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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nDuring its inaugural year, the company\u2019s \u201cOwn Your Cause\nVolunteer Recognition Program\u201d gave employees the opportunity to share stories\nand initiatives with others throughout KPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This recognition was based not only on the amount of time\ngiven back to their communities, but also on the dedication and commitment to\nthe programs with which they were involved. The Own Your Cause Committee took a\nvote in late December and held a check presentation for the winners\u2019 charity of\nchoice Jan. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both winners exemplify caring, dedicated and selfless service\nto their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marc Baum, Merchandise Presentation Supervisor \u2013 Kinney Drugs. Benefiting\nOrganization: All Things Oz Museum.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The International L. Frank Baum & All Things Oz\nHistorical Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, 100-percent volunteer-run,\nchartered Historical Foundation located in Chittenango.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI serve as the Foundation secretary, and we are located\nalong the yellow brick road sidewalks of Chittenango, the birthplace of\nAmerican author, L. Frank Baum,\u201d said Merchandise Presentation Supervisor Marc\nBaum. \u201cOur foundation operates the All Things Oz Museum, as well as the annual\nOz-Stravaganza festival. Our museum hosts more than 17,000 visitors a year, and\nthe festival draws over 30,000 people to the village the first weekend of each\nJune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBesides the annual event and the museum, our organization\nhas a speakers bureau that is very active and has engaged audiences from\nWaddington to the U.N. School in New York City and the Ohio Wizard of Oz festival\nto library talks and collect lectures on Baum and his works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur museum houses a collection of nearly 15,000 artifacts\nand collectibles, of which 1,300 or so are on display at any time. Exhibits\ninclude the original Emerald City glasses from the 1975 Broadway show \u2018The\nWiz,\u2019 original books and manuscripts, props from OZ movies and productions and\ntwo 1939 MGM Munchkin actor appearance costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAdditionally, our foundation brings arts education to local\nschool districts by bringing Emmy-, Tony- and Grammy awards winners to local\nschools. Guests have included New York Times Best-selling authors, Broadway\nlegends and stage and screen actors alike. The Foundation gift shop was\nrecently named one of the 25 Gifted Retailers by \u2018Gifts and Decorative\nAccessories Magazine\u2019 and supports the goal to educate and inspire a new\ngeneration of writers, actors and dreamers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maggie Tadlock, Assistant Proposal Administrator \u2013 ProAct. Benefiting\nOrganization: Hope for Heather<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWorking for KPH for nine years, I look for organizations\nthat mean something personally to me,\u201d said Maggie Tadlock, assistant proposal\nadministrator \u2013 ProAct. \u201cI wanted to have an impact in this world no matter how\nsmall, so I started to get involved outside of the KPH family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve made sandwiches and bagged lunches, handed out coats\nand mittens to the homeless in freezing weather through the organization Rise\nAbove the Streets,\u201d Tadlock said. \u201cI have walked, volunteered and raised funds\nfor the Lupus Alliance, Autism Society of America and Grace\u2019s Garden for\nOvarian Cancer, all to help local people who deal with these horrible\nillnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese organizations also give to larger organizations to\nsomeday find a cure. At the Ronald McDonald House, you can make a meal to bring\nin for the guests. A group and myself did this, and it was a wonderful and\nuplifting experience knowing the families had a warm, home-cooked meal, and\nthat they did not need to worry about this with everything they were already\ndealing with. If you could just witness their smiles and thankfulness, it would\nchange you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere are other organizations that I have volunteered my\ntime for like Clear Path for Veterans, Gear Country Little League and the\nAmerican Red Cross. The organization that is most near and dear to me is Hope for\nHeather. This is an ovarian cancer organization that helps local women as well\nas donates to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance to help find a cure.\nThis organization means so much to me because I lost a dear friend, Emily, who\nwas the one who lit the spark inside me to become a volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVolunteering has made me more aware of others\u2019 fights and\nmade me thankful for what I have been given. I have laughed, I have cried, but\nI have always learned that you don\u2019t need a lot of money, just time to make a\ndifference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n KPH Organization congratulates Maggie and Marc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KPH Healthcare Services, a healthcare chain consisting of Kinney Drugs, ProAct, Health Direct and Noble, recently announced its 2018 volunteers of the year. During its inaugural year, the company\u2019s \u201cOwn Your Cause Volunteer Recognition Program\u201d gave employees the opportunity to share stories and initiatives with others throughout KPH. 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