STEWARDSHIP REPORT
Your generosity supports the health of our community.
WINTER 2019
40 Years of Giving
M
eet Charlotte Root. At 91 years young, Charlotte is Pen Bay Medical Center’s longest-serving volunteer. Charlotte started volunteering at the hospital gift shop in 1979, and has volunteered every week for the past 40 years. Charlotte and her husband, John, a retired PBMC surgeon, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last year. As a mother of five, grandmother of eight, and greatgrandmother of 14, Charlotte knows how important good healthcare is to families. “Volunteering gives me a purpose in life. I look forward to being at the gift shop every week and supporting Pen Bay Medical Center. I enjoy seeing all the personnel at the hospital, the patients and guests and general public who come into the gift shop every day.”
Charlotte Root of Owls Head, seated outside the hospital gift shop.
EV E RY GI FT MAT T ER S. EVERY D O LLA R C O UNT S . With charitable donations from generous individuals, businesses, and foundations, the Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation provides critical funding to keep quality care close to home. Serving 80,000 people in the Midcoast region of Knox and Waldo counties, the Foundation helps fund institutional priorities at Waldo County General Hospital, Pen Bay Medical Center, Quarry Hill, Waldo County Dental Care, Knox Center, Belfast Public Health Nursing Association, and the Sussman House. All donations to the Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of federal and state law.