Extraordinary gift: Auxiliary presents $20,000 to Marshall Browning Hospital

Marshall Browning Hospital auxiliary members gathered in the hospital's conference room Friday afternoon to present the hospital with a gift of $20,000 to purchase bedside equipment for sleep study rooms and a traction unit for the rehab department. Project co-chairman Shirley Holmes is pictured presenting the check to hospital administrator Edwin Gast with co-chairman Sam Macaluso sitting nearby. Also in attendance was board president Dan Eaves (far left). In the past 18 years and hospital auxiliary's holiday capital campaign has raised over $350,000. Sitting (L to R): Sam Macaluso, Colleen Furry, Ed Gast and Shirley Holmes. Standing (L to R): Dan Eaves, Judy Opp, Verna Gartside, Shirley Weisel, Sarah Doerner, Ron Bookstaver, Irene Dixon, Jean Neff, Lois Morgenstern, Terry Lanum, Devin Leggans, Polly Leggans, Ruth Hawkins, Sis Eichhorn, Dorothy Jacoby, Norma Martin, Clara Jane Smith, Heather Richelman (Director of Rehab) and Lisa Smith (Director of Respiratory Therapy).