Methodist Jennie Edmundson Foundation Holds 2019 Auxiliary Annual Meeting

A special luncheon was held on April 1 at Ameristar in Council Bluffs for the 2019 Auxiliary General Annual Meeting. Steve Baumert, president and CEO of Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital (www.jehfoundation.org), spoke to over 100 Volunteers in attendance and thanked them for all they do for the hospital. This year, 245 volunteers were invited to attend, and certificates and pins were awarded for their hours of donated service for 2018. There were 49 specific volunteers who were recognized for reaching significant lifetime milestones in 2018 reaching hours of 50; 500; 1,000; 2,000; and up to 8,000.

The Lifetime Hours recognition was presented to Lucille Dunlevy. Lucille has donated hours totaling 13,395 over her years as a volunteer at the Jennie Edmundson Foundation. In 2018, this 97-year-old volunteered 230 hours. She volunteers in the office at Jennie’s House, the daycare for hospital employees. She is legally blind, but her love for children shows as she shares with the children how she reads braille and manages with her disability. Lucille is not the oldest of the volunteers at Jennie; Velma McElderry is 102 and can be found most Sunday evenings working in the Jennie Gift Shop making sales and running the register!

The 2018 Volunteer of the Year was presented to Marsha Underwood with 1,085 hours for 2018. Marsha is one of our East Lobby volunteers, where she greets, assists, and escorts visitors and patients coming in to the hospital.

At Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, they value their volunteers and thank them for giving of their time and talents. Volunteers add to the quality of services they provide for their patients, their families, and our community. National Volunteer Week is April 7–13, 2019, so tell a volunteer “Thank you!” Go online to www.jehfoundation.org or call (712) 396-6040 to learn more about volunteer opportunities.