Acts of Service

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Tonia volunteers with the Coalition for the Homeless. ―I participated in the fourth annual Give-A-Jam to end homelessness

at the Clifton Center. Take a Stand Louisville was an event where we held cardboard signs on street corners to raise

awareness of our 8,600 homeless.‖

Tonia also transported equipment and instruments for children and young adults to perform for seniors at Assisted Living

facilities. She then attended new volunteer training called, ―Honor Thy Children,‖ to ensure a safe environment for children.

This was her next step in continuing to volunteer on field trips, and provide assistance in classrooms and during

extra-curricular activities.

Tonia Arnett

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Barbara coordinated an ongoing service project for the Christmas holidays; she is continuing the legacy started 20+

years ago. Departments from SJH, SJE, SJMS, SJB, SJJ, KYOne Administration, KYOne Ambulatory Care, and 42

individuals gave donations or purchased gifts for needy eastern Kentucky families. Other Rural Outreach, Virtual Care

and Community Services and Violence Prevention team members helped purchase gifts, wrap gifts, and assist in

logistical feats of processing and delivering gifts for more than 171 families in a one-week timespan.

Employees who delivered Christmas Gifts: Chad Ross, David Elgin, John Kim, Elizabeth Long, Shannon Nally, Jeanie

Lawson, Barbara Baumgardner, Sr. Mary Stuart, Kelly Taylor, Jenny Akers, Katie Layton, Deborah Burton, Don

Thompson.

Barbara Baumgardner, Rural Outreach Service, Dept. of Virtual Care and Community Services

Before After Vicki Bechtel

Vicki Bechtel shared fruit with a co-worker to support Our Lady of Peace‘s focus on encouraging healthy eating and living.

Vicki said, ―Very small acts of kindness make people feel better.‖

Before After

Bart Brauner, Jennifer Baker, Joy Leavell, Ursula Ortega, Erick Shannon, Sarah Turi

Bart shared, ―I am the director of a restaurant-style soup kitchen called The Table of Plenty. In short, we are a soup

kitchen that operates within a restaurant model, serving the Portland community. The concept is to afford their guests a

sense of respect and dignity, and that they are treated as equals. There is greater relationship building and interaction

between server and guest with this restaurant concept. We also want to build community within Portland. I have attached

our brochure and a picture of me and our assistant director.‖

KentuckyOne Health colleagues who volunteered as servers/waiters at The Table of Plenty: Ursula Ortega, Jennifer

Baker, Erick Shannon, Sarah Turi, and Joy Leavell. The Table of Plenty to date has served 14,668 people, with 2,397 of

them being children.

Before After Alice Bridges, Kathey Sanders, Healthy Lifestyle Center Team, Tammy McDill, Dana Day

Alice Bridges coordinates a partnership with The Food Literacy Project to reduce obesity focused on children and families

at Hazelwood and Wellington Elementary schools, located in low-income ―food deserts‖ in Louisville. In addition to

volunteering on weekends to help maintain FLP‘s farm—the site of field trips for the schoolchildren—she and Kathey

Sanders are supporting efforts to start after-school Field to Fork Clubs and other initiatives designed to improve kids‘

knowledge of healthy foods and how to blend those into daily meals for improved health outcomes. Tammy McDill and Dana

Day will meet with Hazelwood parents on February 12 and invite them to join the Healthy Lifestyle Center at Sts. Mary &

Elizabeth Hospital for three months, an opportunity for significant behavior change for an entire family!

Before After Sr. Janet Carr, CDP, Roberta Butler, Sarah Campbell, Tammy Imel,

LeeAnna Hageman, Jack Holbrook, Sherry Shelton, Karie Welch,

Saint Joseph Mount Sterling employees

At Saint Joseph Mount Sterling, employees are engaged in a hospital-wide project to collect toiletries for ―care

packages‖ to be distributed to the homeless through their community‘s newly formed ―Montgomery County

Homeless Coalition.‖

Personal care items such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes, deodorant, feminine hygiene and

shaving items are being collected. They are partnering with the Homeless Coalition, the Montgomery County

Emergency Management and Saint Patrick Catholic Church to promote awareness of a ―Warming Center‖ that has

been set up at the Church for anyone who needs a warm place to stay overnight when temperatures go below 20

degrees. On January 16, Sr. Janet will deliver the donations collected to the Homeless Coalition.

