AHAA 1-11 - Arkansas Hospital Association

January/February 2011
A Publication of the Arkansas Hospital Auxiliary Association
419 Natural Resources Dr., Little Rock, AR 72205
President’s Message
AHAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Mary J. Frauenhoff
Summit Medical Center
107 Elfen Glen St.
Van Buren, AR 72956
(479) 474-6306
[email protected]
PRESIDENT ELECT
Lynn Smith
Medical Center of South AR
250 Forest Lake Dr.
El Dorado, AR 71730
(870) 864-0473
[email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT
Darlene Tuohy
Mercy Medical Center
17 Tanyard Dr.
Bella Vista, AR 72715
(479) 855-8720
[email protected]
SECRETARY
Shirley Walters
St. Edward Mercy Med. Center
P.O. Box 1876
Greenwood, AR 72936
(479) 996-4520
[email protected]
TREASURER
Sharon Sly
Siloam Springs Memorial
56167 CR 660
Colcord, OK 74338
(918) 597-3202
[email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Pamela Wagner
Baxter Regional Medical Center
2116 Norwood Dr.
Mountain Home, AR 72653
(870) 424-0244
[email protected]
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Carolyn Hannon
Baxter Regional Medical Center
1205 Meadowbrook Dr.
Mountain Home, AR 72653
(870) 425-9552
[email protected]
The holidays are over and everyone is taking a deep breath to relax. We did
not have a white Christmas here only a few flakes. My kind of white
Christmas. Family and friends are able to travel and visit with ease. Thank
you for all the invitations you extended to me. I have had the best time
meeting everyone and helping at the different events. You have made this
small town girl feel so humble and honored.
The District Chairs will receive the new 2011 forms at the January board
meeting. Peg Kuhnly has asked that if you have any old blank forms passed
down to you from your past presidents, please destroy them. There will be
changes on most of the forms. Please read them carefully. The Outstanding
Achievement Awards are judged out of state. Lynn and I will talk with other
state Presidents at the State Auxiliary Leaders Conference in Washington,
DC. We will ask one of them to judge our state’s entries. One of the criteria
that the judges are asked to use is, “Was the current year’s form used?”
It is not too late to work on those Outstanding Achievement, Administrator
and Auxilian of the Year Awards. Remember, Achievement Awards can be
for fundraising, community service, and in-hospital service. You may submit
an entry in each area. I know your Auxiliaries are working in all these areas.
Write them up and submit them. You never know, you may win!
Presidents, please go to your Presidents’ meetings. This is one way the
individual Auxiliaries can communicate with the State board, through the
District Chairs. Each Chair gives a report about each auxiliary in their district
to the board. This can be on issues concerning your auxiliary, gift and thrift
shops, fund raising, or community service projects.
Remember we have both a Gift Shop and a Thrift Shop consultant. Carol
Trammell for the Gift Shop and Peg Meyer for the Thrift Shop. Carol’s
address is in our handbook and Peg’s was listed in the November/December
issue of the AHAA Newsletter.
Let us keep all the tornado victims of Northwest Arkansas and Missouri in
our thoughts and prayers. They will need comfort, compassion and strength,
as well as the necessities of life to help them through this time in their lives.
Take Care,
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Gift Shop Support
By Carol Trammell
As the AHAA Gift Shop Consultant,
I’d like to remind all of you that I am
here to help in any way I can. Please
contact me with any questions or
concerns you may have regarding
your Auxiliary-run gift shop. Maybe
together we can come up with an
idea or solution.
Thank you and may you have a
great New Year.
Mark Your Calendars
Spring 2011 District Meetings
Special thanks to the host auxiliaries of the spring 2011 AHAA
District Meetings. We hope to see you there!
April 18th
Valley – Sparks Health System, Ft. Smith
April 19th
Northwest – Northwest Medical CenterSpringdale
April 20th
Northeast – NEA Baptist Memorial
Hospital, Jonesboro
April 21st
North Central – Baptist Health Medical
Center, Heber Springs
April 26th
Southwest – National Park Medical Center,
Hot Springs
April 27th
Metropolitan – St. Anthony's Medical
Center, Morrilton
April 28th
Southeast – Baptist Health Medical
Center, Stuttgart
Social Networking for Seniors
submitted by Anita Allman
Since more and more seniors are texting and tweeting, there appears to be a need for a STC
(Senior Texting Code). If you qualify for Senior Discounts this may be the code for you.
ATD:
BTW:
BYOT:
CBM:
CUATSC:
FWB:
FWIW:
FYI:
GGLKI:
GGCW:
GGPBL:
GHA:
At The Doctor's
Bring The Wheelchair
Bring Your Own Teeth
Covered By Medicare
See You At The Senior Center
Friend With Beta-Blockers
Forgot Where I Was
Found Your Insulin
Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In
Gotta Go, Coffee’s Working
Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
Got Heartburn Again
IMHO:
LMDO:
LOL:
LWO:
OMMR:
ROFL/CGU:
TTYL:
WAITT:
WTP:
WWNO:
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Is My Hearing-Aid On?
Laughing My Dentures Out
Living On Lipitor
Lawrence Welk's On
On My Massage Recliner
Rolling On the Floor Laughing/Can't Get
Up
Talk To You Louder
Who Am I Talking To?
