Community Relations

This department coordinates many activities throughout the year. These activities include: Heussner Golf Tournament, many fairs throughout the summer, hospital-based open houses, special events such as the Hospital's 50th anniversary celebration, and much more. This department also works the American Red Cross in coordinating blood drives.

HEUSSNER MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

This year's John Heussner Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, June 17. Sponsors of this year's tournament raised over $10,000 for the mammography program!

Mick Heussner founded the annual John Heussner Memorial Golf Tournament in honor of his father, John Heussner. John Heussner served on the MRH Board of Directors for 18 years, and was chairman from 1970-1981. He was a dedicated family man, community leader, and businessman.

The tournament is hosted by the Marlette Golf Course. Teams of three participate in the event (27 teams maximum). There are three divisions: Men's, Women's, and Mixed. Players also compete for Longest drive - Ladies & Mens - on Hole #2, and Closest to Pin - Ladies and Men - on Hole # 3 and # 9. There is also a Putting Contest and a new addition, "The String Contest". Tournament winners, contest winners, special gift and prizes recipients are announced at the afternoon banquet after the completion of 18 holes.

For more information, call Barb Peake, Event Coordinator.

Click here to catch the highlights of the 2006 tournament.

Click on the tree to learn about our 2005 honorees.

Tree of Shining Love

Click on the tree to learn about our 2004 honorees.

This special ceremony allows you to make a special tribute in honor or memory of someone dear to them. Each gift of $5 or more will light one love light on the tree while a donation of $25 or more will illuminate a bulb in the star at the top of the tree. A contribution of $100 or more will place a "gift" under the tree and your name will be engraved on a bronze plate and placed on the donor recognition board located by the hospital waiting room.

Any person honored/memorialized will have their name, along with the donor's name, appear in the Marlette Leader and the Marlette Regional Hospital Foundation newsletter. The names of all theose being honored or memorialized will be read at the lighting ceremony.

Honorary List
2005 Gayle Miller	2005 United Hospice Volunteers
2004 Harold Harbar MRH Board Member Beryl Wood MRH Auxiliary Member	2003 Ken and Lois Kallgren MRH Employee (Ken) and both MRH Volunteers
2002 Ken Babich Mayor of Marlette	2001 Jackie Root MRH Employee 2001 Grace Prowse MRH Auxiliary Member
2000 Louise M. Agar Earl Ingram MRH Volunteers	1999 Roberta Schultze Director of Inpatient Services
1998 Marlette Regional Hospital Auxiliary	1997 Dr. John McCrea Medical Staff 1948-1973 Toshiko (Tassie) Chii MRH Employee
1996 Elsie Cousins MRH Special Care Nurse Guy Herron MRH Employee	1995 Mary Cox MRH Employee 1958-1992
1994 Jill Morell MRH Employee 1993-1994 Shannon Wood MRH Employee 1986-1989	1993 Dr. Duane E. Smith MRH Medical Staff 1955-1995
1992 Lois Pringle MRH Employee 1952-1992 Juanita Armstrong MRH Employee 1979-1992 Myron "Herb" Hoover Chief of Police and a friend to many at MRH	1991 40th year of the hospital honoring all who have contributed throughout these years.
1990 Dr. James Cripps MRH Medical Staff 1951-1984 John Heussner MRH Board Member 1967-1990 Emerson Kiteley MRH Board Member 1944-1984	1989 Ann Horton MRH Employee 1951-1985

The names of your loved ones being memorialized will be permanently engraved in the Book of Memory which is located in the emergency room waiting area.

For more information, or to become a donor, please call 989-635-4011.