Before After Vanessa Carroll

Vanessa Carroll took McDonald‘s food items to the Camp Taylor Fire Department in Louisville, and on another

day, popcorn and sodas. Per Vanessa, ―For the last two years, we have provided treats regularly and also

holiday meals for them, the police and the EMTs in that area. We served Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve to

approximately 60 people. They are in situations like we are, where they may have to work on the holidays. We

try to take care of them.‖

Before After Louis DeFreeze, Holly Hinson, Elizabeth Walden, Mike McKune, Lani VanderToll, Kristen Faulkner,

Tommy Huelsman, Gail Ronayne, Matt Stull, Dan Tepe, David McArthur, Lisa Jennings, Julie Kelty,

Lisa Miller, Lisa McQuillen, Krista Milburn

Lunch was all about service with a smile for the Marketing and Communications Division on January 14. Sixteen

members of the division participated in a service project in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day at Wayside Christian

Mission, a homeless shelter that provides services and safe haven to men, women and children throughout the Louisville

metro area. Wayside‘s dining hall serves three meals a day 365 days a year, most days serving as many as 200 for

dinner. At Wayside, the marketing team prepped food in the kitchen and helped serve food to lunch patrons. Everyone

agreed that being present, and offering a hand and a smile, to those in need was a great way to honor King‘s legacy and

to represent KentuckyOne‘s core values of reverence and compassion.

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On January 12, Sue Downs, Norma Goss, and Shane Fitzgerald volunteered at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) in Bardstown, KY. SVDP serves those who are in need by offering various forms of assistance, including food, clothing, and housing assistance. Sue, Norma, and Shane worked in the SVDP store on Monday afternoon. Since all proceeds go toward helping those who are poor, they were put to work distributing food in the food pantry, sorting and organizing clothes to be sold, cutting up rags which are sold to local businesses, and lifting items that were too heavy for staff to lift. Sue, Norma, and Shane agreed: ―Giving back is important and Martin Luther King Day reminds us to serve others, especially those in need.‖

Sue Downs, Norma Goss, Shane Fitzgerald

Before After Robin Fisher

Robin shared, ―My family and I buy dessert (pies and cakes) and serve it to the homeless population at

St. Vincent de Paul shelter on Jackson street on Christmas morning. It is very touching to serve people who have

nothing and have waited in the cold to enter the shelter for this meal. We bring our adult children and friends and

family with us because it really personifies the true meaning of Christmas and the gift that was given to us on that

day. It is our way of giving back to others. Each year, it seems more and more people are present for this meal-

there are more people in need in the community. Pecan Pie and Chocolate Cake were the big hits this year.‖

Before After Nicole Crayton

Nicole shares, ―My daughter is an elementary cheerleader for J. Graham Brown school and Saturdays

are game days for the kids. This Saturday there was a change in the schedule and we had to report

earlier to the school, three hours earlier. Since the game is so early in the morning, I decided to provide

the team and their parents with juice to get them going. I am a very proud, ‗Cheer Mom.‘ Go Brown Bears!‖

Before After Joe Gilene, Dr. Jeff Goldberg, Cheryl Fugatte, Kim Hite, Bob Steltenpohl,

Erika McGimsey, Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky

Joe Gilene, who has an annual tradition of sharing holiday gifts with families in need, joined his senior

leadership team at Jewish Hospital (Dr. Jeff Goldberg, Cheryl Fugatte, Kim Hite, Bob Steltenpohl, Erika

McGimsey and Rabbi Nadia), along with the KentuckyOne Health senior leadership team to donate to the

JFCS food pantry and to provide Hanukkah gifts and clothing to needy children this past December.

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Kim Hite participated in Kentucky Acts of Service by volunteering her time to make a difference in the community. Kim

pays it forward at Starbucks, regularly. For two families sponsored by Kentucky Refugee Ministries,

she donated furniture, small appliances and cookware. She said, ―I do this because it makes people smile and feel

really good! This is one of my favorite things, an act of kindness that makes me feel really GOOD!‖

Kim Hite

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Shari Kretzschmer volunteered to serve by dishing out meals at Wayside Christian Mission for Christmas Dinner. She

stated, ―The need was overwhelming with ―hundreds, perhaps even 1000, people there, many with young children, who

could not afford a Christmas dinner.‖ As Shari was serving dessert, she began to chat with the volunteer next to her; she

quickly realized that the volunteer was Amy Noble, a scrub tech in the Operating Room at KentuckyOne Health! Shari

said, ―When I found out both of us worked at the hospital, I realized that these are such important values to share; giving

back to the community we serve.‖

Shari Kretzschmer, Amy Noble

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Members of HR helped to sort through food at Dare to Care. Volunteers come in to assist keeping the Food Bank ready to

supply and assist food pantries and other programs to support their mission. Human Resources volunteers split up into several

teams. Boxes of donated goods were each gone through carefully to segregate items to maintain and to further separate into

boxes such as soups, vegetables, health snacks, canned meats, drinks, etc. Once the boxes were full another team weighed

and marked the boxes and put them into an inventory tracking system and readied them for storage or shipment. Several

thousand pounds of goods were gone through and processed in this manner over a three-hour period.

