A Preview of Vidant Health’s New Cancer Center

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In 2015 Service League of Greenville members pledged $2 million for a Healing Garden as part of the new Cancer Center located adjacent to the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center.  Once completed, the new facility will provide both inpatient and outpatient cancer services.

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Last month, all Service League members were invited to attend a preview presentation by Vidant Medical Center and Vidant Health Foundation to update us on what has been happening with the cancer center and what our money will be helping to achieve.

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Here are a few highlights from the comprehensive and thoughtful presentations by Phyllis DeAntonio, System Service Line Administrator of Cancer Care for Vidant Medical Center; Elaine Cunningham, Director of Development, Vidant Health Foundation; Varessa Wall, Director of Development, Vidant Health Foundation; Eva Marie Dyba, Major Gifts Officer, Vidant Health Foundation; and, Blair Vick, Event Coordinator, Vidant Health Foundation:

  • The importance of a cancer care center to Eastern North Carolina.

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  • An artist rendering of the beautiful healing garden with meditation labyrinth (lower left).
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Although the exterior of the cancer center is looking to be near completion these day, the doors won’t officially open until 2018.  (You can watch the Cancer Center’s progression on Vidant’s construction cam video.)

Service League members and Vidant team ride a bus past the construction zone on their way to touring an actual mock-up of both an infusion treatment suite and care room.  bus-ride-past-vidant-cancer-center-construction

  • In this mock infusion suite, league members see how patients will be able to view the healing garden provided by their pledge.

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In all, four groups from the Service League attended presentations by hospital and foundation staff.  Our thanks to the dedicated team of ladies who answered our many questions and who share our passion and commitment to the well-being of Eastern North Carolina.

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What We’ve Been Up To: OCTOBER 2016

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service-league-sealService League volunteers were hard at work in the month of October.

Here are just some of the ways we shared our time and talent:

  • Service League Gift Shops & Snack Carts — 670 hours
  • Charity Ball — 86 hours
  • Hope Lodge —  68 hours
  • Hospice House —  88 hours
  • Hospital Activities —  46 hours
  • Layettes — 21 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House —  14 hours
  • Bloodmobile — 19 hours
  • Meetings — 280 hours
  • Other Projects — 337 hours

Total Hours — 1683

Way to go Ladies!

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A Thank You Note To Service League Members

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During Vidant Home Health and Hospice’s Annual Celebration of Life Memorial Service on November 1st, Service League members were on hand volunteering their service with set-up, refreshments and clean-up.

From Angelina Brittle, a note of appreciation and pictures:

Thank you to those who volunteered for the November 2016 Celebration of Life event. The event was well-attended, and it was a beautiful evening with many family and friends, live music, delicious food and camaraderie. Hosting an event with many helping hands makes it much easier, and we so appreciate your willingness to give your time, energy and help setting up the food for all!

 

Sincerely, 

 

Angelina Brittle, BSW
Hospice Social Worker and Volunteer Coordinator
Services League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice
Vidant Home Health and Hospice

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Well done ladies!

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2017 Charity Ball Theme, Band & Date Announced

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This year’s Charity Ball theme was announced.  And here is a clue:

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Are you ready for an “Evening in Paris” while listening to the sounds of The Main Event Band, “the ultimate party band performing R&B, Soul, Beach, Country, and Funk”?  Well, save the date — February 18, 2017 !

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Past President Mary Lee Hobbie Speaks From The Heart

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Past President Mary Lee Hobbie speaks from the heart about being a member of The Service League of Greenville, our commitment to our community, and the importance of our partnership with Vidant Health.

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Busy Service Hands At Our Blanket Workshops

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We were 19 members strong at our October blanket workshop and that meant plenty of busy hands to complete 28 blankets.

These cheerful hand-tied, two-ply fleece lap blankets will be given to patients of all ages in the Medical Intermediate or Medical Intensive Care Units at Vidant Health Center.

Well done ladies!  We believe in you too!

