The Annual Meeting of the Winona Health Auxiliary was held on Thursday, January 21,
at Westfield Golf Club. Officers were elected, service chairs and co-chairs were appointed and service awards were presented to 84 individuals who had achieved service hours recognition levels.

Volunteers were recognized for providing 31,949 hours of service to Winona Health this past year. Using the current U.S. average hourly value for volunteer time, that amounts to a gift equivalent to $646,967.25 in service time to Winona Health.

Grace Welle, Auxiliary president, presented Rachelle Schultz, Winona Health president/CEO, with a check for $45,000. This gift will be used for Telehealth - the use of technology for in-home management of chronic illnesses, and for various enhancements to Winona Health's Senior Services. An additional $20,000 previously was awarded for healthcare scholarships and $2,839 was given to benefit Winona Health's Watkins Manor, Lake Winona Manor and Adith Miller and Roger Metz Manors. Thus, the grand total for Auxiliary gifts in 2009 was $67,839.

Auxiliary officers elected for 2010 are:

President, Julieanne Schwemer
President-Elect, Pat Nolan
Vice President, Nancy Enochs
Secretary, Sheila Lind
Treasurer, Candi Kohner
Assistant Treasurer, Carol Partington
Past President, Grace Welle
WH Board Representative, Kim Schwab

Photo: Newly elected officers. Sitting (left to right) Nancy Enochs, Vice-President; Pat Nolan, President-Elect; Julieanne Schwemer, 2010 President; Grace Welle, Outgoing President. Standing (left to right) Sheila Lind, Secretary; Kim Schwab, WH Board Representative; Candi Kohner, Treasurer; Carol Partingon, Assistant Treasurer.

Click here for a list of Volunteer Hour Awards given out at the Auxiliary Annual Meeting. Hour awards are given on an accumulative basis at various hour increments.