Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-17
Hospital Association Launches
Drive for 81, 500, 900

The Geauga Hospital associa-
ton opened its long awaited
fund raising campaign this week
in an all out effort TO raise
ST 500. 600 for the vitality needed
81-bed General Hospital to SER
We it's $4,000 residents.
During the next 8 weeks,
scores of authorized volunteers
will visit each of the lcou1lty'S S
81OO families seeking pledges
and financial support for the
hospitals building fund.
If the goal is successful, con-
Struction will begin next spring
on land already obtained in
the geographical center of Gea-
uga county.
The Geauga Hospital aSSocia-
tion was incorporated in 1852
under the state of Ohio laws as
a nontprofit organization "de-
dicated ito serve God by full
filling His injunction to care for
the sick and the infirm".
Geauga is the only county in
the northern half of Ohio that
does not have a general hospi-
tai withing it's boundary. Today,
patients from Geauga must de-
pend upon hospitals in Cleve-
land, Warren, PaineSville, Ash
tabula Or Ravenna when they re-
quire. general disqualification.
These neigfiboring hospitals
are finding it more and more
difficult to accommodate patients
from outside their own local
tiles and because of crowded
conditions many of those hos
pitals are currently conducting
campaigns in increase their own
facilities.
Even when room is found at a
neighboring community hospital
undue hardships and expenses
are usually encountered by the
patients family in excess ira
vel long distance tel e phone
calls plus room and board for
family members.
Geauga County is totally umpire
pared to care for its sick or
injured in the event of a sud-
den catastrophe or epidemic
DIR. Corey's vital 27 bed hospi-
tai in Chardon is already filled
beyond capacity and alone cam
not provide for the needs of the
county's $4,000 residents. DR.
Corey has stated that constant
demands for more room more
beds, more facilities have pro
ven. without a doubt, the urgent
need for a larger, all purpose
hospital Within the confienes
tof the county's 16 township ar
ca.
The Geauga Hospital Infor'
nation Bureau has m a d e an
centrated effort to &C q u a n I
GeaugaIs residents with the pro-
posal plan for building the 81
bed hospital in Geauga. Every
media has been used to bring
this information to the residents
of the county for whom the hos
pital will be maintained. News
papers, radios, speaker bureaus
posters, and letters have herald
ed the story for many weeks. To
day, well trained and enthusias-
| tic volunteers are canvassine
| the area to solicit the funds,
The people OF Geauga County
VIII provide the answer between
now and Dec. 3.
In review, THE Geauga Hospi-
tai association was formed as a
non-profit organization when a
hospital bond issue failed ir
1916 and again in 1948.
1t was Thought at that time
that it was not fair to put the
intire burden Of expense or
property holders alone since the
hospital was TO provide for al
residents of this area. So q
country wide solicitation cam,
paign was adopted.
| The Hospital association real
les that everyone can not do
the equal family share, but ur'
ges all families to give
as generously as they can.