The Community Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors reappointed its full slate of officers at last week’s annual meeting.

Larry Baker remains as Chair, a position he has held since the fundraising organization was established in 2001. Joining him are Carolyn Gowan, who will be serving her second term as Vice Chair, along with Patricia Caprio, Secretary, and Ronald Cleveland, Treasurer, both original officers.

The four were presented to the Board by Barbara Wheler, Chair of the Nominating Committee, and they were reappointed unanimously. “Community Memorial Hospital is fortunate to have outstanding volunteer leadership and this is exemplified by the Foundation officers,” said Hospital President and CEO David W. Felton. “Larry Baker, Carolyn Gowan, Patty Caprio and Ron Cleveland are civic, business and educational leaders who know how to get a job done. Their wealth of knowledge of the communities in the hospital’s service area is invaluable and their willingness to work hard matches their wisdom.”

The Community Memorial Hospital Foundation was established “to solicit, receive, invest and administer contributions, gifts, devises and bequests to or on behalf of Community Memorial Hospital.” The Foundation recently successfully completed the $1.1 million Golden Anniversary Campaign. Funds from the first phase of the campaign were used for the Ambulatory Surgery Center, which occupies a bright, cheerful and private wing adjacent to the operating suites and contains 18 beds. A second phase focused on the construction of the Hamilton Family Health Center and the purchase of a multi-slice CT scanner.

The Hamilton Family Health Center, near the hospital administration building, is open with two physicians and a family nurse practitioner and the CT scan is providing detailed images that provide invaluable diagnostic information.

“It continues to be a pleasure to be associated with so many talented and community-minded people who are working together for the sole purpose of ensuring the future of Community Memorial Hospital,” said Baker.

The Foundation raises funds for building projects and capital equipment purchases. Plans for a campaign in the near future are now underway.