The next blanket workshop will be on November 16th.  Service League members interested in participating can sign-up during our November meeting or contact Hospital Activities Co-Chairs — Cathy Marsh & Cassie Causey.

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Our Layette Shower — A Resounding Success!

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Our Layette Shower was a resounding success!  What a warm welcome and blessing to new babies and their families that are in-need in Pitt County.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated!

(Photo & write up courtesy of Gigi Walter.)

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Annelle West, (left), president of The Service League of Greenville with Missy Hasty, Layette Chairman, look over items donated by the members of the league during a baby shower at the October meeting.

The baby items go to the Brody School of Medicine, OB/GYN Department; the Carolina Pregnancy Center and the Pitt County Health Department Baby Love Program. Recipients of the layettes are determined by the needs of the families registered with each program. Layettes include diapers, sleepers, blankets, booties and caps.

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What We’ve Been Up To: September 2016

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service-league-sealService League volunteers were hard at work in the month of September.

Here are just some of the ways members shared their time and talent:

  • Service League Gift Shops & Snack Carts — 490 hours
  • Charity Ball — 36 hours
  • Hope Lodge —  81 hours
  • Hospice House —  83 hours
  • Hospital Activities —  20 hours
  • Layettes — 112 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House —  24 hours
  • Meetings — 300 hours
  • Other Projects — 480 hours

Total Hours — 1632

Way to go Ladies!

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What We’ve Been Up To — Summer 2016

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service-league-sealWhile Service League members are officially off duty over the summer months, we still manage to squeeze in a few hours of service:

  • Gift Shop & Carts — 299 hours
  • Hospice House —  184 hours
  • Hope Lodge — 241 hours
  • Charity ball — 27 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House — 21 hours
  • Bloodmobile — 14 hours
  • Layette — 5 hours
  • Meetings — 42 hours
  • Other projects —  341 hours

Total — 1174 hours 

Not bad for bunch of vacationers!

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May Luncheon: A time of Welcome, Recognition, Honor, and Change

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Our May Luncheon is our time to take stock of our year and celebrate our hard work and many accomplishments.  A delicious luncheon at Rock Springs was enjoyed by all as outgoing President Mary Lee Hobbie presided over the final meeting of her tenure and walked us through The Service League of Greenville year that was 2015-2016.

We welcomed those who were new within our ranks:

New Service League members  — Debbie Adams, Donna Kraus, Nancy MacGilvray, Carol Rados, Carolyn Reed, Martha Watson and Brenda Whichard.

New Gift Shops Manager — Marianne Conway

We gave recognition and thanks to dedicated board and committee members who make the function of such a large organization possible and the many accomplishments we all made possible through our commitment of time, talent and treasure.  (Here is a fun look at our year that was):

78 — Years of service to Vidant Health and our community by The Service League of Greenville members
15,721 — Service hours by membership in 2015-2016
174 — Total membership
114 — Weekly volunteer slots (fall & spring) completed for our gift shops and carts.
104 — Pediatric blankets completed.
320 — Patients helped through Laughinghouse Fund.
25 — Members who have served 35-66 years as Service League of Greenville volunteers.
64 — Christmas Food Boxes purchase and delivered to Greenville families.
165 — Christmas and Easter bags filled for Ronald McDonald House.
13 — Bloodmobile sites worked.
89 — Food items prepared at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for Ronald McDonald House.
1724  — Layette items donated by League members
0  — Number of “Dining with the League” Cookbooks left to sell.

We honored Service League members of extraordinary service:

President’s Tray — to outstanding board member — Danette Pugh
Ormond Service Cup — to outstanding member – – Helen Parrott
Agnes Wilkerson Award — to outstanding sustaining member – – Barbara Hall

And finally, Mary Lee set in motion the hands of Service League change by installing:

Second Vice President — Danette Pugh
First Vice President — Ann Taylor
President — Annelle West

Click to see the complete list of our 2016-2017 Service League of Greenville Board.

Luncheon photos courtesy of Joan Giordano.

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