Where's The Prunes?
Walker Wheels Need Oil
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AHAA and MedicAlert©
by Lynn Smith, President-Elect
It was my great pleasure to roll out the red carpet for MedicAlert© to all auxiliaries around the state
during our Fall District Meetings. Prior to October it was a pilot program limited to one hospital
auxiliary in each of our seven districts.
I am anxious to get numbers on how many auxiliaries have embraced the program. If you have not
done so, I encourage you to contact MedicAlert©. Our contact person is Claudine Sherron. She can
be reached at (209) 669-4475 or at [email protected]. Claudine will assign a number to
your hospital auxiliary and get MedicAlert© brochures to you.
Once you are set up with MedicAlert©, join the program yourself and enroll family members that can
benefit from it. It really is hard to promote a program that you are not a part of. Yes, I am enrolled
as well as my husband, stepdaughter (who is diabetic) and granddaughter who is four years old.
Make a presentation to your auxiliary to promote the program. I was able to do this at our
Christmas Luncheon and it was very well received.
It is my suggestion that you talk with your hospital administrator. Possibly you can give a
presentation to your hospital department heads. I know they will see many benefits of
MedicAlert© to patients once they know about MedicAlert©. It is our responsibility to educate them
that it is not jewelry but a service. Your next step might be to contact local civic groups and ask to
be on their program. Daycares are a good possibility for The MedicAlert © Kid Smart program. I
drafted a letter for my granddaughter’s preschool and sent Kid Smart brochures. The preschool
director distributed to all the children. Another area to reach are our locally owned drugstores.
Ask if you can leave brochures for them to display on their counters. No need to contact
Walgreens, they are unable to do so because they have a commitment with another company. If
your community has an Alzheimer’s Support group, reach out to inform them of MedicAlert©. Did
you know that 6 out of 10 Alzheimer patients wander? There are usually diabetic support groups
in every city or maybe you have a clinic that treats diabetics. If so, meet with the office manager
about having MedicAlert© brochures available to their patients.
The more I know about MedicAlert© the more excited I am about the service! I have found that
some insurance carriers will pay for the initial enrollment to MedicAlert©, no, not Medicare.
I don’t want to overload you on MedicAlert© possibilities but they are endless. I want to know what
groups you are reaching and other ideas – please keep me informed. If I can help you in any way
with a presentation or whatever, please feel free to contact me at 870 864-0473.
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W. P. Rockefeller Cancer
Institute Auxiliary Donates
Funds for Seed of Hope
Sculpture
In loving memory…
By Paula Jennings, Editor of “The
Spotlight” Magazine and Auxiliary
Recording Secretary
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
North Metro Medical Center, Jacksonville
Faye Leverett
St. Anthony’s Medical Center, Morrilton
Gale Seliskar
NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT
Baxter Regional Medical Center, Mountain Home
Ruth Wyrtwal
NORTHWEST DISTRICT
St. John’s Hospital, Berryville
Charles Lindt, Gladys Griffis, Mildred Gibson,
Jesse Stamps, and William Dettwiller
VALLEY DISTRICT
Johnson Regional Medical Center, Clarksville
Anna Laughrey and Tempy Wagner
Thrift Shops
By Peg Meyer
Hi, I'm Peg Meyer, your new Thrift Shop Consultant. I’m also the Ways and Means Chair for BRMC
in Mountain Home. At BRMC, we are proud to have
three thrift shops to help support our Auxiliary. I had
a big part in helping to get two of these up and
running. I know God will humble me for this, but the
one we started just two years ago in Flippin had
sales of over $50k in 2010, and we were only open
four days a week! All of the merchandise is donated
and donations come in steadily every week. Having
a thrift shop could potentially be a good money
making opportunity for your Auxiliary.
If I can be of any help to you, or if you would like to
come and see our thrift shops, I'd be glad to try to
answer any questions you may have, or give you a
tour. I can be reached at (870) 424-3801.
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Since the opening of the Winthrop P.
Rockefeller Cancer Institute expansion,
cancer patients completing active
treatment have celebrated that milestone
by participating in the Seed of Hope
ceremony. The Seed of Hope sculpture,
commissioned by the Cancer Institute from
Little Rock artist and University of
Arkansas at Little Rock professor Michael
Warrick, is located in the institute’s 12story atrium.
Upon completing their active cancer
treatment, Cancer Institute patients are
given two seed-shaped tokens and are
invited to toss one into the sculpture and to
keep one for themselves as a reminder of
their survivorship. If they choose, they may
give the second token to someone else
facing a challenge.
By tossing the token, patients honor their
own courage and survivorship while also
providing hope to other patients. Family
members and Cancer Institute staff often
share in these special moments.
The volunteers and staff have been
privileged to witness the coin-tossing by
patients who have finished treatment. It is
so meaningful and often emotional for
them and for those of us who get to
participate by cheering, hugging and
shedding some tears. It is truly an
awesome experience.
A donation by the Cancer Institute Auxiliary
funded the purchase of the Seed of Hope
sculpture.