The team saw the immense community effort from numerous pallets of fresh fruits, vegetables, and frozen goods, all being made

ready to distribute to those hungry, who are in need.

Human Resources Team: Lorie Carrier, Debbie Feldbaum, Ramonda Hodge,

Arnold Schnobrich, George Soteriou, Cindy Stewart-Rattray

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On December 20, LaVay Lauter and her daughter took homemade Christmas treats to the Springhurst Pines Senior

Living Home, Louisville. LaVay said, ―All the residents were pleased with the company and the remembrance of the

holiday. Many of the residents said they would be alone on Christmas; so early Christmas morning, we returned

delivering stuffed animals and individual stockings to 18 residents. The residents were glad for a visit from Santa!‖

LaVay Lauter

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Brad Lincks recently moved and decided to extend an olive branch of friendship. He shared cookies with all of his new

neighbors during the holiday. He also overheard his co-worker discussing his preferred coffee and shortly after purchased

his favorite; it was waiting for him when he arrived to work. Brad said, ―When you can do something specific for

somebody, and that person knows it‘s special, that really means a great deal to that individual. People know you care

when you do something specific for them.‖

Brad Lincks

Before After

Vanessa Murrell stated that ―Food and Nutrition Services takes hunger in our community very seriously. We regularly

donate our time at the Dare to Care Food Bank each month; we held a BBQ to raise money and awareness for the

25,000 people in our community requiring pantry aid. Our children work alongside us, organizing food drives and

volunteering their time to support this worthy cause.‖

Vanessa Murrell, Teresa White, Curtis Snider, Sharon Strong, Telisheon Howell, Hannah

Aleksevitch, Valerie Cohen, Zachary Snider, Fantasia Grooms, Mycalah McClure, Teagan White,

Timothy White

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Before After

Martha Mather purchased fruit to share with another employee to encourage healthy eating. She also offered ―Lunch

on me‖...in the café at OLOP, and purchased lunch for the next person in line, saying, ―Pass it On!‖

Martha Mather

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Andrea Maynard will be taking her third medical mission trip to Haiti at the end of the month. She has gone the previous

two years. She is planning and preparing now for the upcoming mission trip. Andrea says, ―I appreciate being able to use

my physical therapy skills in a third-world country, where there is such a need. We typically run medical clinics on the

mountain, a two-hour journey from the local town. Along with leading physical exercises and strengthening/walking with

the villagers, I like being able to share the gospel.‖

Andrea Maynard

Before After Jessica Bandy, Linda Baird, Sandy Cartinhour, Jennifer Caudill, Karen Dawson, Stacey Gaunce,

Jessie Harris, Teresa Gray, Sharon Groves, Lori Hurt, Kendra McDaniel, Joan Morrin, Jennifer

Rivera, Marilyn Van Horn, Tricia Wallace, Tricia Wells, Whitney Winburn, Ioana Yu

Joan‘s team rallied around one of their co-workers in December. She said, ―One of our co-worker‘s husband was in an

ATV accident and has been unable to return to work. The family had been depending on her income as a tech to

support the family of five. The team partnered with the Nursery and asked everyone to contribute to their family for

Christmas. The two units gave $690 along with gift cards and a small bag of stocking stuffers for the three children. The

team rallied to support this family during a time of need. Volunteers who participated were Jessica Bandy, Linda Baird,

Sandy Cartinhour, Jennifer Caudill, Karen Dawson, Stacey Gaunce, Jesse Harris, Teresa Gray, Sharon Groves, Lori

Hurt, Kendra McDaniel, Joan Morrin, Jennifer Rivera, Marilyn Van Horn, Tricia Wallace, Tricia Wells, Whitney Winburn,

Ioana Yu and other members from Nursery and Women‘s Care.‖

Before After

The Marketing and Communications division, Lexington, volunteered at God‘s Pantry Food Bank in Lexington for our Day

of Service project. We were asked to repackage rice, from a HUGE bag of white rice (2000 lbs), into separate 2 lb bags of

rice for individual use. Our team of 10 were able to assemble 480 bags (960 lbs) and prepare for shipment to various

distribution centers around the state. The experience was appreciated by all.

