Let’s Talk Newton – Chloe Jenkins, MercyOne Newton Foundation and Mission Manager

Welcome to today's Let's Saw Newton. I'm Randy Van. Today we're joined by Mercy

One Newton Foundation and Mission Manager Chloe Jenkins and we're going to be

talking about it upcoming fundraiser to an annual event. It's called the

Gala and Chloe thanks for spending time with us and talk a little bit about

just what's involved with this event. Yeah yeah thanks for having me. The Mercy One

Newton Gala this will be the 14th annual Gala that we've had here at Mercy One

Newton is going to be held at the DMAT conference center here at Newton

as well. The evening involves a bunch of different things so this fundraiser is

co-sponsored by the Mercy One Newton Agvilarie and the Mercy One Newton

Foundation. During this event we'll feature a social hour, a desert auction,

dinner, and silent in live auctions. The Gala reaches maximum capacity I would say

about 250 to 275 people. Wow. Business leaders, community members,

employees from the hospital, providers from the hospital. So it's a very wide

range of different people who do come to the event coming together to support

Mercy One Newton which is great. And the proceeds from this go to a very worthy

cause renovation of the emergency room department at the hospital. Talk a

little bit about what that entails. Yeah yeah so all funds raised from the

event will go to our emergency department project capital campaign.

We've been doing this for a little over two years now raising money for the

event. So everything that gets donated from our

live or silent or desert auctions, ticket purchases,

sponsorships, all of that will be going back to the emergency department.

And have you started renovations yet or is that still in the work,

still raising money before you start? We have not started

the renovation yet. We are set to hopefully start construction

mid-April. Oh that would be nice. And of course having a local emergency room here in

Newton is just such a big big benefit to residents because you know the

closest one would probably be you know about 40 minutes away.

Yes yes absolutely. It's definitely a very

vital emergency department to have for all of our Jasper County residents.

Now if someone would like to get tickets to the gala, how do they do that?

Are they still available? Yes. Yes they are still available. You can purchase tickets

on our online link at Facebook and then you have also the link that

has the link that you can go to as well that you can purchase tickets.

We also have available if you do not want to use a credit card

or any sort of card. You can also come to our gift shop here at the hospital

and you can purchase tickets via check or cash.

Tickets are $60 per person. And is there a cutoff timeline?

April 17th is the cutoff timeline. Oh so that's that's a little ways away then.

Plenty of time to help out. Yeah you mentioned the

yeah you mentioned the hospitals gift shop. They got quite a

array of stuff in there as well. So why doesn't check that out? Yes.

Yes the gift shop is was our first phase actually in our emergency department

project because our emergency department during construction will expand

into where the old gift shop was located. So our gift shop now is just located

across the hallway and they are thriving. So

definitely if you anyone is able to go support them

and their business please do that. And that's all I believe man by volunteers right?

Yes all of them are volunteers in that gift shop yet. Volunteering their own time

to do that. Okay well Chloe one more time. When is the gala? Where is it at?

Yes the gala is Saturday April 26th at the DMF conference center in Newton

cocktail hour starts at 5.30. Along with check in you'll have to check in

when you have your tickets purchased and then our presentation will start

around 7 o'clock. All right sounds like a good event to attend and

very definite good cause that the proceeds will go to with the emergency room

renovation. Thanks for spending time with us Chloe we appreciate it.

Yes absolutely thank you. It's Chloe Jenkins versus you on Newton

foundation and mission manager joining us on today's Let's Saw Newton.

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