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Auxiliary News
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
Carol Trammel, District Chair
Baptist Health – North Little Rock:  Submitted by Linda Scott, Volunteer Coordinator.  The annual
Lights of Love Fundraiser was successful in raising funds for the Chaplains Fund. Lights could be
purchased for $3.00 a piece with an acknowledgement card mailed to inform people of lights purchased in
memory of or in honor of a loved one.  The annual Walk of Lights followed by the Tree Lighting
Ceremony was especially beautiful this year. Beginning at the entrance to the garden, each person was
given a candle to light. If they desired, they could then share the name of the person or persons they were
remembering or honoring. A special prayer was offered for the men and women serving our country in the
military. The ceremony moved into the main entrance of the hospital where a history of the Tree Lighting
Ceremony was shared by Mary Lynn Watkins and the tree was lighted. This year a very special addition to
the tree was added in the form of an angel tree topper given in memory of Jim Collie, RN, by the ICU staff.
 December was a very busy month for the Auxiliary including a Volunteer Christmas Awards Luncheon
held at Baring Cross Baptist Church, Employee Christmas party, and a Small Electronics and Fragrance
Sale held just in time for last minute Christmas gifts. The sale proved to be very successful.  The
Auxiliary also provides Christmas Stockings, made by two of our Auxiliary members, for our babies born in
the month of December.
North Metro Medical Center – Jacksonville:  Submitted by Donald Hicks, NMMC Auxiliary President. 
The North Metro Medical Center Auxiliary has been very busy over the last two months. We had our annual
Fall Book Sale and our Holiday Bake Sale and both did real well. We also had a wreath sale this year. We
gave each of the departments in the hospital an undecorated wreath and had them decorate them with
different themes and with items of their choice. We got 21 decorated wreaths back. We then displayed the
wreaths and had a silent auction to sell them. The departments did a wonderful job of decorating the
wreaths and the sale got very exciting.  We also decorated the common areas in the hospital and were
able to place and decorate four Christmas trees this year. The Auxiliary also conducts the Annual Lobby
Lighting Ceremony. We had some excellent music and singing while everybody got into the Holiday Spirit.
Our hospital CEO, Mr. Mike Schimming, and the Mayor of Jacksonville, Gary Fletcher, spoke to the crowd.
After the ceremony, the Auxiliary provided refreshments for everyone.  We decorated our golf cart and
entered it into the Jacksonville Christmas Parade which helps the Jacksonville Boys and Girls Club.  The
gift shops have been having some real nice sales for the holidays and to reduce the inventory to make
space for new items as our buyers go to Market in January.  The Hospital Senior Management honored
the Auxiliary members with a recognition brunch. The senior management provided and served the
members a wonderful brunch. We had games and prizes. We were also honored to have Santa
Clause/CEO, Mike Schimming, make a visit and spend time with everyone so they could give him their
wish lists. He also had time for all the members to get their picture taken with him. The event was very
much appreciated by the members.  The NMMC Auxiliary is glad to finish 2010, but are looking forward
to an exciting 2011.
St. Anthony’s Medical Center – Morrilton:  Submitted by Delores Hartman, Auxiliary President. 
December was loaded with fundraisers and projects but with everyone's talents and energy we were able
to reach our goals.  Our Gift Shop has had wonderful sales. We had a very successful Bake Sale, Gold
X-Change buy for two days and a Handbag and Jewelry Sale. Our volunteers sold more tickets than ever
for the wonderful Christmas Basket Drawing which contained many items and of course it included a whole
ham from Petit Jean Meats. We provided cookies for all guests and children that came to visit Santa at the
"Love Lights A Tree" lighting ceremony to benefit our Hospital Foundation.  Our hospital provided a
wonderful Christmas Luncheon for all auxiliary volunteers.  Our local VFW Post displayed over 400 U S
Flags on Dec 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, along the walking trail on the hospital lawn and our auxiliary members
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made cookie bags to hand out to every one of the approximately 350 elementary students that came to
walk through the flags that day. The VFW does this on several other days throughout the year and each
flag has a plaque attached to designate it in memory or in honor of a veteran. It is a beautiful sight with all
the flags blowing in the breeze.  At our January meeting we will present to Christy Hockaday, our
CEO/Administrator, a check for $25,000 to fulfill our pledge for equipment in the Surgical Department. 
Our volunteers are an awesome group and work very hard to reach our goals.  Our hearts were
saddened December 28th when we lost Gail Seliskar, one of our dear members after a lengthy and
courageous battle with cancer. May she rest in peace.  Wishing one and all a Happy Blessed New Year!
