ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, December 6, 1995 TAG: 9512060051
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Good Neighbors Fund
Instead of spending money on parties and gifts this year, Diane Goode of Roanoke decided to contribute to the Good Neighbors Fund in honor of her co-workers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley.
"I've worked with most of them for 28 years, and they are hard workers," Goode said. "The neonatal intensive care unit is a very special place, and I don't think they get enough recognition
"We not only have to take care of babies, but we also have to take care of the parents."
Kitty Thomas, supervisor at Dialysis Resources Inc., also made a contribution to the Good Neighbors Fund in honor of the nurses at DRI.
"They work so hard, and they work such horrible hours," because of patients' needs, she said.
The nurses get called away from family dinners and at all times of day, Thomas said. "I'm so proud of them."
Tuesday's contributors included:
Diane Goode, in honor of the workers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Community Hospital
Carl and Venita Witherspoon, in honor of Oliver Strawn's birthday
Kitty Thomas, in honor of Dialysis Resources acute nurses
Jerry and Margaret Ann Bowen, in honor of Kristen McCarthy Bowen, in memory of Cindy Ann Bowen; Walter and Mary McCarthy; Raymond and Lavinia Bowen; and Emory Thompson
James and Ollie Dowdy, in honor of Dr. David Kirby and family
Bettie G. Ramsey
David and Helen Lee
Frank B. Mayorshi
Hooker Furniture Corp.
Kelly McCreery, in honor of her grandparents, Lorene Craig, and Lee and Sarah Dooley; in memory of Paw Paw, Garland Craig, and great-grandmother Beulah Holdren
Catawba Ruritan
Lucille and Norman Elmore
Mary Frances Parsons
Jessie and J.N. Mason Jr.
Hazel H. Doss, in memory of Edward T. Doss
Monday Night Bridge Game
Wednesday Night Bridge Game
Caryl Soloman
The Sam and Marion Golden Helping Hand Foundation Inc.
Colonial Club, Colonial Presbyterian Church
Carol and Sol Ratz, in memory of our parents
Mr. and Mrs. Corbett L. Boone
Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Keller
Roy A. Eck
Cynthia S. Brooks
William B. Peters
Betty C. Manus, in memory of Gene Manus
Miss Pearl L. Carson
Mary Hackma
Kate Francisco
The Mary-Martha Sunday School class, Grandin Court Baptist Church
Barbara M. Sherertz, in honor of David P. Minichan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young, in honor of needy children
Mrs. Donald Morgan, in memory of Carson Callahan
Stu and Margaret Franklin
Benny and Annie Lester, in memory of their parents and brother, Elbert, Essie and Bill Lester, Mattie and Edgar Salmons
Thelma R. Oliver
John and Dene Lancaster, in memory of Lethia Apt
Christian Home Builder's Class of The First Church of the Brethren, in honor of James Webster and T. James Keller
Mrs. Andrew H. Thompson, in memory of loved ones
Doris M. Watson, in honor of Mrs. O.B. Watson and Mrs. R.A. Bagley
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Hardesty
Ramona G. Hedrick
Violet T. Tyree, in memory of Walter W. Tyree
Darrell and Sally Boles
Anne F. Tinsley, in memory of her grandson Timothy M. Jones
Kathleen S. Pitnam, in memory of Julien Pitnam
Elizabeth P. Stephenson, in memory of Dorothy H. Stephenson
Rosemary Surratt, in memory of Lionel Surratt
Charles W. Crist
Theresia Hylton
Blanche H. Henning, in memory of George H. Henning
Roanoke Valley Organ Club
Mary Lee Sharp, in memory of her husband, Irving Sharp
Cora Lewis, in memory of her husband, James E. Lewis Sr., and grandson, Kevin D. Lewis
Mrs. Joe T. Lindsoe
Diane L. Ross, in honor of Evie Ayers
Jo Martin, in memory of Jane Clements, Jerry Smoot, Ray Mayes
Carolyn Burnett, in memory of Ernest Allen Jr.
Sigma Tau Delta Sorority
Blanche H. Henning
Otis and Peggy Reynolds
Michael P. Spinelli
Elizabeth Hutcheson Fetter
Lillis I. Lee and Chess Lee, in memory of Ted Lee
Larry and Yvonne Linton, in memory of Sharon L. Tingler
H.A. Ruff
In honor of Vic and Dot Thomas
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$595.00
SUBTOTAL$4,557.00
TOTAL AS OF Tuesday$22,967.00
Checks should be made payable to Good Neighbors Fund and mailed to The Roanoke Times, P.0. Box 1951, Roanoke, Va. 24008.
Names - but not amounts of donations - of contributing businesses, individuals or organizations, as well as memorial and honorific designations, will be listed in the newspaper. Those requesting that their names not be used will remain anonymous. If no preference is stated, the donor's name will be listed.
Gifts cannot be earmarked for any particular individual or family. Gifts are tax-deductible.
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