Shawnee hospital makes donation to BBBS
The Shawnee News-Star
As the area closes in on a year of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, local hospital employees have remained front-and-center, helping others who need it, though sometimes not in a way that is expected.
Through their casual Friday fundraiser, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee employees recently offered a donation to a local nonprofit something they do regularly.
The latest recipient of the hospital s ongoing fundraising effort was Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma.
Carla Tollett, public relations, communications and marketing consultant at the hospital, said every quarter the local hospital s staff raises money for different nonprofits in the area.
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The Shawnee News-Star
As many are struggling to outlast the negative impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Salvation Army continues to fight the good fight, helping those in need.
Salvation Army-Shawnee Capt. Patrick Connelly said 2020 s Red Kettle program that just wrapped up a few weeks ago yielded $71,234.17 just under last year s figures.
The Salvation Army in Shawnee has operated with budget deficits over the last several years, he said.
“The funds raised this season will enable us to continue the programs and services our community has come to expect,” Connelly said.
COVID-19 dominates year
The Shawnee News-Star
Reminiscing on the past 12 months, the most significant of events glaring back is clearly COVID-19 and how it has upended life as we know it.
Whether it s been health scares, shutdowns or mask mandates, the pandemic has forced everyone to reimagine how to function safely from a distance.
The year began as usual, with news of new business coming and a church marked its centennial.
January (Pre-COVID-19)
• A formal sentencing hearing took place for defendant Byron James Shepard, 38, of Okemah, convicted in the 2017 murder of Tecumseh Police Officer Justin Terney. On the felony count of murder in the first degree, the death sentence was issued to Shepard.
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