Immediately following the flag raising, attendees moved inside to the Hospital’s Meditation Chapel to honor patients/employees who have donated organs/tissues/corneas to the Gift of Life program with a brief service provide by Jacqueline Heitmann, Chaplain at Evangelical.
The flag raising was part of the Hospital’s month-long initiative to promote organ and tissue donation.
To become an organ or tissue donor, visit www.donors1.org to register.
About Evangelical Community Hospital
Evangelical Community Hospital is a non-profit organization that employs 1,900 individuals and has more than 170 employed and non-employed physicians on staff. The facility is licensed to accommodate 131 overnight patients in private rooms designed for healing, patient safety, and positive patient experience.
The Hospital provides a comprehensive array of services in both inpatient and outpatient settings and serves residents throughout the Central Susquehanna Valley, including those living in Snyder, Union, Northumberland, and Lycoming counties.
More information can be found at www.EvanHospital.com.
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Candi Taylor, MSN, RN, ONC, Director of Operations-Orthopaedics at Evangelical (far right) committed to giving one of her kidneys as a living donor in 2018. Her gift was received by a man in Hazleton and both are doing well post-donation. She was one of the people recognized at Evangelical’s flag raising ceremony bringing awareness to organ donation. Also pictured from left to right are Evangelical representatives: John Devine, DO, Vice President of Medical Affairs; Kelly Solomon, RN, Director of Critical Care and Maternal Child Care; and Tamara Persing, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer.
Craig Lewis and Cassandra Lewis (pictured far right) are the husband and daughter of Suellen Lewis, who chose to be an organ and tissue donor and gave that gift of life in 2021 upon her passing. The Lewis’ were present in Suellen’s honor at the flag raising ceremony. Representing Evangelical from left to right are: Katelyn Sheesley, RN, Critical Care; Kelly Solomon, RN, Director of Critical Care and Maternal Child Care; and Marion Sechler, RN, Charge Nurse, Critical Care.
