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The University Medical Center of Southern
Nevada (UMC), partnering with Honeybaked Ham Co., held a
donation drive throughout the month of June to collect
‘wish list’ items for S.A.F.E House, a community
based non-profit organization committed to stopping
abuse in the family environment. As a result, UMC
staff collected 12,043 items. This is the
highest number of donated items from a single
organization during one specific donation drive
according to S.A.F.E. House officials.
“This
donation from UMC will help S.A.F.E. House save
thousands of dollars by not having to purchase these
items for our clientele,” said Andrea Sundberg,
community outreach manager for S.A.F.E. House.
“We can’t thank the community enough for coming
together and supporting our mission.”
Honeybaked
Ham Co., a nation-wide franchise restaurant company
providing fine quality Honeybaked spiral sliced hams,
approached UMC to help with the donation drive.
S.A.F.E. House is local Honeybaked Ham Co.’s charity
of choice.
“The
UMC culture and employees are naturally geared to
helping others. We were pleased to see just how
much friendly competition went on between the Care
Centers and throughout the hospital campus to raise the
over twelve thousand items,” said Gary Yarnall,
general manager for The HoneyBaked Ham Co. “Our gratitude goes out to UMC and their
wonderful employees for once again coming to the aid of
our Southern Nevada
residents.”
Some
of the items collected were daily hygiene products,
cleaning supplies, and clothing. These items were
all brand new. HoneyBaked representatives did the
honors of picking up the collected items from the UMC
hospital campus and satellite locations and delivered
them to S.A.F.E. House.
“Our
staffs, both at the hospital and the satellite
locations, really were excited to be a part of this
project,” said Lynn Scott, RN, associate administrator
for UMC ambulatory services. “UMC is the
community’s hospital and our staff is always willing
to pull up their sleeves and help were it is needed.”
About
S.A.F.E. House
S.A.F.E. House (Stop Abuse in the Family Environment) is
a nonprofit organization committed to stopping abuse in
the family environment by providing counseling,
advocacy, education, crisis intervention and shelter
services for abuse victims. The organization was founded
in 1994 and today S.A.F.E. House serves thousands of
women, men and children throughout Clark County.
About
the HoneyBaked Ham Co.
Over 50 years ago, Harry J. Hoenselaar began a special
tradition when he opened his first HoneyBaked Ham
Company store in Michigan. The crowning touch was Harry's crunchy sweet glaze
that crackled with good taste. He even found a way to
slice the ham into perfectly even slices. He invented
and patented a unique machine that slices a ham in a
single, continuous spiral. Three generations and over
400 stores later, the Hoenselaar family still prepares
The HoneyBaked Ham the same way that Harry did... one
ham at a time.
About
UMC
UMC is the only public, non-profit hospital in Clark County
and operates the state’s only Level I Trauma Center
and Lions Burn Care Center
as well as several Care Centers. UMC is affiliated with the University of Nevada School
of Medicine and serves as the state's major clinical
campus. Through its affiliation with the School
of Medicine, residency programs in emergency medicine, internal
medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, family practice,
general surgery and pediatrics are offered at UMC. Since
1931, UMC has been providing comprehensive medical care
to the community.
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