Dues for 2015 are due by December 30. Dues may be paid by mailing your check to the Auxiliary Office, Memorial Hospital, 4500 Memorial Drive, Belleville, IL 62226 or credit/debit card over the phone or in the office.

• Active or Junior Volunteer Membership = $5.00• Sustaining Membership = $8.00

Membership Report

Dates to RememberDec 13- Dec 25 Twelve Days of Christmas 9 a.m. Gift Shop

December 25 Christmas Day Auxiliary Office and Gift Shop Closed

January 1 New Year’s Day Auxiliary Office and Gift Shop Closed January 18 Uniform Sale11 a.m.-3 p.m. Auditorium

January 19 Uniform Sale7 a.m.-3 p.m. Auditorium

January 20 Book Collection Resumes8 a.m. - 11 a.m. Warehouse

Welcome to our newest members:Emily Lassman(JV) - BellevilleNikki Nangia(JV) - BellevilleAnita Compton(A) - Belleville With our condolences to the family and friends, we acknowledge the passing of Life member, Doris Williams on October 24, active member Beverly Baltz on October 30 and sustaining Charter member Arlene Koch on November 13.

Membership Numbers:163-Active110-Active/Life47-Junior209-Life 63-Sustaining592-Total

4500 Memorial Drive • Belleville, IL 62226 • (618) 257-5545 • auxiliary@memhosp.com

December 2014Volume 58, Issue 12

Mur-MurQuilts

We have a baby quilt in the Auxiliary Office. It is navy blue and white with puppies embroidered on the top and a turquoise print back. It is price at $75.

Please stop by the office to take a look and make a purchase.

Thanks to all who have purchased our

beautiful quilts.

Dues for 2015

• Life Membership = $100.00 used to maintain the Auxiliary Educational Assistance Programs. Thank you to our newest Life members Susan Bowers, Barbara McKay, Howard and Carol Anna.

Christmas in the Gift Shop Christmas is in full swing and doing splendidly in the Gift Shop. Be sure to stop in daily beginning December 13 when our Twelve Days of Christmas Sale begins. Each day will feature a specially priced item.

The Gift Shop was open 10 pm to 2 am on November 3 for a special Midnight Sale for the night shift employees. A lot of fun and excitement was generated.

Winter wear, scarves, hats, gloves and sweaters are selling well and keeping our customers warm. Lots of toys, Christmas items, jewelry, stocking stuffers are here, making your gift giving a fun and easy

process.

Don’t Forget!

Gift Shop Frosty Give-A-Way

Shop for your chance to win our life size snowman

Starting Monday, December 8th through Friday, December 19th

Every $10.00 spent = 1 chance to winSpend more

and increase your chances.

Employees and Volunteers only.

Details available in the Gift Shop.

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I cannot believe it is December already. My father used to say “the older you get the faster times goes”. I must be old enough, because this year has sped by.

Christmas will be upon us in no time, and it is such a special time of year. When thinking of Christmas I think of all the traditions: special Christmas services, caroling, decorating the tree and our homes, baking cookies, shopping and wrapping gifts, and family and friends dropping in to visit.

Auxiliary members will visit the patients in Memorial Hospital and take them a small gift on Friday, December 19th. As volunteers we did this last year and the patients seemed to be very appreciative. It is very important that we as volunteers are especially kind and attentive to our patients at this time of year, as we do all year. Being sick and away from home during the holidays is very difficult for them.

Thank you to those of you that participated in our Christmas Bake Sale. The hospital staff are so appreciative and so enjoy the delicious cakes, cookies and snacks. The Gift Shop was very busy on Monday, November 3. We had special discounted items. Also, the shop was open for the night shift’s convenience from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thanks to all who volunteered to be Santa’s helpers by working the late shift. There were requests from the employees to open the Gift Shop from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. again.

Welcome to our new slate of officers

for 2015: Mary Ann Silhavy, President; Dolores Miller, Vice-President; Kim Brede, Recording/Financial Secretary; and Marge Giedemann, Corresponding Secretary.

And last, but not least, I wish to thank everyone for making my year as President something very special. Everyone was willing to serve when asked and offered their assistance when it was needed. This was quite a learning experience for me and I so enjoyed it.

