Circle 100 Donates New Bus To Billings Clinic Broadwater
Author: MT 43 News Staff Reporter
Circle 100 Donates New Bus to Billings Clinic Broadwater
MT 43 News Staff Reporter
At their annual fall gathering on Friday, Circle 100 members and long-term care residents gathered in the dining room of Billings Clinic Broadwater to celebrate their new bus. According to hospital CEO Justin Tiffany, the newly renovated 16-passenger bus has a lift for loading residents in their wheelchairs. The bus, purchased from Big Horn County, cost $7,500 plus some renovation, he said. He thanked the group for raising funds to pay for the important transportation. Residents rely on the bus to transport them to doctors’ appointments and for shopping.
Sherry Scoffield explained the history of Circle 100 to the twenty people who attended the reception. She said the charitable group formed when the hospital and nursing home shut down in 2012. “My mother was in the nursing home when it was closed. She had to be moved to another facility. She passed away shortly after the move. It is a cause close to my heart because of my own family’s loss during that time,”
Another former Townsend resident, Charleen Adams Haines suggested to Sherry to start the Circle 100 as her community in Enterprise, Oregon had raised money that way. “So we started with no money but lots of love,” Sherry laughed.
Tiffany enumerated other needs the hospital needs such as new tables for the dining room, a dishwasher and new patio furniture. “What we need most though is volunteers to help with long-term residents’ entertainment and care,” he said.
Circle 100 meets once a year after soliciting $100 each from its members. The chairwomen emphasized the group operates without meetings or activities.
The hospital currently has 11 residents in its long-term care unit, Tiffany said.
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PhotoCredit: Image 1: Shienne Spatzierath, Billings Clinic Materials Manager; Image 2 Nancy Marks MT43News photographer
Image 1 Caption: Long Term Residents and Circle 100 guests show off the new bus. Backrow left: Gary Olson, Carol McGuire, Ann Rauser, Sherry Scoffield, Helen Turcotte, Judy Gillespie, Dolly McMaster, Sharon Potenza, Debbie Clark and Trish Dana. Front Row left: Residents Lois, Marrian, Donna, Sharron, Omer and Margaret along with Richard Majszak, driver.
Photo Credits: Shienne Spatzierath, Billings Clinic Materials Manager
Image 2 Caption: Co-chairwomen gathered at Billings Clinic Broadwater lunchroom Friday to enjoy treats with residents. Left to right: Sharon Potenza, Sherry Scoffield, Helen Turcotte and Judy Gillespie
Nancy Marks, MT43 News Photographer
