- Kate Herring, left, director of The Bellevue Hospital Foundation, presents the "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Basket to Linda Rohrbacher of Bellevue.
The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) Foundation’s fourth annual March Madness Challenge was termed a rousing success after more than $5,122.63 was raised for charity.
“There were two separate contests, one involving the different hospital departments, and one involving the community healthcare businesses,” explained Kate Herring, director of TBH’s Foundation. “The hospital departments and a few of the healthcare offices conducted a basket raffle, while the community healthcare offices sold paper basketballs for donations as well as chances on raffle prizes.”
In the basket raffle, the basket brining in the most tickets (1,435) was Laughter is the Best Medicine put together by TBH Departments including Administration, Human Resources, and Volunteer Services. They will receive the traveling trophy and have designated that the funds raised will be used
Second place with 1,025 tickets was the Girls Just Want to Have Fun basket from Patient Financial Services and Patient Access, and third (864 tickets) went to the Games for All Ages, put together by the Take a Chance Crew representing six different TBH departments.
The basket winners were:
- Work-A-Holic - Ramona Romo, Fremont
- Snack Attack – Kate Herring, Bellevue
- Friday Night Is Pizza Night – Audrey Bell, Bellevue
- Games for all Ages – Elizabeth Vollmar, Bellevue
- Laughter is the Best Medicine – Crystal Scheid, Norwalk
- Summer Fun in North Central Ohio – Christine Greilich, Bellevue
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Linda Rohrbacher, Bellevue
- Fight Like a Girl – Debbie Wood, Bellevue
- Pampered Pets – Bethany Goad, Bellevue
- Couples Retreat – Beth Weber, Tiffin
- Cinco De Mayo – Suzie Fay, Bellevue
- Wine and Cheese Party – Bruce Dinse, Norwalk
In the healthcare office event, the offices of Advanced Neurologic Associates raised the most money and won the event. Second place went to The Willows at Bellevue and North Central Family Physicians Office took third place
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The community raffle winners included:
- Kindle HD – Jenna Silcox, Bellevue
- Four day passes to Cedar Point – Stacy Wright, Bellevue
- $100 Toys-R-Us gift card –Monica Navarro, Castalia
- $50 Applebees Gift Card – Sue Ruffing, Bellevue
For additional information on The Bellevue Hospital Foundation or the March Madness Challenge, contact Kate Herring at 419.483.4040, Ext. 4319.