DKH pg 3 3-22-12
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DKH board
raises $4,000+
PUTNAM — The Woman’s Board of Day Kimball Hospital recently held their annual Valentine Tea event, raising more than $4,000 for the board’s philanthropic endeavors.
The annual Valentine Tea event celebrates the life of Moses Day Kimball, the person for whom Day Kimball Hospital was named. In the late 1800s, Mrs. Susan Kimball donated $5,000 toward the construction of the new hospital, with the condition that the institution be named after her son Moses Day, who died in his early 20s.
The Day Kimball Hospital Woman’s Board has been a volunteer fund-raising group for Day Kimball Hospital for 117 years. In 2009 they committed to a five-year pledge to raise $217,000 towards the purchase of state-of-the-art patient monitoring equipment for the ER. In January the board joined other northeast Connecticut leadership organizations by gifting Day Kimball $75,000 toward the “Care in a Heartbeat” Capital Campaign to rebuild the hospital’s emergency department. The board will hold a Dinner/Dance April 27, the Ladies Night Out Fashion Show May 10 and a theater reception and show Aug. 3.