I am looking forward to next year and all the excitement that goes with building and planning for our new Memorial East Hospital as it continues to be erected! Auxiliary volunteers will be an important part of its completion in 2016 and as they continue to be here at Belleville’s Memorial Hospital.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. The holidays will be lively at the Jaskowiak Christmas this year. Vince and I have five great grandchildren, the oldest being six.

Recipe for happy life: live simply, be grateful, love more, dream big, laugh lots and have faith.

Sandy JaskowiakAuxiliary President

From the President... Thank you for supporting our New Book Sale in November. I hope you all are enjoying eating and baking with your pecans. Thanks for your orders! They are delicious. Thank you for buying at our Bake Sale, December 4. Everything looked delicious. It was difficult to choose what to get! Keep collecting books! We will resume collecting donations for the 2015 Book Bazaar starting January 20, from 8 am to 11 am at the Auxiliary Warehouse. Coming events: January Uniform Sale and February Shoe Show.

Fundraising Activity BoxesITEMS NEEDED: Items are still being accepted for use in the Activity Boxes located on the nursing floors for patients who might be confused from illness, dementia etc. If you have any of these items new and wish to donate them to the Auxiliary Office, they would be very much appreciated. Regular decks of cards Go Fish or Old Main cards Coloring Books Tissue Paper Books Scissors Matching picture cards

Happy Life• Live Simply• Be Grateful• Love More• Dream Big• Laugh Lots• Have Faith

Community of Character

EmpathyWord for the Month

Identifying and understanding others’ feelings in order to get along better

with people.

Sandy Jaskowiak welcomed everyone and introduced Rev. Kurrelmeyer to give the invocation and lead the Auxiliary Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Bill Fritz and Sherry Davis e n t e r t a i n e d Auxiliary members with violin and keyboard music as

they arrived. Bill and Sherry opened the meeting playing “The Lord’s Prayer”.

Sandy Jaskowiak thanked the Food & Nutrition Staff and called the meeting to order.

Dolores Miller, Membership Chairperson, announced and Mr. Turner handed out Volunteer Hour Awards.

Educational Assistance Chairperson, Judy Kennedy introduced new Life Members with assistance from Mr. Turner. The new Life Members

in attendance are: Howard and Carol Anna.

Kay Mehrtens, Fundraising Chairperson, thanked all who patronized the New Book sale in November. Our commission was

$1636.29. We ordered 30 cases of pecans this fall and all are sold! Our profit was $1440. We had a Bake Sale Thursday, December 4 in our Auxiliary Office. We started at 6:30 a.m. until we sold out. Thank you to all who have baked and thanks to Debbie Hicks and Joan Green for co-chairing this fundraiser.

We will resume collecting books at the Auxiliary Warehouse for the 2015 Book Bazaar starting January 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Coming events will be a Uniform sale in January and a shoe sale in February. Thank you all who volunteered to help at our Fundraisers this past year. It made my job easy. This year has flown by fast again. May you all have a Merry Christmas!

Sandy Jaskowiak introduced President/CEO Mark Turner. Mr. Turner updated the group on Memorial East. The project is on schedule with a slight delay with the brick because of the colder than usual weather. The building will be turned over to the hospital December 2015 with Memorial East serving its first patients April 2016. Mr. Turner noted that we have an agreement with IDOT to clean up the landscape behind the state weigh station which will give a better visual for Memorial East. Mr. Turned praised Ruth Holmes on

Quarterly Meeting - December 1, 2014Memorial Care Center

This year the Auxiliary will be giving each Care Center patient a handmade lap robe for Christmas. They were made by Auxilians, members of the hospital staff, and friends of the Auxiliary. Donations of Christmas gift bags and tissue paper as well as wrapping paper and bows will be greatly appreciated. Please bring them to the Auxiliary office by December 15th.

CARE CENTER

Educational Assistance

We all have people we would like to gift, remember or memorialize this time of year. If you want something that will pay itself forward many times over, please consider a special contribution to the Auxiliary Educational Assistance Fund in the name of those you want to remember or honor at this time of year. Gifts will be used to directly benefit our hospital staff as they continue their quest to become certified or licensed in their practice. Gifts can be accepted in the Auxiliary Office and should be specifically earmarked for “Educational

Assistance”.

