Lizzy Lott and Jessica (JayJay) Cowart volunteered their time and represented The Howard Center on Thursday, July 20th, at the Tift County Recreation Department Back to School Drive!
Chelsea Thomas hosted her Back to School drive, “The Give Back” on Saturday, July 22nd!
Debbie Hill and her family held their Back to School drive presented by The Aisha Hill Hope Foundation, a foundation created in honor and memory of her late niece on Saturday, July 22nd as well!
On Saturday, July 8th, a few members of our team volunteered their time with the local non-profit organization, Peanut Butter & Jesus! Jennifer Goode and her son Ry, Chasitie Roberts, Bekka Reese and at least 30 other volunteers from the community came together and helped make sandwich bags for the homeless and low income families in Tift County!
HooHoo Sister’s Night Out
On Tuesday, July 11th, were able to celebrate our employees at our Main office and Tifton Women’s Center by having our first employee appreciation night since 2020! We ate pizza and goodies, painted door hangers and had a great time spending time with each other and bonding over the fact that most of us weren’t the best at painting and then there’s Mckinley…she’s apparently a professional door hanger painter or something lol. We can’t wait to celebrate our outlying clinics (dates and details to come) and have more HooHoo Sister Nights together!
We’re SO grateful for all of our employees and we appreciate them so much for ALL that they do daily!
The next HooHoo Sister’s Night Out for Main will be Tuesday, September 12th! We’d love to see you there!
Save the date!
The Howard Center will be hosting it’s annual Breast Cancer Warrior & Survivor Event on Thursday, October 5th here at Main. Please feel free to spread the word to all Breast Cancer survivors, warriors and supporters to join us for this special yearly event!
Congratulations Corner!
Please join us in congratulating the following employees and their accomplishments and wonderful events happening in their lives!
Shaterica Brown graduated from Columbia Southern University on June 9th, 2023 with a solid 4.0 GPA! Shaterica has earned a Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management and she is currently, studying for her SHRM certification! Congratulations, Shaterica!! We’re SO proud of you!
The Howard Center is PROUD to share that one of our sponsorship recipients, Riley Martinez (daughter of our Surgery Coordinator, Shelly Martinez) and her teammates on the Pierce County 4-H BB and Air Rifle team competed in the 2023 Daisy Nationals BB Gun Championship in Arkansas, July 6th-9th and WON!!
They are the 2023 Daisy Nationals BB Gun National Champions!!
Honorable mention: Riley placed 27th out of 415 kids, 4th in her team and 1st as alternate overall score!!
Destiny Durham from Tifton Women’s Center! Destiny got engaged on July 1st!! Congratulations, Destiny! You’re going to make a beautiful bride!
Ashley Riverio, our WCAS Scrub tech, got married on July 1st! Congratulations, Ashley!! You were a beautiful bride!
Bekka Reese and her husband “Milla” renewed their wedding vows on their 10th wedding anniversary on July 20th!
Our Athens Location is open and ready for business! Congratulations, Athens crew! You guys are going to do amazing things!
Shout out to our Lawrenceville location for being up and running for a few months now!! You ladies are doing an outstanding job! Thank you for all of your hard work!
We have some pretty amazing and super creative employees in this company and we’d LOVE to hear your ideas! Whether it’s HooHoo Sister’s Night themes/ideas, community volunteer opportunities for the company, processes that might make our patient’s experience even better, newsletter ideas, etc! We want to hear them! Please send your bright ideas to Bekka Reese and if your idea is put in to action, they will be included in our future newsletters!
Recipe of The Month!
One Pot Chicken Chili
Ingredients
3 TB olive oil 2 medium onions, roughly chopped 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped 4 bell peppers, mixed colors, seeded/roughly chopped 2 ½ tsp kosher salt 2 ½ tsp chili powder 2 tsp granulated sugar 2 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp paprika 2 cans, 28 oz. each crushed tomatoes, with all juices 1 whole, cooked rotisserie chicken, meat shredded 2 cups good quality chicken broth Optional for Serving: chopped cilantro or parsley, shredded cheese, corn tortilla chips
Instructions 1. In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil until hot. Add onions and garlic. Stir on medium-high heat 3 minutes or until tender. Add bell peppers, salt, chili powder, sugar, cumin, and paprika; stir 2 minutes on medium-high heat. 2. Increase to high heat and stir in crushed tomatoes with juices, shredded chicken, and broth. Bring to a rapid boil. Immediately cover and reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes. 3. Serve with optional toppings, as desired. Chili keeps well covered and chilled for several days. (In fact, flavor intensifies wonderfully the next day.)
