SSMH donates $500 to United Way

Jerry Cavness (from left), United Way area coordinator, receives a $500 donation from Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital for United Way. SSMH Dietitian Catherine Baker was in-house coordinator for the United Way fundraising events and SSMH CEO Kevin Clement was the lucky winner of the pie-in-the-face fundraising contest.

Hospital raised funds with two special events

Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital donated $500 to United Way on Friday, Nov. 20. During the month of October two events were set up to help raise money for the organization.

Catherine Baker, SSMH dietitian and in-house coordinator for the United Way fundraiser, set up a jeans day and a pie-in-the-face contest.

For jeans day, employees gave a donation to wear jeans to work with all proceeds going to United Way.

The pie-in-the-face contest consisted of several managers and staff members volunteering to get hit with a pie. Plastic pumpkins were placed in the SSMH cafeteria where employees and volunteers could donate money. The person who had the most money in their pumpkin was the recipient of a pie in the face. CEO Kevin Clement was the lucky winner and on the last day of the contest, Nov. 13, was given his pie courtesy of Administrative Assistant Jan Hanson.

Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital Administrative Assistant Jan Hanson smashed a pie in SSMH CEO Kevin Clement’s (left) face after he was declared the winner in the United Way fundraiser at the hospital. Looking on are Alice Chism (center), medical staff services coordinator, and Karen Lee (right), quality department director.