https://www.neusenews.com/index/2023/7/6/lenoir-hospital-foundation-provides-71405-in-grant-funds Kinston, NC: Marcus D. Whitaker recently provided $71,405 for 2023 funding to support UNC Health Lenoir projects. The Marcus D. Whitaker is a charitable organization that supports the mission of UNC Health Lenoir which is to ensure exceptional healthcare for the people we serve. Seven special projects...
[caption id="attachment_19336" align="alignright" width="225"] Shown left to right are UNC Lenoir Family Birth Center nurse Lisa Sowers, with fellow nurse and Lisa’s daughter, Peyton Sowers. They hold a newborn essentials gift basket that all babies receive upon discharge. Nearly 400 baskets are provided with the...
The Marcus D. Whitaker funded a second Tru-D SmartUVC unit for UNC Lenoir Health Care in 2020. [caption id="attachment_19154" align="alignright" width="253"] Lisa Brown, Environmental Services operations director shown with the hospital’s two Tru-D units[/caption] Tru-D SmartUVC − short for “Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfection” − is a mobile,...
Kinston, NC: Dan and Margaret Perry recently provided a $25,000 gift endowing the Dan E. and Margaret T. Perry Wellness Center Fund for use and operation in the Minges Wellness Center at UNC Lenoir Health Care. Minges Wellness Center staff thanked long-time members Dan and Margaret...
It’s impossible to comprehend being pregnant and then losing your child, unless you’ve lived it. One family we know has experienced it twice. So when the ten-year anniversary of their daughter’s death was coming up last fall, they wanted to do something significant to mark...
Foundation officers deliver the $5,000 raised for Nursing Scholarships from the April Downtown Get-Around. Shown presenting are Margaret Williams, Foundation Vice-chair (left), Cale Grady, Foundation Chair (center), to Misty Emory, R.N., Employment Coordinator at UNC Lenoir Health Care. ...
For the fifth year in a row, a regional medical imaging practice, Eastern Radiologists, Inc. (ERI), supports breast cancer patients by sharing proceeds from a fundraising event, Ride for the Ribbon, with local hospitals. Shown accepting a gift of $1,500, from left to right, Dirk...
Wells Fargo Bank's $2,500 gift helped to top off the Marcus D. Whitaker's Linear Accelerator Campaign, making the total contribution to UNC Lenoir Health Care $838,000. Shown making the grant to Dirk Griffith, Foundation Director (center), are Warren Jackson, Wells Fargo Market President for Wayne...
Shown accepting a gift from Eastern Radiologists Incorporated’s (ERI) Ride for the Ribbon is Dirk Griffith, Marcus D. Whitaker director. Next to Griffith, from left to right, are Sara Beard-Linton, social worker at the UNC Lenoir Cancer Center, Linda Taylor, receptionist at Kinston’s Eastern Radiologists...
By scheduling follow-up visits with stroke patients shortly after they are discharged, EMTs are helping ensure that timely medical follow-up keeps patients on the road to recovery instead of needing to be readmitted to the hospital. The Foundation, with the help of a $2,500 grant from...