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Wishes Made...
A Polaroid camera, new or used, would help to
maintain resident records at Heins Home. Current
photographs must be kept of all residents.
A Bed Scale is needed for patients who are too weak
or frail to stand or even to sit in a wheelchair. The
cost is $2,757.
Grace Cottage Family Health needs a Finger Pulse
Oximeter to measure the oxygen content of blood.
The cost is $375.
Garden volunteers are desperately needed to weed.
We have so many projects going on this summer
(installing the fire sprinkler system, moving the laboratory
to its new quarters) that our maintenance staff is
stretched thin. Can you lend a hand an hour a week?
Call 365-9109 for more information about
any of the above wishes.
Wishes Fulfilled...
The Pathfinders Snowmobile Club of Wardsboro
and an anonymous donor contributed the funds
required to purchase a 5-drawer Emergency Cart
for the ER, to store pediatric supplies for children
being treated in the Emergency Room.
David Legere and his mother, Antoinette Legere
of Jamaica, donated a large air conditioner.
Virginia Barrett of Grafton donated glaucoma
sunglasses for Adult Day Services.
Barbara Barber of Newfane purchased a new phlebotomy
chair for the lab, in loving memory of her
husband, Russ Barber. "Throughout his illness he complained
that the old lab chair was uncomfortable," recalled
Barb, "so this gift in his memory seems very appropriate
"he'd be pleased!"
Erroll Lent of Jamaica donated two Pulmo-Aides to
Grace Cottage and one portable Pulmo-Aide to the
Valley Health Council in memory of his wife, Alice.
A Special Wish...
Grace Cottage Adult Day Scholarships:
There are
several elders in area towns who would very
much like to attend Grace Cottage Adult Day Services
several days a week. Isolated in their own
homes in rural areas, they would benefit greatly
from social interaction with their peers. However,
their personal finances are such that they cannot afford
even the sliding-fee scale that has been offered,
or the cost of transportation.
If you’d be interested in helping an elder enjoy companionship,
healthy meals, nursing and healthcare
assistance, enjoyable activities, and active strengthening
games designed to improve health, please call
Grace Cottage Foundation at (802) 365-9109 for
more information. Any funds donated for this scholarship
fund will be used solely to subsidize the
"tuition" for elders who would otherwise be unable
to attend the program, even for a few hours a week.
BLOOD NEEDED
Vermont has one of the highest percentages of blood
donors in the country, and yet the state has historically
experienced shortages of blood because much of it has
been sent elsewhere in New England by the American
Red Cross. Several years ago, the Vermont Association
of Hospital Laboratories invited a private company,
the Vermont Blood Center, to add to the supply
provided by the Red Cross. Both the Red Cross and
Vermont Blood Center are needed, in order to assure
adequate blood in Vermont. Blood collected by the
Vermont Blood Center is collected in the state and is
used by all of Vermont’s 14 hospitals. Blood donations
to either of these two organizations are very greatly appreciated
by all who rely on blood supplies in Vermont
. The next Red Cross blood drawing in Townshend
will be on Tuesday, August 11.
"I never knew Grace Cottage Hospital existed before
my husband went there to die in February. I
am in awe of Grace Cottage. It was like a little bit of
heaven. Every single person we came in contact with
was kind and compassionate to us all. For the staff at
Grace Cottage it’s not just about a paycheck. It’s the
gift of caring and the gift of giving that motivates you
all. After Jim died, our family was returning home over
the mountain and our car broke down. We called
Grace Cottage and Elena [Nenorta] came and got us
and put us up in the hospital overnight. I can't describe
how wonderful everyone was at Grace Cottage."
Christine Briggs, Poultney, VT
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