2008 Good Samaritan Awards

Gildner and Schaar Honored at Ice Cream Social, August 13.

 Cheboygan Memorial Hospital (CMH) Development Council honors donors annually with an invitation to an Ice Cream Social held in the Hospital cafeteria. Each year at the Social, Good Samaritan Awards are presented to one or more people who have shown strong support for the Hospital. Support is shown in many ways, for example: taking part in community programs presented by CMH, encouraging community and family members to support the Hospital, volunteering at the Hospital and offering donations to improve the Hospital.

Recipients of this year’s Award have done all of those things and more. Awards were presented Wednesday, August 13, 2008, by Michele Andrews, Chairman of the Annual Support Committee, CMH Development Council.

The first Award this year was presented to Vera Gildner. “Vera has been a strong and longtime supporter of Cheboygan Memorial along with her entire family”, according to Janet Weiss, Director of Development for CMH. “Her attendance at many Hospital functions, along with family members, has been appreciated. Her gifts to make improvements at CMH have been ongoing and have made important differences in care, most notably were a recent donation to the Cardiac Wellness Center.”

Vera has been at the helm of Cheboygan Cement Products since she and her late husband, Ernie, began the business 62 years ago. She is the mother of seven children, grandmother of 23 and great-grandmother of 18. She is a strong force in our community and is rightfully named a Good Samaritan.

The second Award was given to Sally Schaar. “Sally works in the Histology Department of the CMH Medical Laboratory, and is a member of the Hospital’s Development Council Employee Relations and Annual Support Committees,” said Weiss. “She volunteers for a multitude of extracurricular events at the Hospital and is instrumental in promoting employee morale. She is quick to remind people of the importance of having a community hospital that offers quality health care for area residents and visitors. Sally is active in her church in Onaway, and is recognized for the time she gives there, as well. Her positive attitude, cheerfulness and genuine caring are appreciated by everyone she comes in contact with, and help mark her as a Good Samaritan.”

Sally and her husband, Charlie, reside in Onaway. They have six children and five grandchildren.

Picture:  Members of the Vera Gildner family surround her after receiving the 2008 CMH Good Samaritan Award.

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