St. Vincent’s Health System – Little Rock:  Submitted by Breda Turner.  Edith Bowman received the
Besser award for exceptional service and extensive personal commitment. She also received her pin for 11,000 hours
of service to St. Vincent. Edith is an employee of St. Vincent but still manages to give nearly 70 hours a month as a
volunteer. She puts together the bags for the new moms in Labor and Delivery and has earned her own “office” to
hold all the information for the bags. She is described to be like a mother hen when it comes to her employees and
the patients. She will work into the night to be sure that each patient has a completed and orderly packet.  Marty
Schaufele was nominated by the MICU Unit for the Joan B. Wilson award which recognizes genuine hospitality, for
providing care and comfort to all patients. We have never had so many nominations for one person, doctors and
nurses and support staff all completed forms in her name. Marty has volunteered at St. Vincent for 19 years. She
stays late when the unit is busy. She is cheerful, caring and willing to help. Her staff love her. She works two days a
week in the MICU unit. She was not at the luncheon, but we managed to work with her husband, Mike, to surprise her
the following evening when she was hosting a Christmas party for the unit!!  Tim Orellano was awarded the Wendy
Saer Award by Wendy Saer. He was recognized for his 28 years of service with the tennis tournament, for his sense
of fun and positive outlook. He is loved dearly for his energy and fancy shoes and for constantly motivating everyone
around him.  Last but not least, we gave Jon Timmis, VP and Chief Strategy Officer, a mock check for $1,325, 722,
the value of the volunteer hours worked for 2010. A big increase from last year.
Saline Memorial Hospital – Benton:  Submitted by Patricia Heinz.  We have been very busy during the
last two months as I am sure everyone else has.  We had a new project this year. We distributed
Christmas Wreaths to all the departments and asked the personnel to decorate them (no set theme), and
were truly amazed at how creative our people are. We then had a silent auction on the wreaths and made
quite a large profit.  Our Gift Shop had the 12 days of Christmas again this year. Each day Carol picked
an item out of the bag (different colors, Christmas items, plush, etc.) and put them at a percentage off, also
drawn from the bag. Merchandise moved very well and once the customer was in the shop they seemed to
buy other things not on sale. The Gift Shop is the big money maker for our Auxiliary, and it has done
extremely well this year.  We also had our usual fund raisers and did very well.  Pulaski Tech School
contacted us and wanted to know if we would take their Senior High School students that are in a medical
program and have them volunteer. They will start at the beginning of the year and we managed to get them
on to floors where they will be able to help the nurses performing duties. They are looking forward to this
and hopefully it will work out well for all.  We had a volunteer tree in the front lobby. We took a picture of
each volunteer and decorated a tree with them. It was fun to see the volunteers looking for their picture
and visitors seeing if they knew anyone.  We also raffled off some Victorian Carolers and Lamp, and
drew names for a dinner for two at a local restaurant as a customer appreciation.  As usual, the Auxiliary
enjoyed a lovely Christmas lunch just before the holiday.
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute – Little Rock:  (see Page 4 for feature article)
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NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT
Sharon Huffmire, District Chair
Baxter Regional Medical Center – Mountain Home: 
Submitted by Jill Chandler, Auxiliary President.  Our
fundraiser for December was a jewelry sale with Jewelry
Express. January’s fundraiser will include sales of
women’s accessories.  The Auxiliary has given
$900,000.00 toward their promised $1,000,000.00
endowment to the Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation.
 We followed up on our BRMC4Me program with a final
Three BRMC4Me Graduates also take home the big
prizes: Venda Mosch (2nd place winner), Rita Mauser
graduation party/meeting for Auxilians who attended one
(grand prize winner) and Alice Fraser (3rd place winner).
or more of the 14 BRMC informational programs offered
periodically since last June. Special speakers, dessert, and door prizes were awarded (photo right). A good
time was had by all.  The Pink-A-Dilly Auxiliary Gift shop promoted the "12 days of Christmas" sale
featuring something different on sale each of
the 12 days. Every day, DVS, Becky Rose sent
an email to Auxilians and hospital staff
informing them what was on sale that day
(nothing was announced ahead of time). This
kept folks coming back to check out the
merchandise.  On December 23rd, the gift
shop also held its Midnight Madness Sale for
the night shift and surprisingly, for the first time
ever, put everything in the store at 50% off from
8pm until midnight. This was a special treat for
our night shift staff that often does not get a
chance to be at the hospital when the gift shop
Peg Meyer (left) and Carolyn Hannon (right) ran our Christmas Gift
Wrap fundraiser which made $1,185 for BRMC Auxiliary.
is open.  We also had the Christmas Gift
Wrapping service (photo left) in our lobby – our
best year ever with net sales of $1,185.00!  Another holiday fundraiser was to offer $5.00 Christmas tree
lights for our Community Christmas Tree. The lights could be purchased in honor or memory of a friend or
loved one. That effort netted an additional $435.00.
Baptist Health Medical Center – Heber Springs:  Submitted by Holly Langster. 
Our Auxiliary has been VERY active this year with an
increase in members (a 14% increase). Edith Hunter
completed her second year of service as our President, and
worked closely all year with Vice President, Vickie Bryant, to
prepare her for her upcoming Presidential service. Co-Vice
President, Bev Verser; Secretary, Pat Uecker; and
Treasurer, Sandy Antonik, completed our leadership table.
This team brought forth many exciting ventures in 2010. 
The biggest source of pride comes from our gift shop which
has received a “face lift” and an increase in profits that has
made a huge impact on our bottom line.  Event chairs
Nancy Martin and Shirley Hutchison did a fabulous job
keeping all events covered for the year, as well as
organizing the annual Style Show (photos left and right).
