CMMC’s Goodwill Ambassadors for CMMC for 135 years
In 1888, upon the urging of CMMC founder Dr. Edward Hill, seventeen women answered the call to help establish a non-sectarian hospital for the Lewiston-Auburn Community. With Dr. Hill’s encouragement, these 17 ladies forged ahead, donating items from their homes, and soliciting donations from the homes of their friends and families. Through their efforts, they were able to furnish; furniture, linens, china, silverware, cooking utensils, rugs, and even dinner trays for the patients. With these donations of just about anything and everything, they could furnish this new hospital with 26 ward beds and four private rooms. Our ladies solicited mountains of fabric from the mills. They organized small armies of sewing clubs to transform this fabric into sheets, pillowcases, nurses’ uniforms, blankets, privacy drawcurtains, drapes, bedspreads, towels, and nightshirts, bathrobes, even doilies.
Fast forward to today and you will still find many of the WHA goodwill ambassadors throughout the hospital.
Over the last 40 years, the WHA has helped raise over $450,000 for Central Maine Medical Center. We are grateful for their contributions to the hospital.
Some projects of note are:
- WHA’s “Cuddles” program provided comfort for our littlest patients.
- Annual Spring Gala at the Kora Shrine raised significant funds for the Women and Children’s programs at CMMC.
- WHA Gift Shop was renovated and reopened in 2005 and still manages the rotating art gallery in the hosptil’s main hallway
- The Memory Mum Project and the Tree of Love
The WHA is currently looking for members and volunteer board roles.
For more information, please fill out this online request for more information. A current member of the WHA will reach out as soon as possible.
Please email giving@cmhc.org or call 207-795-2685 for more information about joining the WHA.