March 5, 2025 • 14 mins
On this episode of Carolina Conference Call, iHeart Radio Host Bill Ellis talks with Alicia Parsons with Prisma Health Children's Hospital. You'll learn more about this amazing Children's Hospital and some fundraising events on the calendar including the WSSL 100 Acoustic Jam on Wednesday Night, March 19th at The Foundry at Judson Mill! Get your tickets for this fun concert at www.wsslfm.com
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome to Carolina Conference Call. It's a public varis program
produced by iHeartRadio Greenville. I and Bill Ellis, and we're
getting together with our friend Alicia Parsons, who's the manager
community Partnerships and giving with Prison Health Upstate Foundation. Can
you fit all that on a business card?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
It's very small, but we make it work.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I met you. I guess my recollection. It's for the
first time. A few years ago when we here at
iHeart Greenville wanted to do something to support the Prison
Health Children's Hospital and that was for me and I
regret to say the first time in all the years
I've lived here that I actually took a tour of
this amazing hospital. And it was a real eye opener
because we were wondering, why do they need like a
(00:54):
radio thought, which is something we've been loved to do
and we're getting ready to do our third annual coming
up soon. But why do they And then I learned
that the whole idea of the Radiothon was to raise
funds to cover these projects that the workers, the people
who work inside the hospital, said, you know, if we
had this, this would make our care for the children
and their families a lot easier.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Absolutely, and you're not alone. There's so many people who
have grown up and lived in Greenville for decades. And
if you don't need the service of the children's hospital,
then you probably haven't been in it. You might you
might have been on the campus right because we have
green Bow Memorial there as well. But maybe you don't
know what all we do with the children's hospital.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It is so impressive and it gets better each and
every year, and a lot of it because of great
community support from good folks like you preps who are
listening right now. So let's start. First of all, let's
educate folks. Tell us just about Prismal Health Children's Hospital.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, so we are very fortunate to have the children's
hospital here in the Upstate. We have a level to
trauma center. We have a Level three nick you and
a Level three pick you and that's the only one
in the upstate. So kids across the entire upstate are
coming So Greenwood, Laurens, not just Greenville right Spartanburg, Cherokee,
they're coming here to receive their services. We also have
(02:10):
the only cancer center. And you know, you never want
to be the family that has to walk that journey
through pediatric oncology. But if you do, or if your
friends do, we're here. You don't have to go to MUSC,
you don't have to go to Atlanta, you don't have
to go to Duke or UNC. You're able to receive
as many services as you do here. So it's cited
(02:33):
that we have the opportunity to provide those high level,
elite care. But just in general, we have over five
hundred thousand kids come through annually in terms of appointments
that we have. So whether it's the er, whether it's
your well check, whatever, it is, half a million kiddos
in the Greenville Spartanburg of State area are being seen
(02:53):
by our clinicians.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I've lived here for a lot of kids. Yeah it is.
I've lived here thirty seven years, so I raised my
kids here in this town, and I've seen this town
grow by leaps and bounds and not I'm talking about Greenville,
but the entire metro area. So it is important that
we stay on scale, you know, with a children's hospital
with a growing number of families are moving this way
(03:15):
with children to make sure that the care equals or
is equal to the task at hand. And you certainly
are doing the hard work, but not without a lot
of great support from the community, which is why we
are here to talk about the purpose of philanthropy.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
So, as you said, many people like when you guys
came in for a tour, are from the same idea
of personal health. Is a very large health system. We
have a lot of hospitals. Why do we raise money?
What difference does that make? So for the children's hospital,
so we deliver through prismonal health eight thousand babies a year.
(03:49):
How many eight thousand?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Y'all are getting busy.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
We're getting busy. A good one one thousand of them
end up in our NICU. Oh wow, right, So these
families who have you know, either premies or they maybe
were born full term but are having other issues and
can't go home right away. So we're having the nick
you obviously is providing the highest level of care. We
(04:13):
have philanthropic dollars that provide a staff member, our family navigator,
as well as additional resources for these families. So when
they are discharged, they receive a car seat, they receive
information on safe sleep and a full packet on how
to make sure that if your little one is able
to go home but is still a little too small,
(04:35):
or a bascinet a little too small for your standard clothes.
You know, what do you do to make sure that
they're sleeping safely, making sure they bathe them Providing additional resources.
