East Cooper Medical Center Volunteers to Donate $10,000 to Local Charities
January 11, 2011
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC – January 11, 2010 – On Friday, January 28 at 10:00 a.m. in the first floor classroom of East Cooper Medical Center, the Volunteer Services Organization at East Cooper Medical Center (VSO) will present $1,000 checks to the following charities for a total of $10,000.
The local organizations that will be benefit and be present to accept their donation are:
- Crisis Ministries
- Christian Medical Clinic at St. Andrews Episcopal Church
- My Sisters House
- East Cooper Community Outreach
- Darkness to Light
- Windwood Farm Home for Children
- Lowcountry Orphan Relief
- Meals on Wheels
- Eagle Harbor Home for Boys
- Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy
The members of the VSO voted at their annual banquet to donate this money to these deserving organizations. Each of the organizations below will be present for the formal presentation. The VSO is a non-profit organization with 121 members. The Gift Shop at the hospital is completely run by the VSO and all money made from the sale of items in the gift shop goes to fund scholarships for students going into the medical field, fund medications for patients in needs and to deserving charities.
About East Cooper Medical Center
East Cooper Medical Center, part of Tenet South Carolina, is a 130-bed acute care hospital located at 2000 Hospital Drive in Mount Pleasant. Previously located at 1200 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, East Cooper Medical Center has been providing healthcare to the East Cooper community since 1986. We provide a number of services including 24-hour emergency care, women’s and children’s services, diagnostic imaging and interventional services, orthopedics, sports medicine, pain care, adult and pediatric rehabilitation services, wound care services and surgical care, including nationally recognized spine surgery and breast reconstruction surgery. East Cooper Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. To learn more, visit www.eastcoopermedctr.com
