VHH Receives $92,000 from the Women’s Council

GLENDALE, CA – (January 19, 2012) – Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH) received a $92,000 donation from the VHH Foundation’s Women’s Council during a recent luncheon celebration at the Hospital. The funds raised will help upgrade an X-Ray room and will assist with the purchase of a Bipap Vision Ventilating System.

Also during the event, VHH Foundation President, Yulanda Davis-Quarrie, crowned the Women’s Council’s 2012 Board of Directors, and thanked all members past and present for their continuous fund-raising and friend-raising efforts for VHH, including their most recent successful Poinsettia Ball Fundraiser.

Betty Hurn was announced as the new Chair of the Women’s Council and has been a member for nine years. She was also Chair for 18 months in 2006 and 2007.

“The Women’s Council is in the process of planning for this year,” said Hurn. “I can say that we will continue our popular fund-raisers such as our popular Bingo and fashion show events that will be held in the spring of this year.”

The 2012 Women’s Council Board of Directors are: Betty Hurn (Chair); Eileen Akers(Chair-Elect); Suzonne Slaughter (Recording Secretary); Teri Rice and Alexandra Smyser (Treasurer); Kate Kaneko (Fundraising Sponsorship Chair); Marie Hansen (Membership Chair); Teri Rice & Gloria Cotten (Program Chairs); Virginia Clegg, Loretta Levy and Sue Wilder (Corresponding Secretaries); Pauline Hendricks (Historian); Sue Wilder (Parliamentarian and Nominating/Resource Chair).

About the Hospital:

Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH) is celebrating 40 years of clinical excellence. VHH is a 158-bed nonprofit primary care facility nestled in the foothills between Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge. Hospital features include Fast-Track emergency services, comprehensive inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and treatment facilities, and a family birthing center. The Hospital also offers surgical services, including bariatric and orthopedic surgeries. It is an independent, free-standing hospital in the greater Foothills community and was voted “Foothills’ Best Hospital” by readers of the Glendale News-Press for five consecutive years. For more information, please www.vhhospital.org. For more information about funding initiatives or to support the hospital, please call the Foundation at 818.952.2226.