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Welcome to today's Let's Saw Newton. I'm Randy Van. Today we're joined by Mercy
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One Newton Foundation and Mission Manager Chloe Jenkins and we're going to be
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talking about it upcoming fundraiser to an annual event. It's called the
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Gala and Chloe thanks for spending time with us and talk a little bit about
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just what's involved with this event. Yeah yeah thanks for having me. The Mercy One
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Newton Gala this will be the 14th annual Gala that we've had here at Mercy One
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Newton is going to be held at the DMAT conference center here at Newton
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as well. The evening involves a bunch of different things so this fundraiser is
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co-sponsored by the Mercy One Newton Agvilarie and the Mercy One Newton
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Foundation. During this event we'll feature a social hour, a desert auction,
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dinner, and silent in live auctions. The Gala reaches maximum capacity I would say
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about 250 to 275 people. Wow. Business leaders, community members,
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employees from the hospital, providers from the hospital. So it's a very wide
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range of different people who do come to the event coming together to support
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Mercy One Newton which is great. And the proceeds from this go to a very worthy
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cause renovation of the emergency room department at the hospital. Talk a
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little bit about what that entails. Yeah yeah so all funds raised from the
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event will go to our emergency department project capital campaign.
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We've been doing this for a little over two years now raising money for the
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event. So everything that gets donated from our
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live or silent or desert auctions, ticket purchases,
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sponsorships, all of that will be going back to the emergency department.
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And have you started renovations yet or is that still in the work,
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still raising money before you start? We have not started
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the renovation yet. We are set to hopefully start construction
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mid-April. Oh that would be nice. And of course having a local emergency room here in
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Newton is just such a big big benefit to residents because you know the
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closest one would probably be you know about 40 minutes away.
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Yes yes absolutely. It's definitely a very
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vital emergency department to have for all of our Jasper County residents.
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Now if someone would like to get tickets to the gala, how do they do that?
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Are they still available? Yes. Yes they are still available. You can purchase tickets
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on our online link at Facebook and then you have also the link that
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has the link that you can go to as well that you can purchase tickets.
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We also have available if you do not want to use a credit card
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or any sort of card. You can also come to our gift shop here at the hospital
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and you can purchase tickets via check or cash.
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Tickets are $60 per person. And is there a cutoff timeline?
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April 17th is the cutoff timeline. Oh so that's that's a little ways away then.
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Plenty of time to help out. Yeah you mentioned the
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yeah you mentioned the hospitals gift shop. They got quite a
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array of stuff in there as well. So why doesn't check that out? Yes.
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Yes the gift shop is was our first phase actually in our emergency department
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project because our emergency department during construction will expand
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into where the old gift shop was located. So our gift shop now is just located
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across the hallway and they are thriving. So
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definitely if you anyone is able to go support them
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and their business please do that. And that's all I believe man by volunteers right?
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Yes all of them are volunteers in that gift shop yet. Volunteering their own time
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to do that. Okay well Chloe one more time. When is the gala? Where is it at?
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Yes the gala is Saturday April 26th at the DMF conference center in Newton
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cocktail hour starts at 5.30. Along with check in you'll have to check in
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when you have your tickets purchased and then our presentation will start
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around 7 o'clock. All right sounds like a good event to attend and
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very definite good cause that the proceeds will go to with the emergency room
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renovation. Thanks for spending time with us Chloe we appreciate it.
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Yes absolutely thank you. It's Chloe Jenkins versus you on Newton
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foundation and mission manager joining us on today's Let's Saw Newton.
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