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LEWISTON — Members of the United Methodist Church of Auburn recently visited Central Maine Healthcare team members to show appreciation for their work throughout the pandemic and talk to them about the vaccine fundraising effort they helped inspire.
For their Lenten Offering project, the church’s mission committee decided to honor area healthcare workers by supporting Love Beyond Borders — an interfaith movement supported by UNICEF — to end the pandemic. The campaign raises funds for the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
Members of the church met with Central Maine Healthcare team members who have worked on the front lines during the pandemic, led the health system’s COVID-19 response and been instrumental to its efforts to protect communities through vaccination. The visitors to Central Maine Medical Center included two church members, who volunteer at Central Maine Healthcare’s vaccination site at the Auburn Mall, and two members who retired from the hospital.
Central Maine Healthcare has administered more than 98,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in its communities. Its site at the Auburn Mall, the longest continuously operating site in Maine, has administered more than 65,000 doses since March 17, 2021.
TOP PHOTO: In front, from left, Occupational Health and Wellness Director Deb Kiker; Lucien Mathieu; Marj Patrick; the Rev. Stephen Bascom; Janet Irish; Senior Director of Acute Care Nursing Services Robin Nievaard; Marcia Akers retired. In back, Vice President of Nursing and Patient Care Services Kris Chaisson; Chief of Critical Care Dr. Al Teng, and Pat Titus.
BOTTOM PHOTO: CMMC team members past and present, from left, Pat Titus, retired in the mid-1990s; Marcia Akers, retired in 2004; Nurse Leader Alison Dehetre; Nurse Team Leader Kim Rundstrom and Occupational Health and Wellness Director Deb Kiker. (Submitted photos)
