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Hospitality Houses at MMC win 2016 Historic Preservation Award

Posted at 4:29 pm September 16, 2016
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Hospitality Houses

One of the Hospitality Houses is pictured above. (Submitted photo from March 2015)

 

The Hospitality Houses at Methodist Medical Center have won the 2016 Historic Preservation Award, the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association announced Friday.

The award is presented by the ORHPA each year on Oak Ridge’s birthday, September 19. That’s the day in 1942 that General Leslie Groves selected this area as the first site in support of the top-secret Manhattan Project, a federal program to build the world’s first atomic weapons during World War II.

The Hospitality Houses are managed by Kim Maes of Methodist Medical Center, a press release said. These houses are original Oak Ridge E-2 duplexes located at 210 and 216 West Tennessee Avenue. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Health, Top Stories Tagged With: absorption, historic preservation, historic preservation award, Hospitality House, Kim Maes, Leslie Groves, Manhattan Project, Methodist Medical Center, Methodist Medical CenterMethodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, MMC, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association

MMC: Renovations under way on third Hospitality House for visiting patients, families

Posted at 9:10 pm July 19, 2016
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To help the renovation efforts, employees from National Strategic Protective Services, or NSPS, have put in many hours of hard labor at Methodist Medical Center’s soon-to-be third Hospitality House. (Submitted photo)

To help the renovation efforts, employees from National Strategic Protective Services, or NSPS, have put in many hours of hard labor at Methodist Medical Center’s soon-to-be third Hospitality House. (Submitted photo)

 

The Methodist Medical Center Foundation and the Hospitality Houses are adding a third Hospitality House near Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.

The Hospitality Houses are located just minutes from MMC, and they primarily serve patients and families visiting for cancer care, wound care, intensive care, cardiac critical care, or certain short stays related to specific tests and procedures. There are no charges for guests staying at the Hospitality Houses. All costs are covered by charitable contributions raised through annual fundraising events and by food and related necessities donated by caring individuals, area churches, civic clubs, and businesses, a press release said.

Last year, 211 guests spent 1,787 nights in Methodist’s two existing Hospitality Houses. They came from 18 Tennessee counties and 14 different states. One guest with a family member in Intensive Care Unit came all the way from France, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Health, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: CALM House, cancer care, cardiac critical care, Covenant Health, Homer Fisher, Hospitality House, intensive care, Jeff Elliott, Ken Rueter, Manly House, Methodist Medical Center, Methodist Medical Center Foundation, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Mike Belbeck, MMC, patients, Pro2Serve, Steve Whitson, UT-Battelle, wound care

Methodist’s In It to Win It fundraiser earns more than $45,000 for Hospitality Houses

Posted at 11:55 am April 12, 2016
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Dr. Adam Shrewsberry- Junk in the Trunk Champ

Hospitality House Manager Kim Maes presents urologist Adam Shrewsberry, MD, with the “Junk in the Trunk” trophy after he won the special physician challenge, which required him to shake ping pong balls out of a tissue box attached to his waist. (Submitted photo)

 

Second annual fundraiser offered evening of fun and games

The Methodist Medical Center Foundation hosted its second annual “In It to Win It” fundraiser benefiting the Hospitality Houses on Saturday, April 2. Community members, hospital staff, and physicians turned out for the event, which gave guests the opportunity to compete in a series of 60-second party games. Cups, ping pong balls, and pencils were flying as game participants battled to be the first to complete the challenges.

The winners of the six preliminary games had the opportunity to compete for the grand prize: a two-night stay at the Riverside Tower hotel in Pigeon Forge and two tickets to Dollywood. The evening’s big winner was Joey Dembek.

Competing with Dembek for the grand prize were Susan Kuhling, Matt Meslsendori, and Jamie Lesko. These finalists put their hand-eye coordination to the test with the “Tilt-a-Cup” challenge, which required contestants to build a wobbling, hand-held tower of plastic cups separated by ping pong balls. Dembek completed the challenge first to earn the title of “In It to Win It” Champion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: "In It to Win It", Adam Shrewsberry, cancer patients, Hospitality House, Hospitality Houses, James Tramontana, Jamie Lesko, Joey Dembek, Lawrence Maccree, Matt Meslsendori, Methodist Medical Center, Methodist Medical Center Foundation, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Susan Kuhling, Vickie Martin

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