Jeff Murphy, Stephanie Sarrantonio, Jason Yount, Liz Sword, Karen White, Robert Cunningham, Shannon

White, Kara Fitzgerald, Angela Florek, Brad Nally

Before After Kathy Panther

Kathy Panther shared, ―I am very involved with two organizations because of my work and because of

my family's unfortunate experiences. First, I became interested in Parkinson‘s Disease when assigned to

teach my fellow students about PD. I realized I had skills that matched the needs of PSCKY and

continue six years later serving the PD community and those who serve them. I also volunteer in the

Brain Injury (BI) community. I have become passionate about moving brain injury awareness forward.

Brain injury is a silent epidemic. I work closely with the Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky, including

legislative advocacy on their behalf, and volunteer at their Brain Walk. I also serve on the Traumatic

Brain Injury trust fund board of directors. I try to live the example of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby

Kennedy who saw something bigger than themselves and tackled issues head on every day.‖

Before After SIRH@Bridgepointe Employees

Cathy Stewart said, ―SIRH@ Bridgepointe employees chose a family in the community that was already known to

some of us that we knew could use some TLC....a single mom who is battling a very serious health crisis of her own;

whose son has a profound and lifelong developmental issue that includes serious medical conditions; and whose

daughter has also recently been diagnosed with what will likely also be a lifelong and serious medical condition. We

collected some money, bought gift cards, clothes and treats and had them delivered anonymously....

The attached picture is of our ‗secret elves‘―.

Before After

Rabbi Nadia takes her licensed pet therapy dog, Tuffy, to nursing homes to visit with the residents. Tuffy especially

loves to visit with residents who suffer from dementia, who have difficulty connecting with the outside world, and for

whom spoken language is difficult for them. Watching these residents come to life and embrace Tuffy is one of Rabbi

Nadia‘s favorite ways to honor the sacred flame within each person.

Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky

Before After

Cathy Spalding regularly serves soup at Shepherd‘s Kitchen in New Albany, most recently January 9. She said, ―My

family began doing this when our children were in high school. We felt blessed as a family, and wanted to have a

tangible way to give back as well as be grateful for what we have. We also wanted our children to see how they can

become involved, and also for them to see others‘ basic needs.

The funny thing is that I believe I ‗get‘ more out of the experience than those that come to the soup kitchen. Their

gratitude for a simple meal is humbling, and it serves as a constant reminder to me about my blessings and how

fortunate I and my family are.‖

Cathy Spalding

Before After

This December employees at SMEH made Christmas brighter for 22 needy families. Every year the hospital has a food and toy drive to help those who are struggling to have enough for their holiday celebrations. As one employee said after looking at all the food and toys that were donated this year by employees: “Christmas is a time of giving and it feels wonderful to see our employees helping so many people.”

Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Employees

Before After

George Soteriou cleaned his neighbor‘s gutters on December 13. George said his neighbor was very thankful about

the clean gutters, especially with winter coming with rain and snow. The neighbor offered to pay him; he did not

accept any payment as the feeling of being helpful to a fellow human and good neighbor was worth much more than

money.

George Soteriou

Before After University of Louisville Hospital and James Graham Brown Cancer Center

University of Louisville Hospital and James Graham Brown Cancer Center employees are collecting toiletries and

items for The Healing Place, to be delivered January 19, and throughout the month. This is a hospital-wide initiative,

and a team effort, which will include patients and families.

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Lannette shares, ―On October 31, dear friends lost their only son in a house fire. He had grown into a mature young man

bent on caring for others and sharing God‘s love. One outlet for this young man‘s sharing was the St. John‘s Men‘s Shelter.

Over Christmas break, my family – including my husband and sons – ‗cleaned the closets‘ and pulled together a trunk load

of men‘s gently used winter coats to give to the shelter in support of our friend who lost his life. The first really cold snap of

winter weather was upon us, and as my husband began to open the trunk of his car, men at the shelter began to gather

around him in hopes of being given a coat. He began handing the coats out as he walked toward the door, and only had

three left in hand by the time he reached the front door. As I looked around my own home with the lit Christmas tree, the

newly opened presents still under the tree, and holiday ‗stuff‘ everywhere, it hit me that the best present given or received

that week had been the gift of coats inspired by this young man – which was ultimately inspired by the command to ‗do unto

others‘ and to ‗love thy neighbor.‘ As a family, I hope to continue our support of St. John‘s Men‘s Shelter. As a person, I

hope to continue to realize and appreciate the gift of giving in all aspects of my life.‖

Lannette VanderToll

Before After KentuckyOne Health Employees

KentuckyOne Health sponsored a Walk with a Doc event on January 17, at the Medical Mall in the Dixie Manor

Shopping Center, where many employees walked with community members. Those who participated were able to

talk with a physician, as well as receive free blood pressure checks. Walk with a Doc events are held regularly in three Louisville-area locations, as a service to our community and in support of our KentuckyOne Health values.