Patients,  Family Members, Community Invited to Nominate "Helping Heroes" at Valley Baptist

HARLINGEN, TEXAS - October 15, 2004 –   Hospital patients, family members and the community are invited to recognize “Helping Heroes” who have helped them during a time of sickness or difficulty at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen.

Those who would like to recognize a Valley Baptist employee who was especially helpful can now submit nomination forms online at Valley Baptist’s website, www.valleybaptist.net.  Nomination forms for Valley Baptist’s “Helping Heroes” program are listed in the “Guest Information” section of the website.  Forms can also be picked up and dropped off at the hospital’s South Tower and East Tower Lobbies.

From among the nurses and other hospital workers who are nominated by the community, Valley Baptist picks a “Helping Hero of the Quarter” for a special award every three months. “Helping Heroes of the Quarter” are recognized for going the extra mile to help patients and the community. Winners receive a $100 cash award, a reserved parking space, a “Helping Hero” shirt, and additional recognition. Oliver Pelayo, RN, BSN, a nurse with Valley Baptist’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, won the most recent Helping Hero of the Quarter Award for the care and sensitivity he showed to a mourning family who had just lost a child.

For more information on the Helping Hero program, please go to: www.valleybaptist.net/guestInformation/helpingHeroes/default.htm.