HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 20, 2002 D-03cCITY OF LORI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Presentation regarding Lodi Memorial Hospital's 50th Anniversary (CM)
MEETING DATE: February 20, 2002
PREPARED BY: Community Promotions Coordinator
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: A gala event to celebrate Lodi Memorial Hospital's 50th birthday and
its founders and supporters will take place at Hutchins Street Square
on Friday, April 5, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. The hospital is proud to have
provided medical care and services as one of Lodi's major employers
for more than 50 years.
Community members founded Lodi Memorial Hospital Association, a private, non-profit corporation, in
1945 to raise funds for and build Lodi Memorial Hospital. Membership is open to anyone, anywhere, for a
one-time lifetime fee of $100. Membership currently totals about 800 individuals. Members vote annually
on who they wish to have represent them on the hospital board of directors. The board then provides
direction to the hospital staff. As an independent, not for profit hospital, Lodi Memorial Hospital is able to
reinvest its profits in this community by bringing increasingly sophisticated medical equipment, technology,
and services to residents, and to increase staff and staff salaries in their provision of medical care.
The 50th Anniversary will also be celebrated by the Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation this year at their
annual "Walk For The Health Of It" event in May, and the "Summer Fest" event in July.
FUNDING: None.
Cy th L. Haynes
Communitv Promotions Coordinator
CLH