Congratulations to our seven December Constellation Award recipients, Amanda Charnov, Rebecca McIntosh, Kristine Flais, Bryan Ackerson, Margaret Hurley, Katelyn Utz, and Elise Hickernell!
The Constellation Award recognizes strong teams that come together to serve patients and each other. They demonstrate a calling to care, live the organization’s values, and show exceptional performance as defined by Kettering Health’s Standards of Behavior.
Continue reading to see why Amanda, Rebecca, Kristine, Bryan, Margaret, Katelyn, and Elise received this award.
Kristine Flais, Bryan Ackerson, Margaret Hurley, Katelyn Utz, Elise Hickernell – Kettering Health Main Campus
“These teammates worked together across eight outpatient therapy sites to collect food for the Kettering City Schools backpack program. These individuals were responsible for the barrels at their sites, bringing all of the donated items to one location, and then volunteered their time after work on a Friday to work with Kettering City Schools to organize and pack food for those who suffer from food insecurity in our local schools. Our campaign was wildly successful because of these individuals. It is important to show our commitment to the community we serve. Headed up by Kristine Flais, this team worked together to collect an incredible amount of food to donate to Kettering City Schools. Not only did they give by donating food but also gave their time to serve after work hours – stuffing lunch bags to make sure the children in our community have enough to eat.”
Amanda Charnov and Rebecca McIntosh – Kettering Network Services
“On October 10, a normally very punctual employee did not show up for her shift in the PBX department. Rebecca Mcintosh, a fellow PBX operator, noticed her absence and that there were not any notices about her not coming in or being late for work. She knew that employee had recently not been feeling well and immediately felt concerned something was wrong. Our manager was out of the office that day, so Rebecca called her cellphone to explain that the employee had not shown up for her shift and discussed with her how she had recently been ill. Our manager, Amanda Charnov, tried multiple times to get in touch with the employee, but her cellphone was going straight to voicemail and seemed to be turned off or not charged. Amanda, knowing that this was very uncharacteristic of the employee and that she lived alone, asked for the police department to do a welfare check. They found the employee in her home, very ill and unable to get herself help. They took the employee to the emergency room, where she was in the ICU and remained in the hospital for weeks. If not for the consideration and care of these two Kettering Health employees of their employee/co-worker, there is no way to know how things might have ended. We, in the PBX department, believe they most definitely saved her life.”