Medical community gives back


A well-done to the
/ employees at
. JLCharlotte and
Peace River Regional
Medical Centers. They
filled three vans with
donated Christmas
gifts for more than 30
children as part of the
Salvation Army's Angel
Tree project, according
to a press release.
 Charlotte Regional's
medical staff office
coordinator, Karen
McGowan, and her
husband, Michael, a
volunteer, donated gifts
to children this year
in lieu of buying gifts
for one another. The
ER team at Peace River
Regional purchased gifts
for 27 foster children,
ages ranging from
5 months to 18 years.
 "I have a family
support worker that
I contact every year
who provides us a
list of children in our
community," nurse Liz
Cowart was quoted as


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saying in the release. "I
thank them for allowing
us to do this mission as
well as my ER staff who,
without question, reach
deep in hopes of provid-
ing a better Christmas
for these children."
 On the Medical-
Surgical Oncology
unit at Peace River,
employees grew close
to a mother and her
family during her last
days. When she passed,
the staff could think of
nothing more rewarding
than to help the aunt
who took in these four
children to live with her
and one of her own. The
unit collected a truck
bed full of gifts for these


five children in hopes of
brightening the holidays
for them during such a
sad time.
 Congratulations to
the 90 members of U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Charlotte Harbor, Flotilla
98. The flotilla was
awarded the Flotilla of
the Year for 2013 by the
commander of Division
9, Seventh District of the
auxiliary, according to a
release from the flotilla.
Division 9 consists of
nine flotillas serving the
boating community of
Southwest Florida from
North Port to Marco
Island. The award was
based on performance
in six criteria, including:
operations, training, and
public education.
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 Congratulations to
Thomas Parker. He
has been named to the
board of the Charlotte
Harbor Environmental
Center, according to a


 release from
 Eileen Tra-
 I montana,
 Senviron-
 S mental
 program
 coordinator.
 Parker
 PARKER grew up in
 Charlotte
County and many gen-
erations of his family
have lived in the Punta
Gorda area. He has a
deep love for the natural
areas of Florida and the
Alligator Creek Preserve.
 9
 Congratulations
 ........to Dana
 SSimonson.
 He has
 joined
 Calusa
 National
 Bank as its
 information
 SIMONSON technology
 officer, ac-
cording to a release from
the bank. Dana and his
wife reside in North Port.
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A few of the items collected by the Riverside Behavioral Center
staff. Pictured are Kerry Geiger and Helen Larsen.


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