Business & Public Affairs Help the NICU project

President Bunten attended the October meeting of the Business & Public Affairs Committee to ask for their support in a second NICU project. She asked the Committee to raise approximately $12,000 to fund purchasing several items that would go into a comfort bag that would be given to the parents of premature babies. This amount would cover about 500 bags or a 1-1/2 year supply. The Committee agreed to help on the project. After the meeting, our late member Dr. Rob Lipson indicated that he would match whatever was collected up to $6,000. Before the next meeting, Dr. Lipson was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident. The Committee requested Ron Francis, Chair of the Committee, to follow-up with WellStar concerning Rob’s commitment. WellStar agreed to fund $6,000 if the Committee could raise the other $6,000. Through the generosity of all the members, the Committee raised their share of the funds: there was 100% participation by all of the members of the Business & Public Affairs Committee. It was decided that a sticker would be placed in each book in the comfort bag that would indicate that it was being donated by the Kiwanis Club of Marietta and WellStar Hospital System in memory of Dr. Rob Lipson.

 

Last Updated - Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 07:58 AM