Harvest Moon Hoedown Supports Digital Mammography

The 130 guests who attended the Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Harvest Moon Hoedown looked the part as they feasted on a country barbeque spread and danced to the music of Ralph Case and the Cloggers.

The fundraiser,  held  Saturday, October 18, at the Talbot Country Club in Easton, raised more than $70,000 to support digital mammography for Shore Health System’s Memorial Hospital at Easton, Dorchester General Hospital and the Diagnostic and Imaging Centers in Easton, Centreville and Denton.

Enjoying an evening of country western dining and dancing at the Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Harvest Moon Hoedown are (left to right), seated, Rose Joyce, Michael Joyce, MD, chief of emergency medicine for Dorchester General Hospital; Kate Levey; Christopher Levey, MD, chief of radiology for Memorial Hospital; standing, Jerry Batley, MD, of Shore Surgical Care; Tracy Batley; Shore Health System Chief Medical Officer Michael Tooke, MD; and Susan Piggott.

Hospital Employee is an Everyday Hero

Kevin Travers, an employee in the environmental services department at The Memorial Hospital at Easton, was recently acknowledged as an Everyday Hero.

The Memorial Hospital Foundation designed the Every Day Hero program to give patients and their families an opportunity to recognize exceptional care they have received from Shore Health System staff, physicians and volunteers by making a financial gift to the Foundation in their name.

The former patient who nominated Travers for the Everyday Hero award said, “So many times when we are motivated to make such a tribute, we nominate a doctor or nurse—and well they should be recognized—and we forget the person who cleans our room, or takes care of the tasks that get little or no recognition. Kevin was so friendly and nice that it lifted my spirits.”

Everyday Hero brochures and donation envelopes are available at Memorial Hospital and Shore Regional Cancer Center in Easton, Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge and at Shore Health System outpatient centers around the Mid-Shore region. Checks or credit card gifts can be made in any amount and can recognize a specific person or a whole group. A donor’s tax-deductible gift can go the Memorial Hospital Foundation general fund or it can be designated for a specific service, such as cancer care or emergency services.

For more information about the Everyday Hero Program, contact the Memorial Hospital Foundation at 410-822-1000, ext. 5509.

Kevin Travers, an employee in the environmental services department at Memorial Hospital (center), is pictured receiving his Everyday Hero award from Ali Khan, manager of environmental services (left), and Jerry Walsh, chief operating officer for Shore Health System (right).

PRESERVATION OF OVER 615 ACRES OF FOREST AND FARM LAND IN CECIL, DORCHESTER AND WICOMICO COUNTIES

The Board of Public Works has approved preservation of more than 615 acres of forest and farm land in Cecil, Dorchester and Wicomico counties through Maryland’s Rural Legacy Program.

“These conservation easements protect the culture, environment, and history of our rural communities, while enabling landowners to continue to own and use their property for agricultural production and personal enjoyment,” said Governor O’Malley. “The success of Maryland’s nationally recognized Rural Legacy Program would not be possible without our partnership with local governments, land trusts and private landowners.”

In Cecil County, the board approved $457,695 to acquire a conservation easement on a 52-acre farm near Fair Hill.

In Dorchester County, the board approved $731,000 to acquire a conservation easement on a 271-acre farm in the Nanticoke River Rural Legacy Area.

In Wicomico County, the board approved $709,571 to acquire a conservation easement on a 292-acre property in the Quantico Creek Rural Legacy Area.

Since 1997, Maryland’s Rural Legacy Program has provided funding to preserve more than 58,595 acres of forest and farm land throughout the state to protect the rural character of the state’s communities from sprawl development.

Chaired by Governor O’Malley, the Board of Public Works is also comprised of Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot. The Board is authorized by the General Assembly to approve major construction and consultant contracts, equipment purchases, property transactions and other procurement actions.