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Polk Healthcare Foundation Building Relationships to Benefit Community
$10,000 Awarded to Polk Healthcare Foundation from Golf Tournament The Doc Ayers-Ray Beck Community Foundation donated $10,000 to Polk Healthcare Foundation. The donation was used to purchase a Typhon EPR, a high-level disinfection system for ultrasound equipment. The annual Doc Ayers-Ray Beck Golf Tournament is hosted by Polk Healthcare Foundation in partnership with the Doc Ayers-Ray Beck Community Foundation Inc. Proceeds from the tournament provide financial support to community organizations, including Polk Medical Center, and to fund scholarships for local students. For more information about the tournament, contact Cassidy Carter with Floyd Healthcare Foundation at 706.509.3290.
Foundation and Polk Employees Team Up to Help School Nurses Polk Healthcare Foundation and SPIRIT, an employee-based giving program at Polk Medical Center, combined to provide $3,600 for equipment needed by the school nurse program at Polk County Schools.
The money was used to purchase otoscopes, pulse oximeters and medical-grade thermometers. An otoscope is a lighted tool that lets a health care provider see inside the ear. Oximeters measure the oxygen level of the blood.
Lindsay Smith, SPIRIT co-chair at Polk Medical Center, said it was not difficult to get her co-workers to give. “It’s easy to get them to donate when they realize it is something that will benefit the community,” Lindsay said.
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