FOR RELEASE (PHOTO ATTACHED):
January 25, 2012
Women In Philanthropy Held Quarterly Meeting January 18, 2012;
Give $20,000 to Catawba Valley Medical Center for two new infusion bays
HICKORY, NC—Catawba Valley Medical Center’s (CVMC) Women in
Philanthropy held its first meeting of the New Year on January 18, 2012.
The group voted to make a donation to CVMC to purchase two new infusion
bays for the new Oncology Pavilion, scheduled to open March 2013. Guy
Guarino, Chief Development Officer at Catawba Valley Medical Center, accepted
the $20,000 donation on behalf of CVMC.
“I would like to thank the Women In Philanthropy for their generous
donation to the Capital Campaign,” says Guy Guarino, Chief Development
Officer at Catawba Valley Medical Center. “The money you have donated
will make a huge difference in our patients’ lives. Twenty thousand
dollars is an amazing gift and I cannot thank you enough.”
Women in Philanthropy is a group of women empowered to improve the services
at Catawba Valley Medical Center by combining their gifts to bring about
change. Mary Lee Miltier and Donna Wright volunteered to join the Steering
Committee and currently serve as Co-Chairs of the Women In Philanthropy
initiative at Catawba Valley Medical Center. There are currently 20 active
members in this organization. For more information about the group, or
to become involved, please call 828/326-3210 or visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org/women-in-philanthropy.
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., is a not-for-profit, public
healthcare system providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center
for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute
care. Located in Hickory, N.C., CVMC has received three Magnet designations
from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized
for providing “An Outstanding Inpatient Experience” for a
third consecutive year by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information,
please visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.