Sentara RMH Spring 2021 Magazine

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PHILANTHROPY

RMH Foundation

BOARD MEMBER #Dedicated to Giving Back lthough neither a physician nor a professional social media influencer, Paul Riner has managed to find ways to connect the two fields to provide valuable support for healthcare services in the Harrisonburg area— all via the simple hashtag. There’s no act too small if it means supporting your local hospital, says Riner, 39, a Rockingham County resident and board member of the RMH Foundation, the fundraising arm of Sentara RMH Medical Center. It’s with this mindset that he and the company he owns, Riner Rentals of Harrisonburg, achieved a pair of notable successes in the past year, thanks to the savvy use of social media hashtagging. Through two community-minded social media campaigns in 2020, Riner helped raise funds for the Foundation’s Crisis Response Fund—funds that were then used to purchase critical resources to help Sentara RMH frontline healthcare workers respond more effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic. “If I have learned anything over the last year, it’s that we are all in this together,” says Cory Davies, the Foundation’s executive director. “Generous support from Riner Rentals and others throughout the community has been vital to helping ensure that all our neighbors and friends have access to the critical, highquality healthcare they need.” “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen in such a stark way how heroic our frontline caregivers truly are, for the sacrifices they have made and the excellent

care they have provided,” adds Davies. “But our donors are healthcare heroes, too, for the support they provide, which helps bring care to patients in need.”

Inspired to Help Having been actively involved as an RMH Foundation Board member for about two years, Riner is dedicated to supporting the hospital’s mission. But his relationship with Sentara RMH developed long before he volunteered to serve. While his mother, Sandy, was battling cancer, Riner witnessed firsthand the care she received through the Hahn Cancer Center, which provided outstanding treatment in a convenient, local setting. “She was always so thankful that she didn’t have to drive to Charlottesville to get treatment,” Riner recalls. “The nurses, the pharmacists—everyone was so great. Always attentive, always involved.” Riner’s wardrobe has grown exponentially pinker over the years, as part of his active efforts to raise awareness of breast cancer, after his mother passed away in 2014. In 2020, as COVID-19 brought additional challenges to Sentara RMH and its frontline workforce, Riner says he and his company wanted to get involved. w w w.S uppor tRMH.org

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