Cartersville Medical Center Volunteer Receives Humanitarian Award

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- The 2018 Frist Humanitarian Volunteer Award winner was announced at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon held last Friday at Cartersville Country Club. Created in 1971, the Frist Humanitarian Award honors outstanding individuals for their humanitarian and volunteer activities.

A volunteer at Cartersville Medical Center for over 20 years, Evelyn Mullreed was named the volunteer recipient of the 2018 Frist Humanitarian Volunteer Award.

Mullreed typically serves in the outpatient registration volunteer desk and in the gift shop. Described as extremely kind, caring and dedicated to serving patients and visitors at CMC, Mullreed has crocheted hundreds of beautiful baby caps and blankets for newborns at Cartersville Medical Center and frequently donates items to Hickory Log Vocational School and Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter. Additionally, she helps fellow volunteers by driving them to appointments and other necessary errands.

For more information about volunteer services or to apply to become a volunteer at Cartersville Medical Center, call 770.387.8172.

Cartersville Medical Center is a 119-bed acute care hospital, Chest Pain Center, Certified Primary Stroke Center, Level III Trauma Center, Certified Total Joint program and Gold Seal Inpatient Diabetes program accredited by the Joint Commission. The Breast Imaging Center of Excellence at The Women’s Center provides mammography services that are gold seal accredited by the American College of Radiology. The Hope Center, a regional, Commission on Cancer approved cancer treatment facility, is conveniently located on the hospital campus and provides over 4,000 treatments with over 300 new patients per year from a ten county region.

For more information about programs and services offered at Cartersville Medical Center or The Hope Center, call MedLine at (800) 242-5662 or visit www.cartersvillemedical.com.

Pictured, from left: Jan Wardell, president, CMC Auxiliary; Evelyn Mullreed, 2018 Frist Humanitarian Volunteer award recipient; and Chris Mosley, president/CEO, Cartersville Medical Center.