- November 28, 2024
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This group was recognized for their one year of service.
This group was recognized for five years of service.
Some of the recipients for 10 years of service.
This group was recognized for over five years of service (Courtesy photo).
Ormond Beach resident Suzy Suring was recognized for her over 15 years of volunteer service.
Florida Hospital HospiceCare honored its volunteers over brunch March 1 at its annual volunteer recognition event at Plantation Bay’s Club de Bonmont in Ormond Beach.
Florida Hospital Flagler CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronald Thomas greeted the 180 Florida Hospital HospiceCare volunteers that serve throughout Flagler and Volusia counties.
“Since Florida Hospital HospiceCare’s inception in 1996, they’ve seen tremendous growth and have expanded their reach, from building the eight-bed Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House on the campus of Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast, to opening inpatient units at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City,” said Daytona State College Flagler County Campus Dean Kent Ryan in a press release. “Whether patients are in their own homes or in one of the inpatients units, Florida Hospital HospiceCare provides services to those in need, and remains the area’s only faith-based, not-for-profit hospice organization accredited by The Joint Commission.”
Ryan is also the former executive director of the Florida Hospital Memorial Foundation which helped fund the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House construction. Raeanne Cade, Florida Hospital HospiceCare volunteer coordinator, expressed great appreciation for their great contributions to the program’s success.
“In 2015, our Hospice volunteers contributed an extraordinary 16,729 volunteer hours at a value of almost $386,000,” Cade said in a press release. “While this cost savings is very important, our hospice volunteers’ most important contribution was in their connection to patients and their families, and the comfort and enhanced quality of life this connection created.”
Ormond Beach resident Suzy Suring was recognized for her volunteer service to Florida Hospital HospiceCare for more than 15 years. The following Ormond Beach volunteers were recognized for 15 years of service:
“Volunteering is an important and fulfilling part of my life whether I am at home in Ohio or Florida,” said Lynch, a seasonal Ormond Beach resident from Cleveland, Ohio. “I can’t say enough about sharing the importance of hospice to others. People do not know enough about the benefits of hospice.”