Time Cards To insure you are

getting full credit for your hours, please be sure your name is printed at the top of

your timecard.

MagazinesGently used current magazines no older than June 2014 are needed for our waiting

rooms. Please bring your donations to the Auxiliary Office.

Entertainment, Bill (violin) and Sherry (keyboard)

Life Members, Carol and Howard Anna with Mr. Turner

her work as project leader. He also took questions most having to do with Interstate access to Memorial East.

Sandy Jaskowiak introduced Chairman of the Hospital Board Mr. Thouvenot. Mr. Thouvenot thanked the Auxiliary for the many hours and hard work provided to the hospital.

Dolores Miller presented to Mr. Turner a total of 33,000 service hours for the year 2014.

Kim Brede on behalf of the

Auxiliary presented

Mr. Thouvenot, Chairman of the Hospital Board a total of $285,000.

Rev. Kurrelmeyer installed the officers

for the 2015 year. Installed were Mary Ann Silhavy as President, Dolores Miller as Vice-President, Marge

Giedemann as Corresponding Secretary,

and Kim Brede as Recording Secretary.Outgoing President, Sandy Jaskowiak,

thanked the Auxiliary for all their hard work in making 2014 a successful year. She especially thanked Mary Ann Silhavy for filling in for her at the beginning of her term due to her illness.

Mr. Mark Turner, President/CEO, presented to Sandy Jaskowiak the Past President’s Plaque thanking her for her service to the Auxiliary and Memorial Hospital.

Mary Ann Silhavy, the 2015 President, presented Sandy Jaskowiak with her Past President’s pin. Sandy then presented the President’s Gavel to Mary Ann.

I n c o m i n g President, Mary Ann Silhavy, thanked everyone for their e n c o u r a g e m e n t and stated she is looking forward to

a great year. Mary Ann also introduced her Board Chairman for the 2015 year.

Rev. Kurrelmeyer drew for the attendance prizes as Carole Middendorf and Mary Fritz presented them. Phyllis Parrish won the beautiful Poinsettia. A box of candy went to

Service Hour Award Recipients100 HOURSDon AllenVicki Avedisian Donna Depper Rebecca OlroydMary OsckoDebra Shake 500 HOURSMarilyn MerwinKaela RensingMarilyn RoleyPriscilla RussellJuanita SmithMary Wright

1000 HOURSRobert Duncan

1500 HOURSCarolyn McCroryMary Ann Silhavy

2000 HOURSLynda McIntoshSueza Tschoe

2500 HOURSPhyllis Parrish

3500 HOURSRamah Batchelder

4500 HOURSFran HeienJean Joseph

7500 HOURSPat Dunn

50 HOURS-JVNoor AftabAlyssa DeBourgePrairie Veenstra

100 HOURS-JVMegan Seibel

Mr. Thouvenot

Mr. Turner accepts the volun-teer hours from Membership

and Newslettter Chairperson, Dolores Miller

Mr. Thouvenot accepts the monetary contribution from

Recording and Financial Secreatry, Kim Brede

Rev. Kurrelmeyer installing 2015 Auxiliary Officers: Mary Ann

Silhavy, Dolores Miller, Kim Brede

Mary Ann Silhavy presents Past President pin to Sandy Jaskowiak

Sandy Jaskowiak presents gavel to incoming President, Mary Ann Silhavy

Carol Anna and the $10.00 gift card went to Marilyn Roley.

Sandy Jaskowiak, reminded the members of upcoming dates:

December 4-Bake Sale in the Auxiliary Office

December 13-12 Days of Christmas begins in the Gift Shop

December 25-Auxiliary Office and Gift Shop will be closed

Sandy also reminded award winners to stay for photos.

Rev. Kurrelmeyer gave the closing prayer.

Front Row: Becky Olroyd, Pat Dunn, Mary Donna Oscko, Carolyn McCrory, Sueza TschoeBack Row: Priscilla Russell, Jean Joseph, Alyssa DeBourge, Vicki Avedisian, Phyllis Parrish