The Volunteer Auxiliary at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center has awarded $15,500 in donations and scholarships to 16 local non-profit organizations. The awards included: $3,000 to the Cuesta College Foundation Nursing Program Book Grants and Cal Poly Endowment Fund; $1,500 to the Cuesta College Foundation Student Scholarships and the Cuesta College Foundation Eleanor Sears Endowment Fund; $1,000 to the SLO Noor Foundation and Student Scholarship to student volunteer Julia Stohr; $500 to the American Cancer Society Walk, Hospice Partners of the Central Coast, Meals on Wheels SLO, Meals on Wheels Five Cities, Prado Day Center, Transitions Mental Health Association, and SLO County YMCA; and $250 to the Hospice of SLO County and Senior Nutrition Program.
Founded in 1974 with 12 volunteers, today the Sierra Vista Volunteer Auxiliary boasts more than 100 volunteers doing everything from running the gift shop, to greeting visitors at the front desk to cuddling babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Last year, the Volunteers contributed more than 23,000 hours to the hospital.