Upcoming Event: Community Forum

Starting in January 2012, NCH will hold a series of three or four public community forums as a way to get feedback from Nantucketers. On January 24, Dr. Margot Hartmann will lead the first community forum in the PSF Community Room at the new town administration building on Faregrounds Road.

She says, "As we move on to the next 100 years, we need to know what the community needs us to be. And in order to do that, we have to be in dialogue with community, hear their concerns, hear what we're doing right and what they'd like us to do differently." 

Forum attendees should come prepared for an hour of open Q and A.  

Festival of Trees 

NCH's entry into the Nantucket Historical Association's annual
Festival of Trees event at the Whaling Museum.   

RED TICKETS: Accepted for Donation 
 

The hospital is accepting Red Ticket donations for the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce's annual Red Ticket Holiday Drawing. If you receive a Red Ticket at a local business and wish to donate it to NCH, please drop it off or mail to the NCH Foundation at 57 Prospect Street, Nantucket, MA 02554.  

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Your Health, Your Hospital                         December 2011

Inquirer and Mirror
Photo by Nicole Harnishfeger; Story by Jason Graziadei

It all adds up at The Hospital Thrift Shop.  

And this year, the used clothing, household items, books, collectibles and hundreds of volunteer hours at the shop on India Street added up to a bundle.  

The Hospital Thrift Shop raised over $130,000 over the past year, an all-time record for the charitable organization founded in 1929, and on Monday morning its board of trustees presented checks to four recipients in the Founders Building at Nantucket Cottage Hospital.  

Hospital President and CEO Margot Hartmann accepted a $100,000 donation from The Thrift Shop that will be used to renovate and expand the facility's laboratory. The Marla Ceely Lamb Fund, which helps defray transportation and lodging costs for patients who must travel off-island for cancer treatment, received $10,000. Nantucket Cottage Hospital's Shorty Fund, which assists low-income islanders with travel costs associated with off-island medical care, received $10,000, and another $10,000 check was made out to the Andrew Holdgate Fund, which helps defray the costs for children to travel to off-island medical appointments.  

"This is the largest gift that has been given since 1929, it's amazing" said Nancy Newhouse, the new president of the Thrift Shop's board of trustees. "The biggest reason for it is the wonderful things people donate. They donate to The Thrift Shop because they know it helps the hospital and the community. It's a wonderful cycle."  

Newhouse believes the tough economic climate actually contributed to The Thrift Shop's record donation this year.  

"People are looking for a bargain, and because of the number of donations, we're able to sell things at affordable prices and that's what attracts people to The Thrift Shop," she said.  

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