We have an entire family room outside the nick you
that was funded through philanthropy, so that you know, our
nicku's up on the fifth floor. Parents don't always want
to go down to the lobby to get something to
(04:57):
eat or to get coffee. So this has a television,
It has comfortable couches where they can rest, It has
a full kitchen so they can cook a meal, and
they are literally right outside the doors of the NQUEU.
And that's because of philanthropy. So, like what you said,
you realized during the tour is all those little extras.
Our entire childlife team are full time employees of the hospital.
(05:20):
But all the resources that they use, so the games,
the activities, everything they use to help show a child,
here's the medical procedure that you're going to get to
do on this baby doll right before you have it
on yourself. All of that is provided through community support,
whether it's in kind donations of supplies like glitter and
crayons and markers and fun board games, or whether it's
(05:42):
funds that are raised through things like we do you
guys through the radiothon and then our childlife team is
able to purchase that on.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Our next radiothon that we do with Prisonal Health Children's Hospital.
I encourage you to listen because it is is education
and it's fascinating to me because what I learned because
we talked to all all the different people who are
involved with it, whether it's a chaplain, whether it's a specialist,
whether it's an NP, all the people who work at
Prisonal Health Children's Hospital have an input on you know,
(06:11):
they listen. That's what I love it that the management
team at Prismon listens to the people and said who
work there and say what do you need? How can
you be better at what you do? What do we need?
And that's where the radiothon came from, is saying, guys,
this hour, we're gonna raise money for this particular need
and see that it's met. That to me is great
research because you know exactly what you want. You're not
(06:32):
just saying, hey we could really use a couple extra
bucks around here. You want it specifically for something that
you've already done done some study on. So the impact
of community support iscept is exceptionally valuable to you guys. Correct.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Absolutely, we would not be able to be who we
are without it. And that's why I love being able
to partner with the Children's Hospital. That's one of my
main roles with the foundation is fundraising for the Children's
Hospital and then working with the community to find ways
that they can make an impact. Exactly so to be
able to have high school students that say, you know what,
(07:09):
we really want to do a service project and we're
going to do an item drive and they show up
with a thousand packs of crayons.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That is tremendous and a huge help. And then we
have a company who says, you know what, our employee
giving campaign this year is going to support the Children's
Hospital and they show up with a check for ten
thousand dollars. Wonderfully impactful. Yes, So no matter how you
get involved, or the ways you get involved, or what
your level of involvement is, it makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
And if you if you say I'm sorry, I interrupted
now I was gonna say.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
And the best part is is while our clinical team
is so focused on the medical care, and they can
do that because they know that philanthropy and the community
has their back for all of the instrus that they
need to treat the whole family, not just the child
who's in the hospital.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Like I said, I've taken a tour of prison Mouth
Children's Hospital. I've seen firsthand of all the different upgrades
that they've done, not only for the children, but for
the families as well. You mentioned like on the fifth floor, neek.
You you may consider it a small thing, but if
you're a parent of a premie, you want to be
with that child as much as you can be. And
so all wed Tune is saying we're wrapping our arms
(08:16):
around the entire family and saying we know the child's
going to get the very best care with Prisonmouthed Children's Hospital,
We're also going to care for the family members too,
because it's a terrible time. I mean it's challenging enough
being the parent of two and the grandfather of three.
I know how nervous it is when that baby is born.
And even if it's born healthy, you still need guidance
(08:36):
and advice and counsel. And this is what you lend
when you say, when someone leaves after a child's born
at Prisonmouth Children's Hospital, they're given the tools, yes, to
make sure the child has cared for properly. I can
remember the first time my allest son Guy, he's in
his mid forties now, so I remember leaving the hospital
in nineteen eighty up in Charlotte, gone ugh, and they
(08:57):
pretty much sent you out, they said bye bye, see you.
But the care, yeah, the level of care is so
much greater. And it's because smart people that continually get
better at what they do. And again, all we're here
to do is say, look, Prisonal Health Children's Hospital is
your hospital. It's for our children and they deserve every
kind of support you can give it. Now, how can
people get involved? How can they engage with what you
(09:19):
guys are doing.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
So if you have some free time on your hands,
maybe you know your last kid's going off to college,
you get ready to retire, you are are new to
the area and want to learn more. We have an
amazing volunteer program within the children's hospital. So is you
volunteer for one three hour shift a week. Obviously some
steps to go through to be able to be a volunteer,
(09:41):
but very easy. You can find all of that on
our website, on the Children's hospital website. Just literally google
Prismal Children's Hospital Upstate volunteer and it will give you
the information. So those volunteers, you know, hand go room
to room and see, you know, if a kiddo wants
to have a game, if they want to come to
(10:02):
the playroom and have someone do an activity with them,
They check on the parents, they take snacks, just really
you know, hands on experience. We have a lot of
nursing students from Clemson, a lot of med students and
in our partnership with Furman and then obviously the University
of South Carolina School of medic in Greenville on our campus.
