Phelps Regional Health Care Foundation • Winter 2009
Foundation in Focus
PCRMC Patient Transportation offers Hope, Help and Access to people like Chuck Boland and many others in need of transportation to and from the hospital and its medical clinics for patients who live within a 30-mile radius. We are wrapping up our campagin to raise $66,000 in donations to purchase two new vehicles, which will replace one worn-out van and enable the program to reach out to serve additional patients in Phelps, Pulaski, Maries, Texas, Crawford and Dent counties.
Hope. Help. Access.
“I am Traci Bolard and my husband Chuck is a 43 year-old retired Navy Veteran and was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumor in 2002. Since then he has had four brain surgeries and two kinds of radiation. After his fourth brain surgery in January two thousand and nine at Barnes Hosptial in St. Louis, he was left unable to sit up unsupported, lost partial use of his left arm and was unable to walk. He spent four months in inpatient rehabilitation in St. Louis before coming home. Once at home, we traveled five days a week to Phelps County Regional Medical Center for speech, occupational, and physical therapies. Now we travel from Waynesville 3 days a week for therapy .
It’s been six months since Chuck has been home and he is progressing well in therapy. I can not tell you how much we appreciate the transportation Our employees have enthusiastically service. The guys that drive the van are so timely and friendly. On days that supported this fundraising effort. During I have a doctor appointment or cannot drive him for some other reason, it the first thirty days of the hospital’s is absolutely priceless to be able to have someone come and pick Chuck up “Route 66 Employee Giving Campaign,” and take him back and forth to rehabilitation. The needs of disabled people more than 260 staff members made are very demanding for family members and this service is a true blessing donations totaling $36,000! to our lives.” Foundation Board President, Ted Day, and his wife, Kim, have offered us a challenge grant of $14,000 to encourage other community members to give. So your gift will count double if you mail it by December 31.
PO Box 261 │ Rolla, Missouri │ 65402 │ Telephone: 573-458-7946 │ Email lhartley@pcrmc.com │ www.pcrmc.com/about/foundation.aspx