Donor Stories
UM Shore Regional Health to benefit from $6.7 million bequest from the estate of Eleanor Requard
A bequest of $6,794,691 from the Estate of Eleanor B. Requard to UM Memorial Hospital Foundation will benefit patient care services and programs at UM SRH, hospital officials have announced. “We are deeply grateful for this transformative gift,” said F. Graham Lee, Shore Regional Health’s vice president, philanthropy. “The Requards’ generosity will…
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Auxiliary of UM Memorial Hospital at Easton Donates $100,000 Toward New Cardiology Equipment
The Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton donated $100,000 to UM Memorial Hospital Foundation to support the purchase of a new cardiac ultrasound machine, the GE E90, and two other pieces of equipment for the Heart and Vascular Center at UM Shore Regional Health. Raised through proceeds generated by the…
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Foundation Thanks Donors for Over $5 Million in Support of Regional Health Care Needs
The program was led by Charles T. Capute, Foundation board chair. Capute introduced fellow board members in attendance: JoAnne Hahey, Jacque Smith Hook, Ken Kozel, Keith McMahan, David Nagel, Steve Ochse, Joe Shultz and Moorhead Vermilye. Bill Munn and Jack Stoltz were unable to attend. Thanking donors for their past and present support, Capute noted that as…
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Donor Profile: Preston Automotive Group Provides Support for Clark Comprehensive Breast Center
Locally owned family business, Preston Automotive Group, once again is giving back to the community as a Tournament Sponsor for UM Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Fifth Annual Sporting Clays Classic event, which supports UM Shore Regional Health’s Clark Comprehensive Breast Center in Easton. The Wilson family’s Preston Automotive Group has been…
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Easton Auxiliary Helps Fund Purchase of New Radiology Equipment
UM Shore Medical Center at Easton’s Radiology Department now enjoys a state-of –the-art portable, digital ex-ray system, thanks to a donation of $100,000 from the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton and support from other generous donors. Raised through proceeds generated by the Auxiliary’s hospital and thrift/consignment shops as well as…
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Donor Profile: Auxiliary Volunteers are Vital for a Thriving Hospital and Health System
When Art Cecil moved back to his hometown of Easton in 2007, he knew that he wanted to give back to his community in some type of volunteer capacity. “While living in Baltimore with my family, I became involved with GBMC Hospital as a volunteer to keep busy after retiring…
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Donor Profile: The Turner Family and Choptank Transport
“My interest in UM Memorial Hospital Foundation goes back to when I served on the Memorial Hospital Board (now known as University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton) from 1993 through 2000, first as a Board Member and then as a Board Chair,” says Al Turner, co-founder and CFO,…
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Grateful Patient Becomes Generous Donor
Marion Bevard of Bozman retired to the Eastern Shore in 1988, following a successful career in a family-owned ready-mix concrete and sand and gravel business in the Washington, D.C. area. He had hunted with his father and clients years before on the Eastern Shore and dreamed one day he would…
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Donors Establish Legacy
Thomas and Eleanor Requard first forged a relationship with Shore Health when they made their first gift to the Memorial Hospital Foundation in 2004. Their love of the Eastern Shore began decades earlier Originally from Baltimore County, the Requards started making plans to move to the Eastern Shore when they…
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Satchell Chemotherapy Suite – A Haven in A Cancer Journey
“We chose the Memorial Hospital Foundation as the beneficiary of memorial donations after our mother’s death because we wanted to do something to support Dr. Mary DeShields who is so wonderful.” – Steve Satchell, Family Member Friends and family gathered Tuesday afternoon, May 18, 2010 at UM Shore Regional Cancer Center…
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