MARY MEYER SAVES THE DAY AND GRACE COTTAGE BENEFITS

Walter and Kevin Meyer met Alison & Lauren Knasin at Mary Meyer Corp. to share the story of Lauren’s stuffed dog “Jakey”.

When 7-year-old Lauren Knasin, of Cranston, RI, lost her beloved stuffed dog, Jakey, while at sleepover camp this summer, she was devas-tated. “He was mine since I was a baby,” said Lauren. Her parents, Paul and Ellen, searched the Inter-net for days until they tracked down the manufacturer - Mary Meyer Corporation in Townshend, VT. Unfortunately, this particular mod-el had been discontinued years ago. But Steven Meyer refused to give up. He searched the warehouse until he found the one remaining “Danny Dog” a.k.a. “Jakey” in storage, and he sent it to Lauren’s home. In lieu of payment, Mary Meyer employees suggested that the Knasins make a donation to Grace Cottage Hospital, which they did. The Brattleboro Reformer ran an article featuring the good news when the Knasins subse-quently visited the Mary Meyer headquarters and joined Grace Cottage employees for lunch. “Mary Meyer Corporation and Grace Cottage Hos-pital are very similar in that we’ve both built our reputations on personal service,” said Grace Cottage’s Andrea Seaton.

Grace Cottage Hospital has been a longtime member of Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, also called H2E. This is a national movement for environmental sustainability in health care - a system that embraces safer building products, clean air, energy and water efficiency, safe working practices, and a commitment to public health demonstrated in many ways, including the reduction of waste volume and toxicity. For more information, go to www.h2e-online.org.