Day: December 15, 2021

Atmore News

Tree of Love
By JEANELLE JOHNSONSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Community Hospital Auxiliary would like to invite you to participate in our Tree of Love fundraiser. This annual project uses donations to purchase equipment as well as furnishings and supplies for the hospital.Some of the purchases made in 2020-2021 are blinds for the patient room windows and office chairs for ACH Primary Care. For a donation of $25 or more, we will…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Tele-Stroke
ACH now offers stroke victims services of UAB neurologists Shown from left with the Tele-Stroke iPad are Administrator Brad Lowery, ED nurse Holly Gipson, DON Suzanne McGill, ED nurses Tracy Jay, Kaylee Blackmon, Lauren Cook By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In the past, the 75 to 100 residents of Atmore and the immediate area who suffered strokes each year were stabilized at the local hospital and immediately transferred to another…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
‘TDs for Mallory’ fundraiser is Saturday
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A flag football fundraiser, “Touchdowns for Mallory,” will take place this Saturday, December 18, to help pay mounting medical bills for a 9-year-old Escambia County Middle School fourth-grader who faces a long, slow road to recovery after a violent Thanksgiving Eve automobile crash.Mallory Gibson suffered a broken back and numerous other injuries in the U.S. 31 crash, which also critically injured her mother, 40-year-old Wandra…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Santa on firetruck returns next week
Santa Claus will return to Atmore this year to tour the city atop a fire truck, extending Christmas wishes to kids of all ages.The Jolly Old Elf will be in town for the special visit next Monday (December 20), Tuesday (December 21) and Thursday (December 23), from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day.He will ride through the city’s northeastern sector on Monday, the southeastern portion on Tuesday and the…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago