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MARCH 7, 2002
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Three area hospitals unite in food drive for the poor
AUGUSTA
Doctors Hospital, MCG
Health System and St. Joseph
Hospital will join together
March 11-17 by hosting a food
drive to help replenish inven
tory at Golden Harvest Food
Bank. The food bank, a non
profit food distribution cen
ter, provides groceries toa 25-
county region in Georgia and
South Carolina and needs do
nations of food to continue to
meet demand.
Eachhospital agreed to place
donation barrels in strategic
locations throughout the fa
cility, giving their staff, and
others, the opportunity to
bringcanned or dry goodsand
fill up the barrels. The food
collected will be picked up on
March 18 for sorting and dis
tributing to over 470 agen
cies. Each agency is either a
Doctors Hospital unveils piece of Ground Zero
A piece of Ground Zero was
sent to a local disaster team
and was unveiled on Wednes
day, March 6, 2002, in the
main lobby of Doctors Hospi
tal.
Headed locally by Sanford
Hawkins, M.D.,an emergency
room physician at the hospi
tal, DMAT GA-3 was called
soon after the events of Sep
tember 11 to respond to the
emergency situations in the
nation’s capital and in New
York City. First deployed to
the Pentagon, the team re
turned home much sooner
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ganization and has an assis
tanceprogram tofeed the hun
gry.
Food drive organizer John
Doriot, director of diagnostic
services at Doctors Hospital,
saystheidea cametohismind
one day recently when he and
a co-worker were volunteer
ingat the Master’s Table Soup
Kitchen. “Shyrell, the soup
kitchen manager, told us they
didn’t have enough food. In
fact, we had to serve chicken
and egg salad sandwiches and
soup rather than the usual
full course meals,” says
Doriot. It wasthen that Doriot
decided to hold a food drive
and asked area hospitals to
participate. “I guess I just
wanted to make a big impact
and I know hwat kind of vol
unteer spirit exists in
than originally expected. In
October, the team was called
to New York city. Unfortu
nately, the amount of fatali
ties far outweighed the num
ber of injured survivors. The
team was tasked with caring
for first responders and con
struction workers during their
two-week deployment.
Since thattime, the Augusta
Disaster Response Team
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healthcare,” Doriot said.
For Martha Beckworth, res
piratory therapist at Doctors
Hospital, the food drive’s suc
cess means having enough
food to provide lunch every
daytoAugusta’shomelessand
hungry at the Soup Kitchen.
Beckworth volunteers there
frequently with other Doctors
Hospital employees. “I take
my children to the Soup
Kitchen when I volunteer and
they now have a greater ap
preciation for what they have,”
says Beckworth. “Hopefully,
the food drive will help raise
awareness about the need for
food in our community.”
When MCG and St. Joseph
were asked to participate with
Doctors, there was immediate
positive response. “Our em
ployees rally around great
causes, and providing food to
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tance personnel with a team
ofburn professionals, making
the team the only one of its
kind in the southeast region.
Included are the nurses, doc
tor and physician assistants
from the Joseph M. Still Burn
Center who recently re
sponded to a fireworks disas
ter in Lima, Peru.
While in New York, mem
bers of the team signed a
MCG and the American Red Cross invite you and your family to the
18th Annual
Family Health Fair
Saturday, March 9
8 am. - 2 p.m.
First Baptist Church Gymnasium, 3500 Walton Way
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the less fortunate is a wonder
ful way to give back to the
community. We look forward
tomakingamajor contribution
to helping those less fortunate
inthe CSRA,” said Starr Hooks,
M.D.,R.D,,L.D,, clinical nutri
tion manager for MCG.
Hospital dieticians like the
timing of the food drive ... dur
ing March, which is National
Nutrition Month. “Good nu
trition is the cornerstone of
good health in promoting a
healthylifestyle. Providingfood
to those less fortunate is one
way to help the entire commu
nity,” said Hooks. “Assisting
Golden Harvest with their food
drive is yet another way St.
Joseph is able to extend its
mission to the community. We
are very proud to be a part of
this effort,” said Dave Hoover,
manager, Foodand Nutritional
makeshift wall constructed
near the former World Trade
Center. Construction work
ers have now sent a piece of
the wall to the disaster team
as a token of their gratitude
for the team’s willingness to
assist during the tragedy.
Dr. Hawkins and disaster
response team members were
present for the unveiling,
along with Dr. Joseph still
and the burn team.
Services. It is estimated that
around 150,000 people in the
25-county service area are at
nutritional risk during some
time each month. Usually,
thoseatrisk arethe veryyoung
or elderly. Donations are vital
to help reduce this statistic.
According to Mike Firmin,
executive director of Golden
Harvest Food Bank, hospitals
and food drives naturally go
together. “Food is the staff of
life and good nutrition is the
basis of health. The mission
of Golden Harvest Food Bank
— to fight hunger — and the
mission of area hospitals go
hand in hand in assuring that
all people are able to have the
basics to think well, work pro
ductively, and live happy lives.
God bless the area hospitals
for joining us in the fight
against hunger,” said Firmin.
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While the Food Bank needs
any non-perishable items for
donation, it particularly needs
baby items such as infant for
mula, baby food and diapers.
Also needed are canned veg
etables, canned fruits, canned
meats and fish, peanut butter,
dried beans, soups, evaporated
milk and rice/pasta.
To donate the food or other
non-perishable items, please
call or stop by any of the fol
lowing from March 11 through
March 17: Doctors Hospital,
651-3232; Medical College of
Georgia, 721-CARE; and St..-
Joseph Hospital, 481-7000.
For moreinformation about
Golden Harvest Food Bank or
to find out how you can help,
please call 736-1199 or visit
the web site at
www.goldenharvest.org.