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10 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 21,2013
Hospice Savannah Pet
Peace Of Mind Program
What two things
could be more beloved in the
Coastal Empire than our pets
and the care provided by Hos
pice Savannah? That was the
thought of Volunteer Coordi
nator Christy Fulcher when
she was trying to come up
with a way to provide funding
for the not-for-profit’s inno
vative Pet Peace of Mind©
program. With the help of
Marketing Director Beth Lo
gan and a host of volunteers,
Hospice Savannah is offering
a 2014 Pet Calendar to high
light the program’s scope and
to raise additional funds.
Mom to numerous
pets, including a retired cer-
tified-therapy Yorkshire ter
rier named Trapper, Christy
says, “For over three decades
we’ve been caring for pa
tients and their loved ones.
We believe it’s not just the pa
tient who needs compassion
ate care, but every member
of the family. And for many
patients that means includ
ing their furry and feathered
children!” Through the gen
erosity of a start-up grant
for not-for-profit hospices
from the Banfield Charitable
Trust, Hospice Savannah,
Inc. extended their compas
sion to animals by providing
pet food and cat litter; pet
walking; routine veterinary
care and grooming; transpor
tation; foster care; and assis
tance with finding a “forever
home” if the family cannot
keep the pet after the patient’s
death.
Even with gener
ous assistance from partners
Case Veterinary Hospital
and TailsSpin Pet Food and
Accessories and from the
many groomers, boarders
and veterinarians who have
discounted their fees, more
funding is needed to keep this
program going. The 2014 Pet
Calendar sales should help.
Featuring photogra
phy from volunteers Les Wil
kes, Diane Booker and Va
nessa Deshpande, it features
patients and families who
have been impacted by the
Pet Peace of Mind© program
as well as several of the hos
pice’s Hug-a-Pet volunteers.
The month of June
tells the story of seven-year
old Booger. Booger has been
inseparable from his owner,
patient Palmer Fields, since
she was a tiny kitten. When
his caregiver had to go out of
town the only way Mr. Fields
would agree to come into
Hospice House for a week’s
stay was if he knew Booger
was safely cared for, so Pet
Peace of Mind© paid to have
her boarded.
Perhaps the
most rewarding part of the
program for Christy is match
ing an animal with a new
family after the patient dies.
The month of March features
brother and sister Jayden and
Ava, son and daughter of
one of the hospice’s medi
cal equipment company em
ployees. They were happy to
provide a “forever” home to
Maltese terrier Lizzie after
she lost her owner of seven
years.
For more informa
tion on donating or vol
unteering to the Pet Peace
of Mind© program, please
contact Christy Fulcher at
912.355.2289 or visit www.
HospiceSavannah.org/Pet-
PeaceofMind Volunteers are
especially needed in Bryan,
Liberty, Long and Effingham
counties.
The Best Lawyers In America® 2014
HunterMaclean, a
leading business law firm
with offices in Savannah and
Brunswick, is pleased to an
nounce that 25 lawyers from
the firm were recently select
ed by their peers for inclu
sion in The Best Lawyers in
America® 2014.
“It’s truly an honor
to have so many of our attor
neys included on the presti
gious 2014 Best Lawyers in
America list,” said Frank S.
Macgill, HunterMaclean’s
managing partner. “This rec
ognition underscores the un
compromising commitment
to excellence that has defined
HunterMaclean for more than
a century.”
HunterMaclean at
torneys earning this honor for
2014 include the following:
LeeAnn W. Aldridge
Real Estate Law
Saunders Aldridge
Commercial Litigation
Dorothea Coy
Commercial Finance Law
Thomas S. Cullen
Corporate Law
Andrew H. Ernst Economic
Development Law,
Environmental Law
T. Mills Fleming
Health Care Law,
Immigration Law
E.O. Henneman, Jr.
Real Estate Law
For the full list of the Best
Lawyers in America go to
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Since it was first
published in 1983, Best Law
yers has become universal
ly regarded as the definitive
guide to legal excellence. Be
cause Best Lawyers is based
on an exhaustive peer-review
survey and because lawyers
are not required or allowed
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clusion in Best Lawyers is
considered a singular honor.
Corporate Counsel magazine
has called Best Lawyers “the
most respected referral list of
attorneys in practice.”
For more informa
tion about HunterMaclean,
call 912.236.0261 or visit
www.huntermaclean.com.
United Way Of The Coastal Empire
Funds Community Disease
Management Program
A $72,600 grant
funded by the United Way of
the Coastal Empire is going
toward a community disease
management program.
The program will
help 200 high risk diabetic
patients and 200 patients with
congestive heart failure over
a 1 year period.
The program will
bring together several med
ical groups, community re
sources, and technology to
help educate patients. “The
ultimate goal of this program
is to ensure the best possible
health for all of our patients.
Close care coordination and
very affordable and easy to
use electronic tools that fit the
lifestyle of our patients and
assist with the workflow of
the care team will be key to
the success of the program,”
said Leon Burton, Executive
Director, Curtis V. Cooper
Primary Care Health Center.
Also included in
the program is a Transitional
Care Discharge Program. The
TCDP is aimed at improving
patient and health care pro
vider communication once
the patient is discharged.
Diabetes and heart
failure are chronic health con
ditions characterized by high
mortality and frequent hos
pitalizations. “Community
Health Mission’s intervention
will help CCSNPC provid
ers better manage their pa
tients, and increase the time
between hospital discharge
and readmission or death,
reduce the total number of
rehospitalizations, and de
crease health care costs,” said
Areatha Jones, Executive Di
rector of J.C. Lewis Primary
Care Center.
For additional infor
mation, call Miriam Rittm-
eye, Ph.D., MPH, Executive
Director, Community Health
Mission at 912-692-1451 ext.
110
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