Memorial Honors Volunteers

April 30, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact:
Jennifer Downs-Colby, (209) 572-7262.
#09-05

Modesto– Memorial Medical Center honored its Volunteers and recognized three for their exemplary service at a recent National Volunteer Week luncheon.

Mary Alice Willey joined the Memorial Volunteers 54 years ago. She has served as the organization’s president and volunteered in the gift shops at Memorial Hospital Ceres and Memorial Medical Center in Modesto.

Betty Mensinger has been a Memorial Volunteer for 44 years. A past president, she volunteers in patient services and prepares the Volunteers’ Book of Remembrance.

LaVonne Laskey has volunteered at Memorial for 44 years. She has been active as the group’s membership chair, worked in the gift shop and served as the organization’s president for two terms.

Memorial is part of Sutter Health, a family of not-for-profit hospitals, physician organizations and other medical services that share resources and expertise to advance health care quality and access. Serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, Sutter Health is a regional leader in cardiac care, cancer treatment, orthopedics, obstetrics, and newborn intensive care, and is a pioneer in advanced patient safety technology.

# # #