The new gift shop in the Women’s Center at Graham Regional Medical Center is no ordinary store.
This GRMC Auxiliary Gift Shop is manned entirely by volunteers from buyers to salespeople. And many of the caring volunteers have a vested interest in the needs of new mothers or cancer patients, the two main focuses of the gift shop.
Kandy Maberry, the gift shop chairman, has seen what patients and their families go through. Her sister fought breast cancer at the age of 25, and her father died of colon cancer. One of her goals as shop buyer is for women with cancer to have resources available here so that they don’t have to travel to Wichita Falls or Fort Worth. But the gift shop is not limited to cancer support items.
“We accommodate and focus on women’s needs — a new mother, a newborn gift or a cancer-related product,” said Maberry. Read more...
Next time you’re in the area, stop by the Hospital Auxiliary gift shop inside Kitimat General.
Inside the shop on this quiet afternoon, auxiliary vice-president Fernanda Matos sits at the counter in front of a line of chocolate bars, gum, and a coffee maker.
Her view is of a collection of accessories and clothing - plenty of them handmade in the community.
It may be a modest sized store, but the results are big - the auxiliary so far this year has raised $35,000 to be used for hospital improvements and projects. Read more...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Simply Retail Inc., the nations leader in customized healthcare retail systems, is pleased to announce the opening of two new retail locations at Bellin Health in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Both stores are located in the Bellin Health Family Medical Center-Ashwaubenon. A "Grand Opening" is scheduled for Nov. 17 to celebrate boh new locations. Read more...
Weston, WI -- The gift shop at Saint Clare's Hospital is putting some fun in the fight against breast cancer.
The store has started selling T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, bumper stickers and other items bearing the words "save the ta-tas," a slang word for breasts. Five percent of sales go to The Save the Ta-tas Foundation for breast cancer research, according to the foundation's Web site. So far, the foundation has raised about $200,000.
"We can't keep them in stock," said Lori LaPorte, manager of Gifts from Saint Clare. "Our staff has really been buying it." Read more...
Michigan — There are several ways products sold at the new Allegiance Wellness Marketplace are designed to make customers feel good.
The aromatherapy pillow cushions, bath salts and soy candles add comfort to life.
Many are organic and earth-friendly. For instance, the boxes in which Pangea cosmetics are packaged can be soaked in water for an hour, planted an inch deep in soil and they will sprout herbs contained in the product. Read more...
Norwalk Hospital's new Health Emporium goes beyond the usual hospital gift shop fare like greeting cards, candy and magazines.
The 1,800-square-foot facility stocks products such as compression stockings, spine supports, canes and walkers and chemotherapy items such as turbans. Its grand opening is scheduled today at 11 a.m. Read more...
Darlington — Brenda Robinson is a woman who turned a rough time in her life into something productive with the success of her business, New Creations.
"New Creations was inspired by my mother, Thomasina Wearing, who died three years ago," Robinson said. "She was sick and spent a lot of time in the hospital and when people would come to visit, there wasn't a place in the hospital for them to stop and get her something." Read more...
Rogers - Thanks to the enterprising effort and philanthropic spirit of a group of local college students, Mercy Medical Center will employ some of the latest retail technology at its volunteer-operated gift shop.
Three computer-science students at the University of Arkansas have custom-built a software program enabling Mercy to utilize Radio Frequency Identification in its gift shop, according to a news release from Mercy on Friday. Read more...
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