The Bellevue Hospital Honors Volunteers

  • Volunteers with 1,500 or more hours in 2010 include, front row left to right, Kathy Vickery, Gail Frederick, Karen Hartman, Edna Schreiner. Back row, Shirley Warder, Jan Adams, Julie Walker, Rose Fay, and Lorraine Tuttamore.
  • Volunteers with 2,500 or more hours include, left to right, Virginia Konst, 3,500 hours; Ellie Beck, 3,000 hours; Gerri Ware, 3,000 hours; and Lucy Mirtes, 2,500 hours.
  • Volunteers with 500 or more hours include, front row left to right, Pat Cook, Olga Hutchison, Millie Raschke, Peggy Tuttamore, and Sue Schmidt. Back row, Gloria Lindsley, Kim Veach, Bob Beck (1,000 hours), JoAnn Cook, LaVohn Hunter, and Alohoea Lowery.
  • Volunteers with 100 or more hours include, front row left to right, Elaine Hess, Sharon Thayer, Dee Butler, Mary Ann LaVine. Back row, Buzz Dayringer, TBH Volunteer Coordinator June Washburn, and Sue Steinmetz.
  • New employees include, left to right, Cat Valero, Crystal Rufty, TBH Volunteer Coordinator June Washburn, Sue Lemmon, and Mary Kay Blair.
  • Local author and TBH Employee Kim Stults, second from right, was surprised when a copy of her book, “Lessons From Lorena,” was given to each Volunteer at the annual Recognition Banquet.

The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) and Hospital Auxiliary paid tribute to the many Volunteers and VolunTeens who donated countless hours at the local facility, with a Recognition Banquet held at the Bellevue Society for the Arts (BSA) facility.

Janet Runner, Vice President for Patient Care Services, and Kate Herring, TBH Foundation Director welcomed and thanked the group for the many hours of dedicated service. All total, 11,739 hours were donated in 2010.

Each of volunteers received a copy of the book, “Lessons From Lorena,” written by local author and TBH employee Kim Stults.

Food was prepared by Creative Cuisine in Sandusky and was served by several members of the TBH staff.

June Washburn, TBH Volunteer Coordinator and Gift Shop Manager, gave special recognition to those Volunteers who donated anywhere from 100 to 3,500 hours in 2010.

3,500: Virigina Konst.

3,000: Ellie Beck and Gerri Ware.

2,500: Lucy Mirtes

2,800: Rita Hay and Geri Ware.

2,000: Charlotte Leber.

1,500: Lorraine Tuttamore, Julie Walker, Edna Schreiner, Ron Miller, Gail Frederick, Jan Adams, Rose Fay, Bill Fulton, Shirley Warder, Kathy Vickery, Marge Jones, Karen Hartman.

1,000: Bob Beck, Biago Fontana, George Solander, Jack Wooten.

500: Sue Schmidt, Jo Haynes, Millie Raschke, JoAnn Cook, Dorothy Yingling, Tom Kutz, Delbert Daniel, Pat Cook, Phyillis Barnhart, Peggy Tuttamore, Ed Rose, Alohoea Lowery, Gloria Lindsley, Olga Hutchison, Kim Veach, LaVohn Hunter.

100: Elaine Hess, Rosemae Hammill, Kathy Smith, Charles Abel, Sue Steinmetz, Glen McFarland, Clyde Martin, Jackie Lilly, Mary Ann LaVine, Sue Hollingsworth, Dee Butler, Sharon Thayer, Ruth Miller, Buzz Dayringer.

New Volunteers for 2010 are: Betsy Baun, Cecil Starnes, Mary Kay Blair, Joyce James, Laurie Smith, Sue Lemmon, Ann Tuttamore, Crystal Rufty, and Cat Valero.            

For information on how to become a Volunteer or VolunTeen at The Bellevue Hospital, contact June Washburn at 419.483.4040, Ext. 4408.