Excellence Award Winners and Our July Shining Star!
WCAS: Niki HiltonNiki has really been a huge asset to our team, she volunteered to take over ordering for WCAS and has done such a great job with it. She has stayed late and came in on her days off to make sure that all of our supplies are organized, that they are in convenient locations and that we have everything we need! She has worked tirelessly to get us back on track all while also being an amazing circulator in our OR and making our doctor’s lives easier. We are so blessed to have her!
OB Ultrasound Tech: Yuka TomlinsonYuka is compassionate, empathetic, dependable and intelligent are all qualities I would use to describe Yuka. It has been a busy month at OB and she has been such a big help per usual. Yuka is a hard-working employee and an excellent ultrasound tech. She is easily able to help our physicians and NPs diagnose fetal abnormalities. The Howard Center is so thankful for you!
Douglas NP: Rose SmithRose is a Nurse Practitioner at our Douglas office. She wears many crowns. She has a lot of experience and her patients only want to see her. Her experience is hormonal therapy for women. She also has a lot experience in Obstetrics. If you read her reviews, she’s well thought of and takes very good care all patients. Thank you Rose!
Nursing: Cassandra PageCassandra always has a positive attitude and is always ready to help in any way she can and help training! She always goes above and beyond what’s expected of her. Her work and dedication always shows through her patients and co-workers!
Front Desk: Tiffany WelchI am so thankful for TIFFANY! She is an asset to my team! She builds a relationship with our patients like no one else in the front office! They love seeing her when they come in! She is very personable and goes out of her way for them! This has been a hard month for main front desk. She has traveled voluntarily to outside offices to cover and stayed late when she did not have to! Tiffany even came in when she was sick because she knew we needed her! Thank you, Tiffany for really going above and beyond this month. I am thankful to have you on my team!
Front Desk: Sara FlandersSara is always going out of her way to do whatever she can to help The Howard Center. She has stayed late most of the month at the main office. If she was not staying late then she was covering an outside office. She always has a big smile on her face and is happy to help wherever and however she can. I am thankful for the joy she brings to our team. She is “THE SPARKLE” The Howard Center is known for!
THANK YOU BOTH FOR STAYING POSITIVE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS MONTH IT MEANS MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!
TWC: Connie Leverett Connie is our Triage Nurse and is definitely never boring to work with! She always keeps us on our toes and keeps us in line. Connie is always willing to help the nurses with anything from catheters to manual blood pressures. She makes sure to take care of our patients over the phone and has been mentioned several times in our patient reviews. We couldn’t imagine not having her as part of the TWC team!
Howard Diet: Carolina CraigThe Howard Diet employee of the month for July goes to Carolina Craig, she has stepped in and has showed out by learning many roles in her position at the Howard Center. You make sure everything is done and never think twice to call to make sure you’re doing it right! Nothing you do goes unnoticed Carolina, thank you for all you do! You deserve it!
OB: Brakia BatemanBrakia, thank you so much for your hard work and dedication. You’ve grown so much in these last couple months in OB. Thank you for always keeping a positive attitude and willing to learn and do whatever is needed in OB!
Marketing: Lindsay DialLindsey, I’m very appreciative of your performance and hard work. You take on challenges and conquer them. The number of lives you have changed by having them come in and get seen. Your stats show how amazing you are! I feel truly blessed to have such a hard-working employee like you on my team. Thank you for your skills and efforts. Words cannot express my gratitude for your great work and support.
Manager: Callie TuckerCallie has created a new messaging center & digital fax, all while still managing our front office staff! Once again Callie has gone above and beyond for this company! She has trained all of us on the new systems, and when others would have giving up, she never quits. Callie is an outstanding employee and deserves this very much.
Niki Powell
Surgery Coordinator
$250 and a trophy!
Niki, I appreciate your work and commitment to getting the job done. Despite the challenging work, you have persevered. It is very much appreciated and I’m thankful for you and you being part of the UOG family! Thankful you for being on my team! Congratulations!