(10:22):
But we also have a good any of adult volunteers
and it's wonderful to see them get involved. So easiest
thing give of your time. I consider it the easiest. However,
I know people are busy and your time is precious. Also,
you can volunteer with the foundation, so if you say,
don't have a direct tie to the children's hospital, but
(10:44):
want to help make an impact. We also have volunteer
opportunities within our Cancer Institute and other areas through events
that we do, and then you can donate. You can
give through the week Care Radiothon event we have coming
up on May the fifteenth with iHeart Ingles. You can
go online and give it anytime during the year, but
(11:05):
that one day on May fifteenth is our Children's Hospital
Awareness Day, so promoting as much as we can and
raising as much money as we can.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
You mentioned it's going to be the fifteenth of May,
and it involves all the Iheartgreenville radio stations and thanks
to our signature partner on that ingles for their support
as well. But what you will learn on that day
is so much about this hospital that serves our children
and their families, and you'll learn why it is so
vital to donate your dollars. So now's the time to
maybe save up. And remember we're talking about our next
(11:35):
Whistle Wanter An Acoustic Jam, which is coming up the
nineteenth of March, and a portion of the proceeds are
going to benefit this fine organization, the Prison Health Children's Hospital.
So every time you can buy that ten dollars ticket, no,
a portion of those proceeds are going to benefit the
great work that goes on with you guys.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
And we'll be out there that night with you guys.
So if you're there for the concert and you want
to learn more about how to get involved, we'll be
there to help you. Look, we're forward to it.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
It's gonna be a great night. And thank you for
letting us show our support in that way as well.
Alicia Parsons, who's the manager of Community Partnerships and Giving
with Prisma Health Upstate Foundation, she said she gets all
that on one business card. I want to see it
before you leave here today. But what do you love
about your job and what's challenging about it?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Oh gosh, There's so many things that I love, But
I think probably the number one is being able to
work with a donor, whether it's an individual or you know,
in the community or a family, foundation or a business
and see their faces when they realize the impact that
their gift had. Yeah, And being able to walk them
through and let them meet the people who their gift helped. Yeah,
(12:38):
That's that's a feeling like no other. To help that
come to fruition.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Challenges. I mean, like you said, people in Greenville are
staying busy and kids are growing, so you know, we're
always fighting for more space or you know where there's
predictions and research out that you know in the next
I want to say, tend to fifteen years, we're going
to have a doctor shortage, so we're already in a
(13:04):
nursing shortage. So just making sure that we have the
quality clinicians to be able to provide the care to
the massive numbers of people in the Greenville area. That's
beyond pediatric, it's adult geriatrics. Ob g u I n
as I said, we deliver eight thousand babies, so you
know that service is provided for prenatal care for women's
health as well.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
So well, you approach your job passionately. That's one thing
I know and I appreciate so much about you because
you really do bring the message to Prismonal Health Children's
Hospital to the community, and the community is responding because
your message is well well said, and we're just so
grateful for people like you to keep our children's hospital
growing each and every year. And I'm going to remind
you of a couple of key dates again. March nineteenth,
(13:45):
the Foundry, Greenville. It's our whistle Wantabit Acoustic Jam got
a great line up there and apportion the proceeds will
benefit Prisonal Health Children's Hospital. You can get your tickets
at FOUNDRYGVL dot com f o U n d r
y gvl dot com. That's most direct way to buy
your tickets. But it's a fun night, it's an acoustical show,
and we're going to peel off a portion of the
proceeds to Prisonal Health Children's Hospital. Then we're going to
(14:07):
do that radio thon again for Prisonal Health Children's Hospital
on the fifteenth of May, and all of the iHeart
Greenville radio stations got a great staple of stations and personalities,
and we'll lend that entire day to making as much
of an impact on giving that day, and not only that,
but educating you folks about the great work that you
folks do. It's an auditor work with you guys really
is well.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
We could not do what we do without you guys.
