Posted by: thepinetree on 12/19/2013 01:44 PM
Updated by: thepinetree on 12/19/2013 01:44 PM
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Medical Center Employees Sharing Holiday Joy for Those Less Fortunate
Sonora, CA...Sonora Regional Medical Center employees donated over 10,500 pounds of food during their annual holiday food drive. This brings their total donation through the Medical Center’s Food for Families program to 12,665 pounds of food for 2013. Most of the food was distributed just in time for Thanksgiving through Interfaith, Adventist Community Services, Lighthouse Ministries at the Red Church and the ATCAA Food Bank...
The Medical Center has also coordinated Christmas Wishes, a gift drive which was kicked off at the Medical Center’s annual Christmas banquet on Tuesday, December 10. Employees have donated new toys, clothing and other gift items for children of all ages as well as adults. “These gifts are more than things – they are a message to those in need that they are loved and part of a community where we are all in this together,” explains Chaplain Bryan Lewis, who helped coordinate both Food for Families and Christmas Wishes. So far Christmas Wishes has collected over 376 gifts, which will be given to people served by several local organizations including Interfaith, Red Church, Adventist Community Services, ATCAA’s Family Shelter & Learning Center, Center for a Non-Violent Community, Sonora Elementary School and Jamestown Elementary School.
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About Sonora Regional Medical Center
Sonora Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68 skilled nursing beds and a large network of clinics, owned and operated by Adventist Health/Roseville, California. In addition to emergency and acute care services, other Sonora Regional Medical Center services include advanced cardiac care, cancer center, diagnostic imaging, home health, hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen, and over 20 primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for a total of 4,500 admissions, 528 deliveries, 22,994 emergency department visits, 288,542 outpatient visits and 37,225 home care visits in 2012. Staffed by over 165 physicians, 1,260 employees, and 175 volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center is the largest private employer in Tuolumne County. To find a physician in the area, contact the Physician Referral Line at (209) 536-3344.
For more information about the Medical Center visit www.sonoramedicalcenter.org.
About Adventist Health
Sonora Regional Medical Center is part of Adventist Health, a faith-based, not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system serving communities in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Our workforce of 28,900 includes more than 21,200 employees; 4,500 medical staff physicians; and 3,200 volunteers. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist health values, Adventist Health provides compassionate care in 19 hospitals, more than 180 clinics (hospital-based, rural health and physician clinics), 14 home care agencies, seven hospice agencies and four joint-venture retirement centers. We invite you to visit www.AdventistHealth.org for more information.
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