Local Hospital Honors Volunteers

  REDLANDS>> Redlands Community Hospital hosted a reception to celebrate its volunteers during National Volunteer Week. The special event honored the many volunteers who give their time and talent in support of the hospital and community.  The ceremony honored volunteers with a number of awards to recognize their achievements and hours of service. The recipients of the Presidential Lifetime Award, created to thank and honor Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service included: Marilyn Caminiti, John Faulkner and Lindsay Collins. Caminiti has volunteered at the hospital for 13 years and contributed more than 4,600 hours. She has served in surgery waiting room and is the past president of the Redlands Community Hospital Auxiliary Board. Serving in the volunteer office, Faulkner has volunteered for seven years and contributed more than 4,300 hours. Serving in maternal child services, Collins has volunteered for three years and contributed more 288 hours.  The Presidential Lifetime Award is also the only Presidential award that is available to the general public without having to be nominated or judged on criteria. It’s an award that allows citizens to be honored and recognized for service that is important to them.  To date, Redlands Community Hospital has recognized more than 50 volunteers for achieving this lifetime award, adult volunteers serving 4,000 hours of service or high school students reaching 250 hours of service. “Redlands Community Hospital celebrates the service and passion of our extraordinary volunteers,” said Cherie Towers, Director of Volunteer Services at Redlands Community Hospital.  “Their willingness to give their own time to support the hospital’s patients, visitors, staff and physicians is invaluable.” In addition, the hospital presented the “Rookie of the Year” award to new volunteers to recognize their achievements since joining the program.  Typically there is only one recipient, but this year two awards were presented.   The first recipient was Rebecca Smith, who supports a number of services at the hospital including: surgery waiting and hospice.  She is passionate about her work and has donated in excess of 500 hours.   The second recipient was high school student Jonathon Shaver, who has worked at the clerical, newspaper & information desk, as well as the emergency department.  “Every year we applaud and celebrate the volunteers’ efforts during National Volunteer Week to recognize their exceptional service to others,” said Tom Niblack, Auxiliary President.  “Their selfless efforts truly make a difference in the lives they touch.”  Redlands Community Hospital is supported by 300 volunteers from high school students to retirees, many who travel a great distance to give their time to assist in providing a more comfortable experience for our patients and their families.   Hours Awards/ Adult Awardees   Presidential Lifetime Awards Marilyn Caminiti: 4600+ Hours, Surgery Waiting, Vol. Office, 13 years Aux. Past President John Faulkner: 4300+ Hours, Volunteer Office, 7 years Lindsay Collins: 288+ Hours, Maternal Child Services, 3 years   5,000 Hours Diane Brown: Surgery Waiting, Volunteer Services Office, Auxiliary Board  4,000 Hours Caroline Biscotti: Surgery Waiting   3,000 Hours Marty Handleman: Shuttle Driver, Main Info Desk   2,000 Hours Linda Baker: Surgery Waiting, Main Info Desk, Escort Mary Mersereau: Pharmacy   1,000 Hours Sandra Davis: Gift Shop – Days Weldon McCormick: Shuttle Driver Mary Miller: Surgery Waiting, Blood Drive, Hospice, Gift Shop Back Office Daniel Perez: Info Desk, Main Lobby Steve Washburn: Pastoral Care Visitor, NODA   500 Hours Norma Carlton: Patient Ambassador, Public Relations Gail Dierdorff: NODA, Surgery Waiting, Pastoral Care Visitor, Auxiliary Board Rebecca Smith: Surgery Waiting, Hospice Christina Varela: Surgery Waiting   100 Hours Lin Anderson: Surgery Waiting Andrea Beler: Emergency Department Susanne Browning: Surgery Waiting Kristi Cidila: Labor & Delivery Candace Flippelli: Emergency Department Jenny Gray: Gift Shop Ryan Jurado: Emergency Department Austin Kemmerer: Emergency Department Soomin Kim: Maternal Child Services, Clerical, Newspaper, & Info Desk Michael Kress: Escort Cassandra Picazo: Gift Shop Linda Schwab: Hospice, 4100 Patient Ambassador Sharon Simon: 3800, 4100 Patient Ambassador Janice Tate: Gift Shop Del Valdez: Emergency Department, Escort   Rookies of the Year Jonathon Shaver: Junior Volunteer Rebecca Smith: Adult Volunteer   Junior Volunteer Awardees Tasneem Ahmed: Clerical, Newspaper, Info Desk Basil Bashir: Emergency Department, Gift Shop Leena Bashir: Labor and Delivery Daniella Bohnert: Labor and Delivery Kyra Mae Cabanatan: Emergency Department Kimmy Cao: Emergency Department Yenna Chang: Labor and Delivery Mathew Dai: Gift Shop Morgan Glaub: Gift Shop Leillani Ha: Maternal Child Services Cambrie Hagen: Maternal Child Services Alison Kelley-Hubbard: Gift Shop Jaehyun Lee: Admitting Nicole Lin: Maternal Child Services  Manisha Magal: Maternal Child Services Claire Muller: Maternal Child Services Tuyet Ngoc Nguyen: Labor and Delivery Johnathon Shaver: Clerical, Newspaper& Info Desk, Emergency Department Rebecca Sousa: Clerical, Newspaper & Info Desk Anh Tran: Labor and Delivery Crystina Ventura: Gift Shop           Daisy Ventura: Labor and Delivery Hannah Woodrow: Emergency Department, Labor & Delivery, Maternal Child Services  For more information about volunteer services at Redlands Community Hospital, please visit: www.redlandshospital.org or call (909) 335-5500. Redlands Community Hospital is an independent not-for-profit, stand-alone hospital.