So we're grateful to have Iheartened and Emil as partners
and just really woul be possible without you.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Thank you, Thank you for being on our show.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
This my pleasure. I appreciate
Welcome to Carolina Conference Call. It's a public varis program
produced by iHeartRadio Greenville. I and Bill Ellis, and we're
getting together with our friend Alicia Parsons, who's the manager
community Partnerships and giving with Prison Health Upstate Foundation. Can
you fit all that on a business card?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
It's very small, but we make it work.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I met you. I guess my recollection. It's for the
first time. A few years ago when we here at
iHeart Greenville wanted to do something to support the Prison
Health Children's Hospital and that was for me and I
regret to say the first time in all the years
I've lived here that I actually took a tour of
this amazing hospital. And it was a real eye opener
because we were wondering, why do they need like a
(00:54):
radio thought, which is something we've been loved to do
and we're getting ready to do our third annual coming
up soon. But why do they And then I learned
that the whole idea of the Radiothon was to raise
funds to cover these projects that the workers, the people
who work inside the hospital, said, you know, if we
had this, this would make our care for the children
and their families a lot easier.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Absolutely, and you're not alone. There's so many people who
have grown up and lived in Greenville for decades. And
if you don't need the service of the children's hospital,
then you probably haven't been in it. You might you
might have been on the campus right because we have
green Bow Memorial there as well. But maybe you don't
know what all we do with the children's hospital.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It is so impressive and it gets better each and
every year, and a lot of it because of great
community support from good folks like you preps who are
listening right now. So let's start. First of all, let's
educate folks. Tell us just about Prismal Health Children's Hospital.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, so we are very fortunate to have the children's
hospital here in the Upstate. We have a level to
trauma center. We have a Level three nick you and
a Level three pick you and that's the only one
in the upstate. So kids across the entire upstate are
coming So Greenwood, Laurens, not just Greenville right Spartanburg, Cherokee,
they're coming here to receive their services. We also have
(02:10):
the only cancer center. And you know, you never want
to be the family that has to walk that journey
through pediatric oncology. But if you do, or if your
friends do, we're here. You don't have to go to MUSC,
you don't have to go to Atlanta, you don't have
to go to Duke or UNC. You're able to receive
as many services as you do here. So it's cited
(02:33):
that we have the opportunity to provide those high level,
elite care. But just in general, we have over five
hundred thousand kids come through annually in terms of appointments
that we have. So whether it's the er, whether it's
your well check, whatever, it is, half a million kiddos
in the Greenville Spartanburg of State area are being seen
(02:53):
by our clinicians.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I've lived here for a lot of kids. Yeah it is.
I've lived here thirty seven years, so I raised my
kids here in this town, and I've seen this town
grow by leaps and bounds and not I'm talking about Greenville,
but the entire metro area. So it is important that
we stay on scale, you know, with a children's hospital
with a growing number of families are moving this way
(03:15):
with children to make sure that the care equals or
is equal to the task at hand. And you certainly
are doing the hard work, but not without a lot
of great support from the community, which is why we
are here to talk about the purpose of philanthropy.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
So, as you said, many people like when you guys
came in for a tour, are from the same idea
of personal health. Is a very large health system. We
have a lot of hospitals. Why do we raise money?
What difference does that make? So for the children's hospital,
so we deliver through prismonal health eight thousand babies a year.
(03:49):
How many eight thousand?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Y'all are getting busy.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
We're getting busy. A good one one thousand of them
end up in our NICU. Oh wow, right, So these
families who have you know, either premies or they maybe
were born full term but are having other issues and
can't go home right away. So we're having the nick
you obviously is providing the highest level of care. We
(04:13):
have philanthropic dollars that provide a staff member, our family navigator,
as well as additional resources for these families. So when
they are discharged, they receive a car seat, they receive
information on safe sleep and a full packet on how
to make sure that if your little one is able
to go home but is still a little too small,
(04:35):
or a bascinet a little too small for your standard clothes.
You know, what do you do to make sure that
they're sleeping safely, making sure they bathe them Providing additional resources.
We have an entire family room outside the nick you
that was funded through philanthropy, so that you know, our
nicku's up on the fifth floor. Parents don't always want
to go down to the lobby to get something to
(04:57):
eat or to get coffee. So this has a television,
It has comfortable couches where they can rest, It has
a full kitchen so they can cook a meal, and
they are literally right outside the doors of the NQUEU.
