Elves of Aureus Medical Spread Holiday Cheer

 The elves of Aureus Medical were extremely busy this season, continuing the annual tradition of giving back to the community by helping children, families, and senior citizens throughout the Holidays. The Aureus Medical spirit was at its peak as teams and departments worked together to fulfill needs, instill hope, spread cheer, and lend a hand. The generosity of employees companywide – gifts, time, monetary contributions, and other efforts – was truly extraordinary.Read about what all was accomplished during AurElves 2011.

  • Rehab Therapy held a Christmas concert for the residents of Maple Crest Nursing Home on December 15th.  They also purchased gifts for 60 of their residents. They sang Christmas carols with Aaron Bressman accompanying on the piano. Aaron’s son also helped out by handing out the gifts. As one member of the team said, “It was a lot of fun and you could see the effect on the people’s faces.”
  •  Quality Assurance and Physicians donated and delivered items off The Stephen Center’s wish list.  The center was so grateful for the donations! They have posted pictures on their Facebook page. The Stephen Center partners with the community, families and individuals to overcome homelessness, addiction, and poverty.

    Dropping off diapers to the Lydia House.
  •  Medical Laboratory donated over 2,600 diapers to the Lydia House.
  •  Radiology delivered gifts to the Children’s Respite Care Center on December 19. After hearing that another organization had backed out of a contribution at the last minute, the division jumped into action. They contributed a $255 Visa gift card to help out with the annual holiday party and bought trays of Christmas treats for the staff.
  •  Cardiopulmonary/Allied Health Departmentsent 100 holiday cards to troops overseas through the American Red Cross’ Holiday Mail for Heroes. Cards are sent to Maryland where they are sorted and then sent on to troops. The division also adopted a family. They bought and delivered gifts, including a dinner from HyVee, to the dad, grandmother, and two daughters (ages 14 and 10). Each girl received nine gifts and the adults received several gifts as well. The family waited until Christmas day to open and enjoy the presents. 

    Delivering items to the Stephen Center
  • Medical Admin from both Nursing and Allied combined for several different causes. They adopted a family through the Angels Among Us program. This family has a 15-year-old son battling Ewings-Sarcoma (a form of bone cancer). They were able to get almost everything on the family’s wish list. Two members of the team delivered the gifts to the family at Children’s Hospital while they were there for treatment. The Medical Admin team also donated time at the Lydia House. Three truckloads of diapers had been donated and the team helped unload and sort the more than 600,000 diapers! They also toured part of the Open Door Mission and see behind the scenes. They would definitely like to help out there again next year!
  •  Nursing – Great Lakes Branch donated time at the Open Door Mission Timberlake Outreach Center on two different days. While there, they split into two groups, with one
    Helping out at the Salvation Army

    group helping unload and sort the donations as they came in and the second group putting the clothes on hangars and setting the items out on the center floor. In addition, the department donated toys.  The Timberlake Outreach Center has enabled families to remain in their own homes by supplementing their incomes through preventive measures, such as providing monthly assistance with food, clothing, household goods, furniture and appliances. The Center currently makes a positive difference in the lives of more than 7,500 individuals every month.

  •  Nursing – Midwest Branch adopted the family of an employee on their branch who had lost their home and clothes in a fire. Each employee donated money to help the family purchase basic necessities. The branch also made and served dinner at the Rainbow House on December 20.
  •  Nursing – East Branch devoted time to help the Salvation Army with Toyland, a program to assist qualified parents in selecting toys for their children for Christmas. The team split into two groups and served as personal shoppers for the parents, helping them pick out the perfect gift for each of their children.
  • Serving dinner for the Common Table Outreach Program.

    Nursing – California and Southwest Branches combined forces to provide Christmas dinner and act as hospitality volunteers for families through Common Table on December 19. They provided meals for over 125 people. As hospitality volunteers, they welcomed the guests and spent time talking with them during and after the meal. Common Table is an outreach program that supplies a meal for the impoverished and homeless people of Omaha. 

  •  Nursing – Mountain West and Central Branches joined together to sort, box and shelve food for the Food Bank for the Heartland. Each of the 15 people from the two branches donated 2.5 hours of their time. Erin Anderson, Central branch manager, said, “Everyone really enjoyed being able to give back.”
  • Various Medical (Nursing & Allied) employees stepped in to help when an email was received about a family in need. Five children had been removed from their mother’s care and placed with their 24-year old aunt. Social services informed the aunt that if she could not find appropriate sleeping arrangements for the kids they would be placed in separate foster homes. Employees started organizing how to get them bunk beds as well as donated toys, clothes, and gift cards for the family. The family wanted to pass along how extremely appreciative of everything they were.

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