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• Our next event is Love Light on December 7, 2025.
• The Gift Box Boutique remains a wonderful place to shop! Follow the Gift Box Boutique on our Facebook page for information on sales and other events.
• We are always looking for new volunteers! Applicants will be contacted as volunteer opportunities become available.
• Kwik Trip car wash cards are available for sale in the Gift Box!  Save $14 on five (5) ultimate car washes!!
• Collette Travel Program and its popular tours to U.S., North American and European destinations will return in 2025.

The Auxiliary is most grateful for all who serve and support its programs and fundraising events.  Thank you!

The holiday social gathering called “Jingle Mingle” was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at Shorehaven Lake Terrace Clubhouse.  Volunteers, Auxiliary members, and guests enjoyed light refreshments, a fun game, door prizes, and an ornament exchange.

Please save the date for November 20, 2024. We look forward to seeing you there!

The annual Love Light Tree program on December 2, 2023, celebrated the holiday season as loved ones were remembered with a white light or honored with a red light on the Love Light Tree located on ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital grounds.  Radiating love and hope, the tree was lit for all to enjoy throughout the holiday season.

Names of those remembered or honored were displayed in the hospital lobby and recognized in the local newspaper.  Our grateful thanks to all donors and sponsors whose Love Light contributions will help support Auxiliary projects at ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital and other worthwhile causes. 

Please save the date for our next Tree lighting on December 7, 2024!    

With the assistance of four Oconomowoc High School Seminar Digital Communications students, promotional endeavors have taken a step forward.  The students videotaped several interviews with hospital volunteers and shared several suggestions for reaching out to the community. 

We thank the students for their exceptional work.  They were a pleasure to work, and we wish them all the best for bright futures.

The Outreach Planning Committee was privileged to accomplish the following during the 2022 fiscal year:

• Organized a food drive in partnership with Fleet Farm for the Oconomowoc Food Pantry.
• Assembled and delivered snack/treat baskets for Nurses Week to various nurses' stations at OMH.
• Provided snack/treat baskets for area Veterans in Oconomowoc.
• Delivered snack/treat baskets to various clinical and support departments such as Admitting, Environmental Services, Facilities, and Food Service to show appreciation for healthcare workers and support teams.
• Organized a winter clothing drive and delivered children and adult winter coats and snowpants to Lake Country Caring in Hartland plus sharing coats with Martinizing in Oconomowoc for their annual Coat Drive for Kids.  Local citizens and parishioners at St. Jerome’s Church helped the OMH Auxiliary collect donations.
• Provided a Gift Basket for the first baby born on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
• Supported Silver Streak, a taxi service for disabled and elderly citizens; Haus of Peace, a shelter for women and children; and Oconomowoc High School’s Grilling2Give fundraising event with cash donations.
• Presented donations to the “Angel” Funds at Oconomowoc Area School District and Hartland Lakeside School District to help financially challenged students to participate in field trips, music programs, and other special school activities.

2022 was a significant year, which yielded accomplishments and support for various hospital and patient programs, medical scholarships, and community outreach.  Thank you to all Auxilians and Volunteers for your faithful service, dedication and loyalty!  And to all community friends and neighbors who support the Auxiliary, thank you for your encouragement, kindness and generosity!

Recent accomplishments include:

• Medical scholarships were awarded to five recipients pursuing careers in the health care field.
• The spring Luncheon, Style Show and Raffle was a great success with over 400 attendees and raising over $15,700 to benefit ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital Cancer Center and other worthwhile causes.
• Major hospital expenditures underwritten by Auxiliary funds included restoration of the Cancer Center’s waiting area fireplace and the purchase of a wireless OB monitor.
• The Outreach Planning Committee extended aid to help those in need.  (See Outreach news article for detail.)
• Volunteers continued the long-standing tradition of sewing Christmas baby buntings, eyeglass cases, heart monitor bags, and children’s bears for patients along with knitting prayer shawls and baby caps.
• The Gift Box Boutique sales provided funds to fulfill the Auxiliary’s financial pledge to ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital.
• The annual winter coat and clothing drive, benefitting families of Lake Country Caring, was a huge success.  (Please see article.)
• The annual Love Light Tree ceremony in December was a tribute to loved ones and special persons. 
• Total hospital volunteer hours of 8,478 in 2022 provided a cost savings of $252,996 to ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital according to the valuation provided by the National Points of Light organization.
• Since the 1953 incorporation of the Oconomowoc Memorial Auxiliary, over $3.9 million has been raised through various events, sales, and Gift Box proceeds.  This amazing effort from many dedicated volunteers and Auxilians allows us to fulfill our mission of giving back to the hospital for patient care needs, hospital equipment and programs, health care scholarships, and worthwhile community needs.

We look forward to a bright year ahead in 2023 and hope to resume more of our usual activities along with celebrating 70 years of serving the hospital and community.  Please continue to support Auxiliary events and sales along with shopping at the Gift Box Boutique.  THANK YOU!!

A "Fashion in Bloom" gathering of 412 guests enjoyed the Auxiliary’s annual Luncheon, Style Show & Raffle on May 9th at Weissgerber’s Golden Mast Inn on Okauchee Lake.  A delicious luncheon, stunning fashions, and more than 70 raffle prizes contributed to the success of this major Auxiliary fundraising event.

Thanks to a hardworking committee, volunteers, and the generosity of community donors, the event yielded significant proceeds to support the Cancer Center at ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital as well as other worthwhile causes.

Serving as commentators for the style show were Mike Miller and Steve Scaffidi. The style show highlighted a variety of casual and dress attire plus accessories from local area stores.  

To be part of next year’s event, please save the date of Thursday, May 8, 2025, and join us for a delightful experience.