The Mississippi Paralysis Association (MPA) recently donated $37,503 to help fund the Memorial Neurosciences and Rehabilitation’s chapter of ThinkFirst, a national injury prevention program aimed at educating young people about brain and spinal cord injury prevention. The Memorial chapter provides bicycle helmets to school-age children in grades K-5 and Safety T-shirts to children in grades 6-12 who attend a ThinkFirst presentation. The program teaches them the importance of vehicle, bicycle, water, playground, recreation, sports, and weapon safety to protect them from brain and spinal cord injuries. The MPA is dedicated to helping serve the paralyzed individuals of the state of
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GULFPORT, Miss.— The Memorial Hospital Foundation received a grant for $6,750 from the Wal-Mart State Giving Program. The funds were used to purchase Neonatal and Pediatric resuscitation equipment and educational materials for the Memorial Women and Children Services.
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ThinkFirst is a national injury prevention foundation aimed at educating young people about brain and spinal cord injury prevention. Memorial Neurosciences and Rehabilitation’s chapter of ThinkFirst provides bicycle helmets to school age children in grades K-6 and Safety T-shirts to children in grades 7-12 who attend a ThinkFirst presentation. The program teaches them the importance of vehicle, bicycle, water, playground, recreation, sports, and weapon safety to protect them from brain and spinalcord injuries.
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Waiting for a Cure Foundation recently donated $5,000 to the Memorial Hospital Foundation and has designated the donation to support the Sea Wolves Breast Imaging Special Needs Patient Fund at Memorial Hospital. In 2007, the Sea Wolves Breast Imaging Special Needs Patient Fund was created to provide financial assistance to patients of Memorial who receive breast diagnostic imaging services such as mammograms, breast ultrasounds and breast MRIs. “Waiting For A Cure Foundation is pleased to present this check to Memorial Hospital Foundation,” said Dawn Gillis, President, Waiting For A Cure Foundation. “Working to promote good breast health in women is
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GULFPORT, Miss.—The Memorial Hospital Foundation received a $596,000 grant for Memorial Behavioral Health (MBH) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Marriage and Family Therapy Program to administer mental health services in 16 area schools. These programs are the result of efforts begun by Memorial following Hurricane Katrina and were launched at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year in the Gulfport, Long Beach, Pass Christian, Bay-Waveland and Hancock County school districts. Memorial sought to expand its school-based health clinics into mental health for school-aged children. The American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery Program as part of the program’s behavioral health
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GULFPORT, MS – On Thursday, October 16, U.S. Senator and Mrs. Roger Wicker met with Memorial Hospital administration to tour the build-out and renovation of space designated to establish a new medical oncology clinic. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill, legislation that included $500,000 for Memorial Hospital, funding secured by Sen. Roger Wicker. These funds are designated to assist with the renovation of space within the Memorial Medical Office Building. “With the capacity to treat more than 900 cancer patients in its first year of operation, this new clinic will provide
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GULFPORT, Miss.— Sue Walker, Bridgett Miller and Melissa Wilson, all Registered Nurses in Labor and Delivery at Memorial, were recently named Guardian Angels. Shannon Cooper, a recent patient at Memorial, credits these three nurses for saving her life. During her pregnancy, Cooper was very anemic and needed blood. These three nurses donated their own blood specifically for her. The Memorial Hospital Foundation set up the Guardian Angel program to give grateful patients the opportunity to make a donation to the Foundation in honor of a doctor, nurse, other staff member or volunteer who made a difference in their care or
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The Memorial Hospital Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Burdonne Young Scholarship in a reception given in honor of the scholarship winners on August 7 at Memorial Hospital. The scholarships are named in honor of Burdonne Young, former nurse for Memorial Hospital for over 50 years. These scholarships are awarded annually to dependents of Memorial employees. Scholarships in a non-healthcare related field were awarded to Kaitlyn Stovall and Danielle Gargiulo. Kaitlyn is the stepdaughter of Linda Stovall, Program Manager, Inpatient Rehabilitation. She is a 2008 graduate of Our Lady Academy where she was a member of the National
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Delivering a child prematurely can be a very scary time for any parent. Luckily, Stacey Johnson from Pass Christian had a nurse who she says went above and beyond to make her delivery less worrisome. She felt she needed some way to recognize this special nurse. So, Stacey and her husband did what any grateful patient would do: they pinned her. It is usually through personal gestures such as cards or candy that Memorial Hospital patients thank those who have helped them. But now, the Memorial Hospital Foundation has introduced a Guardian Angel program that lets patients recognize hospital staff
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ThinkFirst is a national injury prevention foundation aimed at educating young people about brain and spinal cord injury prevention. Memorial Neurosciences and Rehabilitation’s chapter of ThinkFirst provides bicycle helmets to school age children in grades K-6 and Safety T-shirts to children in grades 7-12 who attend a ThinkFirst presentation. The program teaches them the importance of vehicle, bicycle, water, playground, recreation, sports, and weapon safety to protect them from brain and spinalcord injuries.
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Butler Snow law firm recently donated $10,000 to the Memorial Hospital Foundation and has designated the donation to support the opening of a school clinic at Long Beach High School that Memorial Hospital at Gulfport will staff. In 1995, Memorial Hospital opened the first hospital sponsored school based health clinic in Mississippi at Gulfport High School. The success of this first endeavor has led to the development of 14 clinics on the Gulf Coast. “Butler Snow is excited to be a part of the efforts of the Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Foundation,” said Tommy Williams, chair of the Butler Snow
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The Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport recently donated $25,000 to the Memorial Hospital Foundation, to help purchase a new Pediatric Ventilator for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Memorial Hospital. “In donating funds to support our work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hospital Gulfport with premature and critically ill infants, the Junior Auxiliary showed a grateful respect for Memorial’s community mission, and for our community’s children, and families,” said Dr. Ken Schroeter, Neonatology. “Their efforts help us to continue to provide the highest quality care to this most vulnerable population in our community, and we are a
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5, 2007 — ’Tis the season for giving, and the Memorial Hospital Foundation of Gulfport received a $25,000 gift from the Winn-Dixie Foundation. The donations were part of a five-stop “Better Holidays…Better Communities” tour of the Jacksonville-based grocer’s operating area. In addition to seven donations in the Gulf Coast, New Orleans and South Louisiana totaling $175,000, the Winn-Dixie Foundation is making similar donations to charities throughout the Southeast, all totaling $900,000. At a presentation held at Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, Peter Lynch, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Winn-Dixie,
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Beau Rivage donated 20 children’s books, along with accompanying CDs, to the Memorial Pediatric Unit on October 25, as part of MGM Mirage’s Community Mpact Week. The donation was coordinated through the Memorial Hospital Foundation. Jamie Traylor, Child Life Specialist, Memorial Pediatrics, will use the books and CDs to occupy the young patients’ time and as a way to relax children following medical treatment. “The thoughtful donation of the children’s books from the Beau Rivage is a welcome addition to our pediatric unit,” Traylor said. “These books on CD are a wonderful solution to boredom and an excellent way to
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The Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport has donated toys to the Pediatric Care Unit of Memorial Hospital at Gulfport. Jamie Traylor, Child Life Specialist, Memorial Pediatrics, will use the toys to occupy the young patients’ time and as a way to relax children following medical treatment. “Since playing can actually be considered the “job” of children, these toys will be used to help them do their “jobs” while making their hospital stays more pleasurable and enjoyable. This generous donation will encourage children to exercise mastery over the hospital environment as well as provide an outlet for dealing with emotional stress,” explained
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