Elliff Motors Donates Shuttle Van to Valley Baptist

HARLINGEN - Elliff Motors of Harlingen has donated a van to Valley Baptist Health System which will be used to transport Valley Baptist staff members between the main hospital building and outlying Valley Baptist facilities.

The donation was made by Bill Elliff, who also serves as Vice Chairman for the Valley Baptist Health System Board of Directors, and his brother, Joe Elliff, of Harlingen.

The Elliff Motors donation is a continuation of charitable giving to Valley Baptist by the Elliff family. The Elliff brothers’ father, Larry Elliff, has been a longtime supporter of the hospital. Bill Elliff has also supported Valley Baptist Medical Center - Harlingen through financial gifts and his service on the board, and Joe Elliff made a recent gift of car seats for newborn babies who are discharged from the hospital.

Valley Baptist has provided the shuttle service since 1996, and Valley Baptist - Harlingen Auxiliary Volunteer Archie Ostberg has been the driver since the service began. The shuttle service provides transportation to staff members between the main hospital and other points of service for Valley Baptist, such as Valley Baptist’s “CMF Building” (the old Sears Warehouse building on Glasscock Drive in Harlingen). That building now houses the Valley Baptist Sandi Jo Funk Hospice Program, which serves terminally-ill patients and their families throughout the Valley; Valley Baptist Home Health; and other departments of the hospital.