Half of the 28 years that Beatriz Leon York has been with Mercy Care was as a volunteer, and the other half has been as a full-time employee. In 1991, after her mother’s diagnosis with breast cancer, Beatriz Leon York saw a need at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, which led her to volunteer at Mercy Care.…
Dr. Mark Holzberg volunteers his time at the dermatology clinic. Seven patients were treated for skin issues between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Aug. 28 during the first dermatology clinic day at Mercy Care at Gateway Center. The driving force behind the clinic, volunteer Mark Holzberg, MD, emailed afterward, “You have a great group…
Uncommonly known, Dr. Richard Hansen worked as a juvenile prison guard and lived in a group home for juvenile delinquents while in college, building relationships with this younger, in-need group and ultimately leading to a row of fourteen friends at his wedding. This indiscriminate, non-judgmental approach to service has clearly held up in the 25…
Amidst a broad range of experience in healthcare administration, Tom Andrews stumbled across a novel program in 1988. He had begun working at Saint Joseph’s hospital as an office admin and by fate his desk was next to Nancy Paris, the then-president of Mercy Care. She invited him to experience a new service that brought…
For Dora Llantop, service is about educating and empowering the patient. Formerly a dietician in Peru, Dora found a passion at Mercy Care in 1997 meeting one-on-one with Latina women to talk nutrition and holistic wellbeing. In her three years as a volunteer, this meant seeking patients out in salons, apartment complexes, and laundromats to…
