Nita Lowery is passionate about Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and its new building project. As a resident of Thompson House she has a front row seat, watching the builders “dance through the air” as they construct the new Outpatient addition. As she watches the foundation being poured, the beams going up and the walls being raised she e-mails her friends and family keeping them apprised of the progress and raising dollars for BMH.

As a result of Nita’s e-mails, BMH has received gifts for the building campaign from individuals in Florida and Texas and a few closer to home. She, like many of our politicians, has learned the power of the world-wide web and has become skilled at harnessing it for those missions/charities in which she believes strongly. In a recent Letter to the Editor of the Brattleboro Reformer Nita wrote:

“E-mailing friends, neighbors and relatives has proven to be a great source of public relations and the response has been overwhelming. After all, there is and always will be a part in our lives where we will need the hospital.

There have been friends of mine who have donated on my behalf because they realize how important good medical care is and I’m still reaching out to other to donate……”

So if you have had a positive experience at BMH, love one of our physicians/nurses/staff, value community based health care, or, like Nita, are passionate about what we are raising philanthropic dollars for (this year digital mammography) then please e-mail your friends and family and give them our web address www.bmhvt.org/giving and ask them to help you in raising dollars for an institution you value.