Diane Tiner
This year’s theme was A Fashionable Affair and reported
Barbara Pierce
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record ticket sales and door prize donations. Many of the new members took on some of our traditional
holiday events such as the Wreath Decorating Contest and Silent Auction and the annual Picture Day With
Santa.  The Auxiliary also continued with their many hospital obligations (greeting, escorting, inpatient
duties, assistance with ER families, blood drive, outpatient chemotherapy, and other hosting services) as
organized by schedulers David and Barbara Martin.  The year ended with a donation to the hospital in
the amount of $17,000 for specified items in various departments.  In 2011, Baptist Health Medical
Center – Heber Springs Auxiliary welcomes new leadership: President, Vickie Bryant; Vice-President, Terri
Lee; Secretary, Shirley Buser; and returning Treasurer, Sandy Antonik. With this new leadership, we look
forward to more exciting ventures.
White County Medical Center – Searcy:  Submitted by Jamie
Laughlin, Director of Volunteer Services.  Our Christmas party was
enjoyed by all those attending. The entertainment was spectacular.
The Board ended the program by singing “We Wish You a Merry
Christmas” to us all.  The Gift Shops had their best December sales
ever – over $60,000!! That will help
us to meet our $150,000 pledge to
the Cancer Center that is now taking
shape in its construction.  The
hospital is offering free cholesterol
screenings to all WCMC Auxiliary
members on January 12th.  The
Board is hosting a meeting to learn
Gloria Treat “Extra Mile” Winner.
more about the functions of the
Board of Directors. It is intended to
educate Auxilians who may be interested in being nominated as a Board
member.  We would like to congratulate Sally Grinnell and Gloria Treat
as our “Extra Mile Award” winners for November and December. They
were nominated by their peers and selected by the Board as the
deserving winners for going above and beyond their expected duties as a
Sally Grinnell “Extra Mile” Winner.
volunteer at My Hospital.  Happy New Year!
White River Medical Center – Batesville:  Submitted by Tena Bledsoe, Director of Volunteer
Services/Programs.  White River Medical Center Auxiliary hosted a book sale with sales of just over
$17,000 and also a Masquerade event with sales of $15,500.  Our Auxiliary partnered with the County
Extension Agency and donated 60 sets of pediatric pillow cases to the hospital along with 50 gift bags for
children.  We held a reception for Gary Edwards, AHAA Volunteer of the Year, and invited the
community, hospital staff, volunteers and all his friends and family. We are so very proud of Gary!  The
gift shop’s sales are proving to be a very strong year/holiday season once again!  We have recruited
several new volunteers who are helping out in tremendous ways.  We are continuing to raise funds for
the upcoming building project set to begin in spring of 2011. The Auxiliary has committed to a second half
million dollar donation to this next project. Exciting times at WRMC!
NORTHEAST DISTRICT
May “Pud” Thomas, District Chair
SMC Regional Medical Center – Osceola:  Submitted by Pud Thomas, Auxiliary President and Northeast
District Chair.  The Osceola Hospital Auxiliary, in addition to their everyday responsibilities, had
numerous activities going on during the Holiday Season. Christmas wreaths were given to each
department in the hospital for a decorating/silent auction activity to support our scholarship fund.  A new
activity was initiated from an idea from the Wynne Auxiliary. We selected a date to do free gift wrapping for
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the employees working at the hospital. It was such a success that we wrapped a second day! The
employees were really happy and the Auxilians had a great time working together.  On December 17th,
we served an assortment of cookies, punch and coffee in the hospital lobby for visitors as well as
employees.  The Auxiliary Ladies were honored by the hospital with a special Christmas luncheon. 
Our active membership has dropped recently and the main emphasis in this New Year will be to locate and
bring into our auxiliary new members. Please pass on any ideas that we might use for recruiting! Best
Wishes to all in this coming New Year.
St. Bernards Medical Center – Jonesboro:  Submitted by Dean Rossa.  St Bernard’s Auxiliary Board
voted in November to relax the uniform code to include wearing either black shoes and slacks or white
shoes and slacks with the Auxiliary’s standard white top and pink jacket.  Our fall Light Up a Life
campaign to honor loved ones by donations to the Auxiliary has raised over $6000. In the past, LUAL
activities have included tree lightings, community singers, Santa, and receptions. The event this year was a
no-frills mailing of fund-raising letters. The Christmas jewelry sale was successful.  At our November
awards meeting, Auxiliary models – wearing Gift Shop wares – entertained us with a fashion show.  Ten
Auxiliary members were recognized for having volunteered in excess of 5000 hours each. State president,
Mary Frauenhoff, helped at the sign-in table.  We've added six new members in the last quarter.
Piggot Community Hospital – Piggot:  Submitted by Anita Allman, Auxiliary President.  We made
$1,000 on our jewelry sale.  We have had 50 young people and 14 mentors busily helping and
volunteering at the hospital, but are currently taking a much needed break for all of us until January 2nd,
then we will be back in full speed at our hospital. I encourage other hospitals to look into doing this as it is
rewarding for the patients, staff, children and our local AHAA members. We let 7th through the 12th graders
help and they love it.  We also have a seasonal art wall that we just changed to the Christmas and New
Year's season. Our local Jr. and Sr. High Art Classes supply the 8½ by 11 art and we frame and hang it.
