Classifieds National Ads Daily Regional Ads Place an Ad Submit Information News Tip Community Event Letter to the Editor Campfire Girls donate wheelchair to PMH Tanya Taylor and Kayla Shane belong to Camp Fire Boys and Girls organization and are working on their WoHeLo award and decided to raise funds to buy a wheelchair for the emergency department. Above Tanya Taylor and Kayla Shane are shown with Pioneer Memorial Hospital s Emily Hite as they delivered their gift to the hospital s emergency department. By Dhyana Kearly Pioneer Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department were the grateful recipients of a shiny new wheelchair donated by Tanya Taylor and Kayla Shane. The girls belong to Camp Fire Boys and Girls organization and are working on their WoHeLo award, the highest award one can receive in that organization. Campfire Boys and Girls club program reaches more than 59,000 young people nationwide from kindergarten through high school.
Kids move progressively through the program levels in a group according to their grade level.
In order to receive the award the girls had to express three Issues of Concern and decided to make one of their Issues providing the hospital's ER with a wheelchair. The Campfire Girls raised the money for the wheelchair by sending letters to businesses and asked for donations. After they fell short, the girls went to family members and acquaintances. Taylor and Shane said they would like to thank those business and individuals who generously donated to their cause. Leonard Rice, an Emergency Department nurse stated that the emergency department previously had one wheelchair because sometimes they wear out or disappear.