Fisher-Titus Family Spreads Holiday Joy

Fisher-Titus Medical Center and its medical staff recently presented a combined $8,000 donation to area Salvation Armies, the Norwalk Area Food Bank, and the Norwalk Clothing Bank as a special contribution during the Christmas season.
Doctors Marc and Kareem Dolce and FTMC board members Leslie Stoneham and Matt Gross presented checks to Capt. Mike Morales, Norwalk Salvation Army; Don Krafczinski, New London Salvation Army; Steven Shultz, Greenwich Salvation Army; Mary Stewart, Norwalk Food Bank; and Karen Murray, Norwalk Clothing Bank; during FTMC’s employee Christmas luncheon on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

These donations add to the many special projects conducted by FTMC departments throughout the medical center. This year, employees supported 10 children from the ROY Giving Tree and collected items for the United Fund Baskets Project.
Other projects include:
-    The Dietary Department and management team assembled and donated 1,254 fruit baskets to churches and charitable organizations throughout Huron County.
-    Members of FTMC’s PrimeCare Advantage program collected non-food items during the group’s Holiday Party and donated the items to the Non-Food Bank that serves Huron County.
-    FTMC’s rehabilitation department adopted three families to give them the Christmas they could not afford.
-    The Carriage House of Fisher-Titus staff collected money for a family of two boys being raised by grandparents. Norwalk’s United Fund helped to connect the Carriage House staff and the family.  Once the money was raised, three employees went shopping for the gifts from a list the family provided. Carriage House employees wrapped all the gifts at the staff Christmas party.
-    Carriage House residents also collected $350 for a program sponsored by Senior Enrichment Services that provides gifts to seniors who are homebound. 
-    Health Information Management staff members provided gifts to two homebound seniors to brighten their holiday season.