Really looks nice with all red or green metallic frames for this season.
NORTHWEST DISTRICT
Margaret Underwood, District Chair
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center – Harrison:  Submitted by Joy Woelbing, Gold Club/Volunteer
Coordinator.  We have been busy with two fundraisers for the Christmas season. Nightingale's Gift Shop
held a very profitable Basket Sale and sold almost 200 Gift Baskets in one day (photo left). They are also
gift wrapping in the Tower waiting room. 
NARMC Auxiliary members helped with the
community-wide flu shot clinic in November, as
well as a Prostate Cancer Screening in
December.  The Auxiliary donated $1,000 to
the Hospice of the Hills, "Twenty is Plenty"
fundraiser. November was also a busy month for
new babies and the Auxiliary provided baby
booties for each of the new 81 babies born. 
Volunteers and staff are attending Disney-U
Customer Service Training and Press Ganey
Customer Service ratings are in the top 90
percentile of the country.  The new year brings
many new opportunities for volunteering and we
NARMC gift shop sells almost 200 gifts baskets in one day!
are looking forward to the year ahead.
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Eureka Springs Hospital – Eureka Springs:  Submitted by Grace Wilson.  The Eureka Springs Hospital
Guild has only 33 members, and some are out of town members, but we do accomplish a lot. Sales profit from the
Purple House Thrift Store is the main source of our income besides dues, memorials and misc. contributions. We
recently took part in a Trash or Treasure Sale at Holiday Island. Our annual Christmas luncheon and installation of
officers was a success with a cookie exchange as our dessert. In November we spent $8,000.00 which included a
contribution to the local Salvation Army and to the Hospital, a garbage disposal for the kitchen, training costs for two
radiology techs, expenses for ECHO vouchers for diagnostic testing, several over the bed tray tables, and decorated
outdoor flower boxes. We volunteer from 200-425 hours each month.
Mercy Medical Center – Rogers:  Submitted by Christy Blackshear, President Elect.  The Max Re-shop
Boutique is a joint venture of the Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary and Mercy Health Foundation of
Northwest Arkansas. The grand opening was held on Friday, November 26, 2010. Proceeds directly
benefit Northwest Arkansas by supporting women's and children's services provided by Mercy Health
System.  Fundraisers sponsored by the Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary were uniform, jewelry and pie
sales. In addition, the Mercy Auxiliary Christmas Celebration included a luncheon as well as service award
presentations.  Upcoming events for January will be implementation of the Medic Alert program and the
awarding of the Mercy Scholarships funded by the Foundation, the Auxiliary, and the Mabel Shaddox
Nursing Scholarship Fund for spring 2011.
Northwest Medical Center – Springdale:  Submitted by Lesa Tucker.  Northwest Medical Center Springdale Auxiliary hosted the 27th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Monday, November 22nd
on the front lawn of the hospital. Boy Scout Troop 107, from First United Methodist Church, strung the
lights and the Springdale High School Jazz Band provided Christmas music prior to the lighting ceremony.
Special guests on hand included: Caren Lyne, NMC Chief Nursing Officer; CJ Malone, NMC Chaplain and
Doug Sprouse, Mayor of Springdale, who turned on the lights. After a brief program, all guests were invited
to the cafeteria to enjoy homemade cookies, punch and additional music provided by the Springdale High
School Unity Choir. Even Santa couldn't resist the homemade goodies provided by the auxiliary members.
St. John’s Hospital – Berryville:  Submitted by Neta Stamps.
 Our first Holiday Homemade Candy sale netted over $400.
Not bad for a first time event!  Members of the board (photo
below) who participated in the Walk for Life Healthy program,
served lunch November 15th to the employees of SJHB who
succeeded in winning with the most improvement during the
challenge  Santa and Mrs. Claus joined SJAB President
Shelba Miller (photo right) in welcoming over 65 members who
enjoyed the Second Annual Christmas Appreciation Luncheon
Shelba Miller welcomes Santa & Mrs. Claus to the
prepared and served by members of the board.  Now that the annual Christmas appreciation Luncheon.
holiday season is past, it is time to take a breath and then get
ready to implement our new Scholarship for graduating students of the Carroll County area who are
planning to participate in some field of medicine.
Walk for Life Healthy program participants serve lunch to SJHB employees who improved their health.
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Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital – Siloam Springs:  Submitted by
Sandra Fulce.  Siloam Springs Auxiliary Volunteers Spread Holiday
Cheer: The Auxiliary Volunteer Gift shop hosted a drawing for a stocking
full of gifts. Every purchase made in the gift shop during December
qualified for an entry in the drawing. One of the gift shop’s repeat
customers, Patti Baker, RN from the OB unit, was the lucky winner
drawn. In addition, the gift shop saw a spike in sales during this contest.
Shown in front of the Christmas tree provided and decorated by the
Auxiliary, Budget Committee Chair and Auxiliary member, Ann Cloud
presents the stocking to a very excited Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital
Nurse (photo left).  The volunteers also provided a holiday tray
snowman for patients on Christmas Day. This helps bring a smile to
patients who have to spend the holiday away from their family and
homes.
Budget Committee Chair, Ann Cloud
presents winner, Patti Baker, RN, with
her prize.
