CCH Foundation Gives Annual Awards

The Columbus Community Hospital Foundation held its annual Donor Appreciation event on November 21st at Country Shadows Golf Course. Over 130 attended the annual event which celebrates the progress made during the year and where local business leader Bud Fleischer was presented with the Gary D. Parker Service Award and the Foundation Pillar Award was given to the Columbus Community Hospital Auxiliary, which this year will mark over $1 million in gifts to the Hospital.

Bob Mead, Vice Chairman of the Columbus Community Hospital Foundation made the presentations. “It was really a nice evening and a way for us to acknowledge our appreciation for the support we have received this year.”, said Susan Nelson, Executive Director of the Foundation.

Fleischer served on the Columbus Community Hospital board from 1991-1999 and on the board of the Columbus Community Hospital Foundation from 2001-2005. His other community involvement include the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce where he served as vice president of Business Development and vice president of Internal Affairs, the board of the Central Community College and Central Community College Foundation since its inception and as President of that organization for two years, the Columbus Public Schools Foundation and the Columbus area United Way. Bud also serves on the Customer Service Advisory Committee of the Columbus Bank and Trust Company, and is on the board of the Boy Scouts. Bud initiated the Safety and Health Council of Columbus and is a member of the Optimists Club, the Columbus Family YMCA, the Columbus Jaycees, and sponsor of Columbus Junior Achievement.

The Columbus Community Hospital Auxiliary has been in existence since 1972. It was organized after the merger of the Behlen Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital. Since that time, the Auxiliary has hosted countless events from the ever-popular and highly successful annual Extravaganza, to various bake sales, book fairs, holiday open houses and raffles that have resulted in the Auxiliary purchasing much needed equipment for the Hospital.

When the new Hospital opened, it included the Unique Discoveries Gift Shop which has propelled the efforts of the Auxiliary ten-fold. In 1975, the Auxiliary raised $6,500 for Ophthalmology Equipment. In 2001 the Auxiliary raised $27,500 for several items benefiting a variety of departments. In 2008, the Auxiliary will raise a total of $100,000 for the Hospital.

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