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The Memorial Hospital and Manor Foundation was organized in 1989 with 14 members, as well as the Chairman of the Hospital Authority and the Chief of Staff serving as ex-officio members. The Memorial Hospital and Manor Foundation has donated over $1.3 million to the hospital for equipment purchases and other capital improvements.
The Memorial Hospital and Manor Foundation will host two community-wide fundraising events on Saturday, April 14, 2012. The first event is Bainbridge's First Half-Marathon, which will bring local and regional runners, as well as walkers, to Bainbridge. The second event that evening is "A Night at the Races," a Kentucky Derby themed event, which will be held at the Kirbo Center at Bainbridge College. "Derby Night" will feature actual video horse races with "funny money" bidding, heavy hors d'oerves, a silent auction, and a Ladies Hat Contest. Tickets for "Derby Night" are $50/person and may be purchased from Carole Clenney at Memorial Hospital and Manor. Proceeds from the Half-Marathon and Derby Night will be used to expand the hospital's Digital Mammography Suite and to purchase needed equipment such as an Achilles Bone Ultrasonometer. Click here for more information about the Bainbridge Half-Marathon and Derby Night.
Tax deductible donations may be made to:
Memorial Hospital and Manor Foundation, Inc.
1500 E. Shotwell Street
Bainbridge, Georgia 39819
Click here to make donations online.
First Annual Derby Night Was A Hit
“The Memorial Hospital Foundation’s First Annual Derby Night was a big hit for its patrons and the Foundation,” said Foundation Chair Vicki Bailey. After expenses were paid for the April 14th event, the Foundation realized a net profit of more than $30,000, which will be used for expansion of the digital mammography suite at the hospital and for capital equipment purchases.
Contributions for the Foundation were made through Derby ticket purchases and through silent auction and live auction items. All proceeds from the auction and ticket sales will fund the expansion of the hospital’s mammography suite to make room for a new digital mammography unit. Proceeds for the Derby will also be used for the purchase of an Achilles Bone Ultrasonometer for osteoporosis screenings at health fairs.
Hospital Authority Chairman Charles Tyson served as auctioneer for a spirited live auction. Live auction items included a handcrafted 5-piece bedroom furniture set donated by Chip Hall and HCW Incorporated; a sapphire and diamond bracelet, 18 karat white gold antique reproduction, set with 1 carat total diamond weight and 3.20 carats total genuine sapphire weight, donated by Godwin Jewelers; a one week Smoky Mountain vacation in a 5-bedroom, 3-bath house nestled in the mountains of the Green River Gorge in Saluda, North Carolina, compliments of Ken and Vicki Bailey; a gourmet roasted duck dinner for ten at Brentwood Plantation, compliments of Crave (Lori Shiver) and Brentwood Plantation.
(Woody and Cile Warr); a half-day quail hunt at SouthWind Plantation for 4 people, with Breakfast and Lunch, compliments of Tim and Carla Smith; a half-day Deep Sea Fishing Trip out of Mexico Beach, Florida, for 4 to 5 guests, donated by Zach Childs of 98 Real Estate Group and Steve Newman of Big Fish Construction, Mexico Beach, Florida.
Almost 50 silent auction items for everything from art to antiques, portraits to parties, facials to food, and hunting trips and home décor also received generous donations to benefit the Memorial Hospital and Manor Foundation.
In addition to betting on video horse races with “funny money,” Derby patrons also enjoyed a ladies hat contest. Winners of the hat contest were Diana Kirbo, Melanie Posey, and Beverly Shirley. Joellyn Lott was the winner of an IPad donated by Todd and Erica Martin, State Farm Insurance.
The Memorial Hospital Foundation sponsored a Gala for twenty years, which raised over $900,000 for the Foundation to fund special equipment purchases for the hospital. Plans are already being made for next year’s Derby Night to be bigger and better.
