who made a major contribution of time, volunteering throughout his or her lifetime. Trautman has always cared for others and has a lifetime of close ties to the hospital. She worked at the former Jamestown Hospital, as a circulating aide. After she retired, she not only volunteered with JRMC in its hospice program but she also supported JRMC financially.
\nTrautman and her late husband, Harold, donated $50,000 towards the purchase of one of three operating rooms during the new hospital campaign.<\/p>\n
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TERRY UKESTAD
\nUkestad, JRMC Volunteer of the Year, devotes each Thursday to the Surgery Center desk at JRMC. She also volunteers at Foundation events including Golf \u201cFORE\u201d Good. For three years, Ukestad has volunteered her time to greet and comfort patients and their families.<\/p>\n
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JUDY HOYT
\nHoyt, Auxilian of the Year, has volunteered at JRMC for more than nine years. She supports the Auxiliary through the Gift Shoppe. She also volunteers every Wednesday as a greeter in the JRMC Welcome Center. About 40 individuals belong to the JRMC Auxiliary, which serves as a fundraising element of the hospital.
\n\u201cJRMC is an award-winning destination of care for many reasons,\u201d said Olson. \u201cOne of them is the awesome support from our volunteers and the community.\u201d
\nIn 2020, JRMC received both the Top 20 Critical Access Hospital award from the National Rural Hospital Association as well as a Top 100 Best Places to Work award from Modern Healthcare.
\nJRMC also recognized the following for their hours of service.
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Loretta Jung<\/p>\n
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\u00b7 Charlotte Freeberg
\n\u00b7 Mary Gullingrud
\n\u00b7 Audrey Heupel
\n\u00b7 DeLoris Lux
\n\u00b7 Dixie Supler
\n500 hours
\n\u00b7 Loretta Jung
\n\u00b7 Lavina Kleese
\n\u00b7 Marlene Stafford
\n1,000 hours
\n\u00b7 Marlene Axtman
\n\u00b7 Mary Bertsch
\n\u00b7 Mary Englund
\n\u00b7 Lynell Madoe
\n\u00b7 Joy Neustel
\n\u00b7 Eunice Sahr
\n5,000 + hours
\n\u00b7 Dorothy Chouinard
\n\u00b7 Mary Trautman
\nTo learn more about volunteering at Jamestown Regional Medical Center, call (701) 952-4809 or visit www.jrmcnd.com\/volunteer.
\nAbout Jamestown Regional Medical Center
\nJamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jamestown\u00a0 (JRMC)\u00a0 \u2014 Jamestown Regional Medical Center can\u2019t do the work it does without the work of the volunteers, said Mike Delfs, JRMC President & CEO. Though volunteerism looked different this spring, one thing remained the same \u2013 the volunteers\u2019 commitment to legendary care. Despite the pandemic, volunteers continued to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206328"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206341,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206328\/revisions\/206341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=206328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=206328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}