Donor Stories
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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