PUTNAM — In celebration of National Healthcare Volunteer Week, Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH) recently honored its 130 adult volunteers, who donated more than 20,000 hours of service to the hospital and community.
“Our volunteers are an integral part of our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of our community by providing the best medical care,” said DKH President and CEO Anne Diamond.
During the program, 45 volunteers received awards for achieving service milestones ranging from 100 to 18,000 hours of service. The 18,000 hour achievement was celebrated by Roger Franklin, a resident of Putnam, who volunteers regularly in the DKH volunteer department as well as with DKH at Home’s Hospice and Palliative Care department, and serves as chair of the DKH Friends of Hospice Committee.
Additional honorees included Susan Prest who celebrated 10 years of service; Jane Boisse, Roger Franklin, Kathleen Gerardi, Susan Morissette and Michelle Coutu who celebrated 15 years of service; Fay Brumfield, Robert Picard and Alan Pratt who celebrated 20 years of service; and Nancy Gale and Shirley Houghton who celebrated 25 years of service.

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