It's that time of year when MHVRP requests information from its membership on the number of volunteers, volunteer hours and the money raised by your Auxiliary or Guild. If you have not already provided Sarah with the above information, below is a link to the template. Email the completed information directly to Sarah at sknochel@chs-mi.com.

2014 MHVRP Hours Report

Gov. Rick Snyder's Fiscal Year 2016 executive budget recommendation proposed to eliminate all support for GME, totaling $163 million, and all funding for the small and rural hospital access pool ($36 million) and the obstetrics stabilization pool ($11.2 million). In response to the executive budget recommendation, the MHA issued two Advocacy Alerts that asked members to contact their local lawmakers and urge them to explain that the cuts proposed by the governor are unacceptable and have a direct, negative impact on patient care. The proposal for the budget cuts was challenged by the MHA and hospitals before two legislative committees, both the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health. Lawmakers heard why increasing hospital taxation is a complex, unfair and unsustainable solution; that the programs at risk provide access to millions of Michigan residents every day; and that the MHA and its member hospitals find the proposed healthcare cuts unacceptable. The MHA also continues to educate news media and social media audiences about the impact of the proposed cuts. For more information about the MHA's Advocacy efforts, such as bill tracking or a brief advocacy overview visit the MHA website. 

 Provided by Stacy Dowdy

Manager, Health PAC & Grassroots Advocacy

MHVRP 2015 Spring Conference will be held Wednesday, May 13th - Friday, May 15th, at West Bay Beach Holiday Inn Resort, Traverse City. Conference fee is $125 for MHVRP members and $185 for non-members. Click here for the registration form.

This year's keynote speaker is Kaitee Doll-Bell. Kaitiee is the Volunteer Services Senior Manager, Marketing Coordinator and Photographer at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center in Arizona. She will share ways strives to enhance the current volunteer program at BCGMC and integrates modern techniques and innovation in a way that is meaningful and memorable to volunteers, staff and the community.

REMINDERS: 

*Members are encouraged to bring hospital logoed items for the tables. 

*Door prize donations are also welcome.

*If you have vendors who come to your organization, and would like to see them at the Spring Conference Vendor show, send their contact information to Kim Francis at Kim.Francis@Spectrum.org.