Dorothy B. “Dot” Reich Receives Foundation Humanitarian Award Humanitarian Award recipient, is joined by Chairman In 1980, Dot began serving as a trustee of the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation. Her leadership and her proficiency at “making the ask” led her to become the first woman to chair the Foundation Board. As she has said, “Asking for gifts to the hospital is exciting. It’s an opportunity to bring in a community member to care for and become interested in Hamilton. We can never forget who we’re doing it for. My hope is that Hamilton never loses its friendliness and love of and care for those it serves.” In 1997, Dot was named a Life Associate of the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation. The Life Associate designation is reserved for those who have demonstrated support in the most prominent way for the advancement of the Foundation, and whose level of support has led to the success of the Foundation. This honor quite appropriately marks Dot’s more than four decades of leadership, wisdom, and personal involvement with Hamilton Health Care System. On May 10, 2016, the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation honored Mrs. James R. Reich, known to all as “Dot,” with its prestigious Humanitarian Award. Presented in alternating years since its inception in 1986, the award recognizes the achievements of someone who gives selflessly of time and resources to serve others. This award quite simply recognizes the very best among us. Over the past quarter century, only 17 individuals have received this iconic recognition. As a group, they are generous and selfless – people who have committed freely of their time, talents, and resources to enhance the quality of our healthcare system and strengthen the fiber of our community. In presenting the award, Scott Sellers, Foundation Chairman, said, “Dot Reich is a person with a true concern for the quality of health and betterment of life for citizens in the community – one whose untiring efforts help to bring about improvements in community health services and programs.” At a dinner honoring the Westcott Fellowship, major contributors to the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation, Dot was recognized for a lifetime of volunteer service to the mission of Hamilton Health Care System as well as other community causes. It has been said, “Whatever is good in Dalton, her shoulder has been to the wheel at one time or another.” Becoming a member of the Dalton community in 1962, Dot arrived wanting to make a difference. So began her 35-year journey with Hamilton Medical Center. As a Red Cross Volunteer, she quickly earned a reputation as a dependable individual who delivered when leaders “wanted it done right,” and was one of the first volunteers in the hospital’s coronary care unit when it opened in 1967. Dot Reich, 2016 Whitfield Healthcare Foundation Scott Sellers, who presented the award. Chairman of the Hamilton Health Care System Board of Trustees, Lamar Lyle states, “Dot has been a hands-on Hamilton supporter who has always led by example. Her support has not just been as a volunteer, Foundation trustee, and board member, but as a true fan of our health care system. Her enthusiasm and devotion to Hamilton’s mission and capabilities has and will continue to attract generous community support.” Dot joins past Humanitarian Award recipients Arthur B. E. Lauman (1986), Jackson P. Turner (1988), James E. Brown (1990), Norman D. Burkett (1992), Mrs. Walter M. (Fannie B.) Jones (1994), David D. Hamilton (1996), Dr. Paul L. Bradley (1998), Dr. Murray B. Lumpkin (2000), G. Lamar Lyle (2002), Carl L. Griggs, Sr. (2004), James M. Boring, Jr. and Kenneth E. Boring (2006), B. Jackson Bandy (2008), Charles Hendry (2010), Robert E. Shaw (2012) and Robert M. Chandler (2014).
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