And that's because of philanthropy. So, like what you said,
you realized during the tour is all those little extras.
Our entire childlife team are full time employees of the hospital.
(05:20):
But all the resources that they use, so the games,
the activities, everything they use to help show a child,
here's the medical procedure that you're going to get to
do on this baby doll right before you have it
on yourself. All of that is provided through community support,
whether it's in kind donations of supplies like glitter and
crayons and markers and fun board games, or whether it's
(05:42):
funds that are raised through things like we do you
guys through the radiothon and then our childlife team is
able to purchase that on.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Our next radiothon that we do with Prisonal Health Children's Hospital.
I encourage you to listen because it is is education
and it's fascinating to me because what I learned because
we talked to all all the different people who are
involved with it, whether it's a chaplain, whether it's a specialist,
whether it's an NP, all the people who work at
Prisonal Health Children's Hospital have an input on you know,
(06:11):
they listen. That's what I love it that the management
team at Prismon listens to the people and said who
work there and say what do you need? How can
you be better at what you do? What do we need?
And that's where the radiothon came from, is saying, guys,
this hour, we're gonna raise money for this particular need
and see that it's met. That to me is great
research because you know exactly what you want. You're not
(06:32):
just saying, hey we could really use a couple extra
bucks around here. You want it specifically for something that
you've already done done some study on. So the impact
of community support iscept is exceptionally valuable to you guys. Correct.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Absolutely, we would not be able to be who we
are without it. And that's why I love being able
to partner with the Children's Hospital. That's one of my
main roles with the foundation is fundraising for the Children's
Hospital and then working with the community to find ways
that they can make an impact. Exactly so to be
able to have high school students that say, you know what,
(07:09):
we really want to do a service project and we're
going to do an item drive and they show up
with a thousand packs of crayons.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That is tremendous and a huge help. And then we
have a company who says, you know what, our employee
giving campaign this year is going to support the Children's
Hospital and they show up with a check for ten
thousand dollars. Wonderfully impactful. Yes, So no matter how you
get involved, or the ways you get involved, or what
your level of involvement is, it makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
And if you if you say I'm sorry, I interrupted
now I was gonna say.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
And the best part is is while our clinical team
is so focused on the medical care, and they can
do that because they know that philanthropy and the community
has their back for all of the instrus that they
need to treat the whole family, not just the child
who's in the hospital.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Like I said, I've taken a tour of prison Mouth
Children's Hospital. I've seen firsthand of all the different upgrades
that they've done, not only for the children, but for
the families as well. You mentioned like on the fifth floor, neek.
You you may consider it a small thing, but if
you're a parent of a premie, you want to be
with that child as much as you can be. And
so all wed Tune is saying we're wrapping our arms
(08:16):
around the entire family and saying we know the child's
going to get the very best care with Prisonmouthed Children's Hospital,
We're also going to care for the family members too,
because it's a terrible time. I mean it's challenging enough
being the parent of two and the grandfather of three.
I know how nervous it is when that baby is born.
And even if it's born healthy, you still need guidance
(08:36):
and advice and counsel. And this is what you lend
when you say, when someone leaves after a child's born
at Prisonmouth Children's Hospital, they're given the tools, yes, to
make sure the child has cared for properly. I can
remember the first time my allest son Guy, he's in
his mid forties now, so I remember leaving the hospital
in nineteen eighty up in Charlotte, gone ugh, and they
(08:57):
pretty much sent you out, they said bye bye, see you.
But the care, yeah, the level of care is so
much greater. And it's because smart people that continually get
better at what they do. And again, all we're here
to do is say, look, Prisonal Health Children's Hospital is
your hospital. It's for our children and they deserve every
kind of support you can give it. Now, how can
people get involved? How can they engage with what you
(09:19):
guys are doing.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
So if you have some free time on your hands,
maybe you know your last kid's going off to college,
you get ready to retire, you are are new to
the area and want to learn more. We have an
amazing volunteer program within the children's hospital. So is you
volunteer for one three hour shift a week. Obviously some
steps to go through to be able to be a volunteer,
(09:41):
but very easy. You can find all of that on
our website, on the Children's hospital website. Just literally google
Prismal Children's Hospital Upstate volunteer and it will give you
the information. So those volunteers, you know, hand go room
to room and see, you know, if a kiddo wants
to have a game, if they want to come to
(10:02):
the playroom and have someone do an activity with them,
They check on the parents, they take snacks, just really
you know, hands on experience. We have a lot of
nursing students from Clemson, a lot of med students and
in our partnership with Furman and then obviously the University
of South Carolina School of medic in Greenville on our campus.
