Memorial Hermann Northeast Helps Local Students with Back to School Supply Drive - Kingwood
Memorial Hermann Northeast Helps Local Students with Back to School Supply Drive - Kingwood
Published: Aug 25, 2015, 3:00pm
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Items donated included backpacks, pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, crayons and markers, among other school materials.
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The Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital 2015 Back to School Supply
Drive collected 565 pounds of materials donated by employees that will
be distributed to students across several Humble Independent School
District campuses for the 2015-16 school year.
The Back to School Supply Drive has been a concentrated effort at the
hospital for the last eight years, said Senior Vice President and CEO of
Memorial Hermann Northeast Heath Rushing.
�It�s very important to ensure that children have the tools necessary to
succeed in school and have the opportunity to receive a quality
education,� Rushing said. �The community supports Memorial Hermann
Northeast and we want to support the community. This is one way we can
do that.�
Items donated included backpacks, pens, pencils, paper, notebooks,
crayons and markers, among other school materials. Memorial Hermann
Northeast�s Partners in Caring (PIC) Team, which provides special
services for patients, families and employees, coordinated the drive.
�This was a really great team effort by all of our employees,� said
Rhonda Dishongh, who led the coordination of the drive and also serves
as the hospital�s director of customer relations management. �We saw
donations from employees in every department. I�m very proud that this
drive will once again help students in our area.�
The Memorial Hermann PIC Team also sponsors a Summer Food Drive, Fall
Food Drive and Holiday Toy Drive for Humble Area Assistance Ministries
(HAAM).
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