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT
Nedra White, District Chair
Chicot Memorial Medical Center – Lake Village:  Submitted by Dean Ann Smith, Publicity Chair.  Our
November jewelry sale was a big success again.  We collected $920 from the wreath auction on Nov.
24th and Southeast Rehab won again for selling the highest bid
wreath. They were treated to cake and ice cream.  We held the
annual Christmas Tea for the hospital employees December 2nd. 
On December 14th, our Auxiliary was treated to the first annual
noon luncheon given by our local AHEC (Area Health Education
Center). We were waited on like
royalty and the food was wonderful!
They had beautiful poinsettias on
our tables and when we were
through eating, they awarded a
lucky Auxilian a poinsettia at that
particular table. They told us they
Nancy Gardner (left) helps Joyce Creel
(right) cut the cake Joyce made to honor
wanted to do this for us because we
retiring employee, Toma Hardin.
were always on the giving side and
needed to be, for once, on the receiving side. To top it all off, each Auxilian
there received a Christmas present, a beautiful recipe book published by
UAMS, College of Nursing, titled Culinary Prescriptions.  On December
15th, we gave another reception for retiring employee, Toma Hardin, for
her 45 years of service (photo left). She will be missed.  On December
20th, seven of our Auxilians stuffed 37 Christmas stockings that were
Hospital patients receive
Christmas Stockings from CMMC
handed out to the patients in the hospital on Christmas Eve (photo right).
Auxiliary.
The stockings were stuffed with various items such as candy, lotions,
shampoos, notepads, pens, pencils, hand sanitizers, etc.  Our next big events coming up are the blood
drive on Feb. 24th and our annual Valentine Candy Sale.
Jefferson Regional Medical Center – Pine Bluff:  Submitted by Nedra White.  The JRMC auxiliary in
Pine Bluff had our annual Christmas Tree Lighting on November 30th at 5:30pm. Letters were sent out
within the community to purchase lights to go on the tree in honor or in memory of someone. Punch and
cider were served to the crowd and the Jenkins Center choir provided entertainment. It was a great
success.  On Nov 4th, the auxiliary members met and stuffed envelopes for the upcoming Tree lighting. 
On Dec. 3rd, the JRMC Hospital honored its care connection and volunteers with a luncheon at the hospital.
The entertainment was provided by the Pine Bluff High School Choir.
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SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Jerry Berley, District Chair
Baptist Health Medical Center – Arkadelphia:  Submitted by Emilie Prescott, Secretary.  The jewelry
hosted by Cathy Hathcoat in November netted $173.80.  We enjoyed a Christmas Luncheon held at the
Honeycomb Restaurant in Arkadelphia on December 13th. CEO, Greg Stubblefield, and our DVS, Loretta
Kilts, were special guests.  During this Christmas season, our gift shop is staying open an hour later.
Sales have been great thanks in part to employee payroll deductions. Purses and scarves have been hot
items.  Several of our Auxilians participate regularly during blood drives as well as two other much
needed areas of service – MRIs and eye surgery.  We are looking forward to having our Tasteful
Treasures cookbook finalized.
Medical Center of South Arkansas – El Dorado:  Submitted by Lynn Smith, MCSA Auxiliary Newsletter
Editor.  The holidays have come and gone and we look forward to the New Year. The year 2010 was all
and more than we could have expected. Hosting the SW Spring District meeting in April was the highlight
of our Auxiliary year.  We have added members and had great success with sales in both our Uniform
Shop and Gift Shop. This year we had two bake sales (one for Father's Day and one at Thanksgiving). Our
fundraisers included two jewelry sales and Books Are Fun. MCSA staff continues to be so supportive of our
sales and fundraisers.  In January our hospital will begin Senior Circle and we hope to recruit new
members from that source. We welcome a new hospital liaison, Alex Hale, who will also be in charge of
Senior Circle. She is young, beautiful, sweet, and very creative. We embrace this change and look forward
to her leadership.  We have monthly commitments to several medical related programs in our
community. Each year $10,000 is awarded in scholarships to deserving students who wish to obtain a
degree in the medical field. We are funding more and more single moms and older students who are trying
to better themselves. It is quite rewarding to help them achieve their goals. Acceptance of our scholarship
ties them to a commitment with MCSA. While they are true scholarships, if the recipient does not stay with
MCSA, the money has to be paid back to our scholarship fund. We feel this helps the student and our
hospital fill needed positions.  Happy New Year!
Ouachita County Medical Center – Camden:  Submitted by Daphne Bennett, Auxiliary Newsletter Editor.
 Our gift shop sales for December were excellent despite the economy – $32,141.92!  We gave the
hospital $20,000 in December making a total of $53,000 toward the second ambulance.  Our Tree of Life
in Lights ceremony was December--total donations were $4,195.  We have recently reviewed and
revised our Bylaws and Handbook. A copy was given to each member at our December meeting.  We
have one new member.  We will host a scrub and shoe sale on March 1st.
VALLEY DISTRICT
June Clabo, District Chair
Johnson Regional Medical Center – Clarksville:  Submitted by Dorothy Spencer, Auxiliary President. 