(10:22):
But we also have a good any of adult volunteers
and it's wonderful to see them get involved. So easiest
thing give of your time. I consider it the easiest. However,
I know people are busy and your time is precious. Also,
you can volunteer with the foundation, so if you say,
don't have a direct tie to the children's hospital, but
(10:44):
want to help make an impact. We also have volunteer
opportunities within our Cancer Institute and other areas through events
that we do, and then you can donate. You can
give through the week Care Radiothon event we have coming
up on May the fifteenth with iHeart Ingles. You can
go online and give it anytime during the year, but
(11:05):
that one day on May fifteenth is our Children's Hospital
Awareness Day, so promoting as much as we can and
raising as much money as we can.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
You mentioned it's going to be the fifteenth of May,
and it involves all the Iheartgreenville radio stations and thanks
to our signature partner on that ingles for their support
as well. But what you will learn on that day
is so much about this hospital that serves our children
and their families, and you'll learn why it is so
vital to donate your dollars. So now's the time to
maybe save up. And remember we're talking about our next
(11:35):
Whistle Wanter An Acoustic Jam, which is coming up the
nineteenth of March, and a portion of the proceeds are
going to benefit this fine organization, the Prison Health Children's Hospital.
So every time you can buy that ten dollars ticket, no,
a portion of those proceeds are going to benefit the
great work that goes on with you guys.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
And we'll be out there that night with you guys.
So if you're there for the concert and you want
to learn more about how to get involved, we'll be
there to help you. Look, we're forward to it.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
It's gonna be a great night. And thank you for
letting us show our support in that way as well.
Alicia Parsons, who's the manager of Community Partnerships and Giving
with Prisma Health Upstate Foundation, she said she gets all
that on one business card. I want to see it
before you leave here today. But what do you love
about your job and what's challenging about it?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Oh gosh, There's so many things that I love, But
I think probably the number one is being able to
work with a donor, whether it's an individual or you know,
in the community or a family, foundation or a business
and see their faces when they realize the impact that
their gift had. Yeah, And being able to walk them
through and let them meet the people who their gift helped. Yeah,
(12:38):
That's that's a feeling like no other. To help that
come to fruition.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Challenges. I mean, like you said, people in Greenville are
staying busy and kids are growing, so you know, we're
always fighting for more space or you know where there's
predictions and research out that you know in the next
I want to say, tend to fifteen years, we're going
to have a doctor shortage, so we're already in a
(13:04):
nursing shortage. So just making sure that we have the
quality clinicians to be able to provide the care to
the massive numbers of people in the Greenville area. That's
beyond pediatric, it's adult geriatrics. Ob g u I n
as I said, we deliver eight thousand babies, so you
know that service is provided for prenatal care for women's
health as well.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
So well, you approach your job passionately. That's one thing
I know and I appreciate so much about you because
you really do bring the message to Prismonal Health Children's
Hospital to the community, and the community is responding because
your message is well well said, and we're just so
grateful for people like you to keep our children's hospital
growing each and every year. And I'm going to remind
you of a couple of key dates again. March nineteenth,
(13:45):
the Foundry, Greenville. It's our whistle Wantabit Acoustic Jam got
a great line up there and apportion the proceeds will
benefit Prisonal Health Children's Hospital. You can get your tickets
at FOUNDRYGVL dot com f o U n d r
y gvl dot com. That's most direct way to buy
your tickets. But it's a fun night, it's an acoustical show,
and we're going to peel off a portion of the
proceeds to Prisonal Health Children's Hospital. Then we're going to
(14:07):
do that radio thon again for Prisonal Health Children's Hospital
on the fifteenth of May, and all of the iHeart
Greenville radio stations got a great staple of stations and personalities,
and we'll lend that entire day to making as much
of an impact on giving that day, and not only that,
but educating you folks about the great work that you
folks do. It's an auditor work with you guys really
is well.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
We could not do what we do without you guys.
So we're grateful to have Iheartened and Emil as partners
and just really woul be possible without you.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Thank you, Thank you for being on our show.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
This my pleasure. I appreciate
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