FMC honors Good Samaritan Volunteers of the Year

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Sondra Wilkins, a volunteer with the Floyd Medical Center Auxiliary for 42 years, was named the Good Samaritan Volunteer of the Year Friday.

The award was presented at Floyd’s annual volunteer appreciation luncheon at Berry College’s Krannert Center as part of Floyd’s commemoration of April as National Volunteer Appreciation Month.

The luncheon honors the more than 200 volunteers who serve at Floyd Medical Center and Polk Medical Center. Volunteers are recognized for their dedication and contribution to the American Red Cross at Floyd, Floyd Medical Center Auxiliary, First Steps, Heyman HospiceCare, Floyd Healthcare Foundation, Floyd Medical Explorers, Arts in Medicine and Support Services.

Wilkins manages the Hole in the Wall thrift shop at Floyd. She has also served in the hospital gift shop, helped coordinate the annual Love Light Tree fundraiser, pushed the nutrition cart to patient rooms and helped with monthly childbirth classes, along with a variety of other volunteer duties throughout her four decades of service.

“I like helping people and making a difference,” Wilkins said. “I learned from my parents and grandparents, who generously gave of their time. We have a lot of blessings and it’s an honor to be able to share those blessings with others.”

Wilkins’ service is not limited to Floyd. She also volunteers with the Spade and Trowel Garden Club, the Rome Federation of Garden Clubs, Quota Club International and First United Methodist Church.

Kurt Stuenkel, FMC President and CEO, says it is an honor to recognize Floyd’s volunteers for the many hours of service they provide.

“We just can’t say enough about how much the volunteers mean to our organization,” Stuenkel said. “The work they do is immensely important and helps us continue to provide the excellent quality of care Floyd has become known for.”

In addition to Wilkins, six other individuals were nominated for the Good Samaritan Volunteer of the Year.

Vera Brock, a retired nursing professor, volunteers in the Employee Health department at Floyd Medical Center performing the very specific duty of ensuring that all employees are immunized for Hepatitis B. This role requires hours upon hours of scanning employee lists, updating them and sending letters to employees.

Vera has volunteered since 1990 as a CPR instructor at Georgia Highlands College. She formerly provided CPR instruction for the American Red Cross on a volunteer basis. Today, she also serves with the Garden Lakes Baptist Church Food Pantry, a satellite of Rome Action Ministries.

Cathy Johnson volunteers in the Floyd Medical Center Gift Shop as a member of the Auxiliary. An Auxiliary member since 2008, Cathy volunteers four or more days per week in the gift shop, assisting with stocking, pricing and operating the cash register and even shopping with the Gift Shop manager to find more items to sell.

Cathy’s history of service dates to 1990, when she first volunteered with the Pepperell Elementary School Parent Teacher Association. She also has volunteered with the Roman Racquets youth Division of United States Tennis Association and the Coosa Valley Tennis Association.

Barry John Jones volunteers with Heyman HospiceCare at Floyd’s Veteran’s Service program. He has contributed more than 100 hours of service conducting “We Honor Veterans” pinning ceremonies for veterans who are under hospice care.

The retired locomotive engineer and Army veteran also volunteers with the Rome Shrine Club, the Lindale Masonic Lodge and Silver Creek United Methodist Church. Additionally, he volunteers as a Shrine “roadrunner,” transporting children to Shriner’s hospitals in Greenville, South Carolina and

Frances King volunteers in the Employee Health department and at the desk at the North Entrance to Floyd Medical Center. A volunteer for 18 years, Francis has served with the 1996 Summer

Olympic Games in Atlanta, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, the Chattooga County Garden Club, the Juvenile Court Citizens Committee, Good Neighbor Ministries and Chattooga County Schools, where she mentored two girls under the Mentor Hope Program.

Denise Downer-McKinney, has volunteered with Floyd Healthcare Foundation for more than a decade, and currently serves as chairperson for Focus on the Future funds. Additionally, she is a member of the board of directors for Floyd Healthcare Resources Inc. and a member of the Hospital Authority of Floyd County.

Denise has tirelessly donated her time to the community for more than two decades including service to Hospitality House, the Rome-Floyd Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers, Community Criminal Justice Foundation, Leadership Rome, the Rome Police Department Law Enforcement Explorer Program, Rome Rotary Club, Rome Housing Authority, Floyd Against Drugs and the Floyd County Prison Ministry.

Dorothy “Dotty” Rowles has volunteered at Floyd Medical Center for more than 13 years, escorting and directing patients and visitors to the hospital since June of 2002. In addition to her service at Floyd, she is treasurer and travel coordinator for senior adults for her church and an election day poll worker. In her spare time, she crochets and makes lap quilts and crochets hats for newborns, which she donates to Floyd Medical Center. She also crochets hats for adult patients, which she donates to the Harbin Clinic Cancer Center. She has also volunteered with the Floyd County Baptist Association’s prison ministry.

Source: Rome News

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