Mason General Hospital Foundation

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• Fantasy Forest
• Annual Campaigns - make an online gift through Paypal by clicking the above Donate button.
• 2009 American Business Women Award Winners
  
• Special Campaigns
• Treasures Thrift Store
• Grants
• Karen Hilburn Breast and Cervical Cancer Fund    
• Goldsborough Creek Run/Walk/Jog

Why is Your Support Needed?

Special events such as the annual golf tournament and Fantasy Forest not only raise funds for MGHF, but build community support for Mason General Hospital through their participants and volunteers. Funds have been raised by Mason General Hospital Foundation to go toward the purchase of medical equipment. With these funds the Foundation has purchased items such as:

• CMAX Surgical Table
• EKG Machine
• Mammogram Machine
• Defibrillator
• Patient Monitor Machine
• Total Care Patient Beds

As technology in healthcare improves and the population ages, the public places greater demands on hospitals. At the same time, insurance providers, including Medicare and Medicaid, are paying less to hospitals making the need for support from organizations like the Foundation more and more important.

MGH Foundation 2009 Memorial Tree
 “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

Each year, during MGH Foundation’s Fantasy Forest event, there is a special memorial tree dedicated to people who passed away during that current year whom had been loyal supporters of the Foundation, Mason General Hospital, and the Hospital’s mission to provide quality healthcare in Mason County.

This year’s memorial tree is dedicated in the memory of Robert Goad, M.D., Sharon Davison, Stan Ingraham and Mary Penney.

Purchase an ornament for YOUR friends
or loved ones

To purchase a memorial ornament for your loved one or friend, complete the order form found here.  The deadline for accepting orders is Monday, November 9, 2009.  

You can order three ways –
1. Mail the form to MGHF, PO Box l668, Shelton, WA 98584;
2. Fax to the Foundation office at (360) 427-4448; or
3. Drop off the completed form to the Foundation Office located in Gateway Center behind McDonald’s on Olympic Highway. The cost per ornament is $30.

 
On Monday, December 7, 2009, after Fantasy Forest, the ornaments may be picked up at the Development/Foundation Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you have any questions, please contact the Foundation at (360) 427-3623

HOSPITAL FOUNDATION HONORS THREE LOCAL BUSINESS WOMEN

Three local business women - Kristy Buck of John L. Scott Real Estate; Sharon Tibbits, of Sharon’s Nursery; and Lisa Woodard of West Coast Bank have been chosen to receive the 2009 American Business Women’s Award, presented by the Mason General Hospital Foundation. Every year, the foundation honors three outstanding businesswomen who are or were successful in their occupations, work or have worked in Mason County, and are active as volunteers in their community.

These women will be honored at a public, no-host luncheon on Friday, September 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mason General Hospital in the Ellinor Room. Tickets are $25 per person, and can be purchased by calling (360) 427-3623 (from Allyn (360) 275-8614 and ask for Development).

“I am thrilled to honor these three fantastic women for their accomplishments and wonderful service to our community,” said Janis Byrd, chairperson of the selection committee and president of the MGH Foundation. “I admire these women greatly and I am proud that the board has made such an outstanding selection from a great pool of nominees.”

Kristy Buck, after working 16 years for Simpson Timber Company, joined John L. Scott Real Estate in 2003. It was in 2007 she, along with colleague Stacy Ogg, purchased the franchise and moved the office to downtown Shelton. Kristy currently serves on the Board of the Realtors Association, is a member of the Shelton Rotary, is active in City and County Commission affairs, and in 2006 was elected president of the Realtor’s Association as well as being chosen “Realtor of the Year”. Kristy lives in Shelton with her husband, Jim and their three yellow labs on a 13-acre Christmas tree farm, and enjoys golf and spending time with family and friends.

Sharon Tibbits owns Sharon’s Garden Center in Shelton, which she acquired from Brady Trucking in 1991 after driving truck for them for several years. Before that, Sharon had been driving since she was 20; first, a school bus, and then long hauls. Sharon is as passionate about helping her community as she is about her garden business. Each year, with her husband, Keith, Sharon plants and harvests a huge vegetable garden for local food banks. She is involved with Relay for Life and the American Lung Association, and then finds time to do the annual 200-mile Seattle-to-Portland bicycle run.

Lisa Woodard is vice president and branch manager of the Shelton branch of West Coast Bank, where she is highly valued for her leadership skills. She is Board President for the United Way of Mason County, serves on the Shelton-Mason County Chamber Board of Trustees, and is incoming secretary for the Shelton Rotary Club. In her free time, Lisa enjoys her role as wife to Cory and mother to Cody. She likes family camping, gardening, and waterskiing, and recently completed her first triathlon.