Florida Hospital Fish Memorial Donates Clinic Supplies to Local Public Schools

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - May 31, 2013 - PRLog -- ORANGE CITY – Florida Hospital Fish Memorial has donated nearly $5,000 of clinic supplies, such as exam gloves, paper for exam tables, band aids, tongue depressors and surgical tape, to local West Volusia County Public Schools.

Pat Travis, Volusia County Schools Volunteer/Partnership Programs Facilitator, said that the program has grown from when it was initiated in 1998, first benefitting 17 schools and now 23.

The schools who have received the clinic supplies include: DeBary Elementary, Deltona High, Deltona Lakes Elementary, Deltona Middle, Discovery Elementary, Enterprise Elementary, Forest Lake Elementary, Friendship Elementary, Galaxy Middle, Heritage Middle, Ivy Hawn Charter, Manatee Cove Elementary, Orange City Elementary, Osteen Elementary, Pine Ridge High, Pride Elementary, Reading Edge Academy, River Springs Middle, Spirit Elementary, Sunrise Elementary, Timbercrest Elementary, University High, and Volusia Pines Elementary.

This program is another example of Florida Hospital Fish Memorial’s Christian mission. The Orange City hospital is part of the Florida Hospital Volusia/Flagler nonprofit hospital system with a mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ. In 2012, Florida Hospital Volusia/Flagler collectively contributed more than $110 million in benefits to the underprivileged, the community’s overall health and wellness and spiritual needs, and capital improvements.

About Florida Hospital Fish Memorial
Florida Hospital Fish Memorial is a 175-bed full-service hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services in addition to 24-hour emergency and critical care. The hospital is a member of Adventist Health System, the largest Protestant not-for-profit hospital system in the nation and works to provide exceptional, patient-focused care to the DeBary, Deltona, Orange City and Sanford communities. Florida Hospital Fish Memorial is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is Chest Pain Accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. For more information about Florida Hospital Fish Memorial, visit www.fhfishmemorial.org.

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Tamara Esser, Health Support Tech at Galaxy Middle School, picked up clinic supplies from Florida Hospital Fish Memorial for both Timbercrest Elementary and Galaxy Middle schools. The hospital donated nearly $5,000 of clinic supplies, such as exam gloves, paper for exam tables, band aids, tongue depressors and surgical tape, to 23 local West Volusia County Public Schools.