The Auxiliary adopted a new member at their November Meeting. The speaker for that meeting spoke on
the dangers of using plastic containers in the microwave. She explained how to tell if they are safe for
microwave use.  We held our annual Christmas Party on December 14th. We had 56 members and
friends attending.  The Hospital hosted an Appreciation Evening for the members at the Knights of
Columbus Hall on December 8th.  We also greeted the first baby of the new year on January 2nd, with a
large bag of baby items.
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Sparks Health System – Fort Smith:  Submitted by Alice Swaim, President, Sparks Guild.  Our gift shop
manager provided several activities for the hospital employees in which the Guild members helped out.
This included hosting “Open House” for everyone, “Employee Appreciation Day,” where hot apple cider and
candy kisses were served, and a $5.00 jewelry sale. We also had an “Initial Day” where three initials were
chosen each day and if your name started with any of the three, you received 25% off your purchases. This
was very popular and provided very brisk sales each day.  We were very honored to be invited to the
home of Guild Member, Linda Wallman, for a Christmas luncheon. Tree ornaments were exchanged and
everyone had a great time. Sparks CEO, Melody Trimble, was unable to attend but sent to each Guild
member a Windbreaker Jacket, which was really appreciated by everyone.  January 2011 starts off with
a program presented by Marvin Altman Fitness Center on exercise and nutrition, just what we need
following all the good food from the holidays.  Currently we have no other out of the ordinary activities
planned. Regular business meetings will resume following December. Happy New Year!
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center – Fort Smith:  Submitted by Jeri Moffett, President.  Our Auxiliary
was busy as bees preparing for our biggest fundraiser of the year the Auxiliary Dinner–Dance and Auction.
Many hours of planning and preparations had been dedicated to this important event. The $52,000 raised
from this event was donated to the new Mammography Van.  Also for December I attended the U of A
Fort Smith Scholarship Fund, which the Auxiliary contributed money towards.  We had the dedication of
the Ronald McDonald Family Rooms of which our Auxiliary contributed $50,000.  Other activities for
December were a Fine Jewelry Sale for $2,800, Hadley Home of McDonald Gathering, Auxiliary President
Gathering, Mercy Hospital Gathering, Hospital Volunteer Gathering and the Midnight Madness Gift Shop
Sale.  On January 1, 2011, I was honored to present a lovely gift basket to the first baby born for 2011 in
Mercy Hospital.  Also, we are holding an all day Retreat in Sister Judith Marie Keith, RSM and Sister
Rebecca Hendricks, RSM home. This is for all Committee Chair’s past and future reports.  A Happy New
Year to all of you wonderful Auxilians and just remember…Wherever you go, no matter what the weather,
always bring your own sunshine.
Summit Medical Center – Van Buren:  Submitted by Mamie Mann, Auxiliary President.  In December
we held a Fine Jewelry Sale which was very successful.  On December 11th, the hospital held their
annual Christmas Party for employees and their families, and auxiliary members and their families.  On
December 15th, the Auxiliary Christmas Party was held. We brought non-perishable food items and paper
good which were donated to Compassionate Ministries.  The hospital also hosted a Children’s Christmas
Party at which our member, Carl Bruns, played Santa Claus.  We continue to help with the monthly
AARP Driving Classes and also continue with the WHALE program.  We have received the material for
MedicAlert© and have made the material available to visitors and patients.
AHAA Legislative Advocacy Day
Canceled
by Theda Aud, AHAA Legislative Chair
AHAA Legislative Advocacy Training Day scheduled for
January 12, 2011, had to be canceled due to inclement
weather conditions forecast for a large portion of Arkansas
and unsafe highway conditions prevailing across the state
on Wednesday morning.
AHAA Legislative Committee will work to get information
out to AHAA District Legislative Chairs and Auxiliary
Legislative Chairs concerning proposed legislation of
interest to our hospitals and health care.
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Editorial
by Pamela Wagner
I hope all of you had a glorious Christmas and are ready for the New Year. Seems like just yesterday I put
up all the Christmas decorations and now I’ve taken them down and packed them away for another year. In
other words, with a blink of an eye, the time flew right by. We did have a great time visiting with family and
friends and those are the memories and moments that really count. I’m kind of missing all the kids and
grandkids in California. Once they get tired of fighting the traffic and the crowds, maybe they’ll all head for
the Ozarks for a visit and some grandma lovin’.
I so much enjoy reading all of your newsletter submissions. You truly are Auxiliaries in Action with so
many activities and fundraisers going on. It is almost overwhelming to realize and actually grasp all the
good that comes out of your efforts. I hope you each take the time to read through the articles from each
auxiliary. Your AHAA Auxiliaries in Action newsletter is one of the many ways that we share and
communicate with each other. Each month I plan to highlight one or more auxiliaries. This month I selected
the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock. Be sure to catch their story on page 4.
Special articles are also welcome. If you have a great story to tell or something out of the ordinary to share,
please write it up and email it to me (appropriate, originals only, please). As long as it’s not a lengthy
dissertation, I’ll always find room in the newsletter for you.
That’s all for this month. Just think, by the time you read the next newsletter, we’ll be that much closer to
Spring. I’m almost ready for that, are you?
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