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Facts & Figures - Produce section
For 75 years, DHMC has benefited from a cornucopia
of donations and services from members of its Auxiliary.
$1,578
Value of produce donated to Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
in 1935 by the volunteer members of the Auxiliary
1933
Year the Auxiliary was established
250
Number of active Auxiliary volunteers as of the 1950s
1968
Year the Auxiliary started the Pink Smock Gift Shop
$335,644
Net receipts generated by the Pink Smock Gift Shop in FY08
100%
Percentage of those receipts that go to the Auxiliary
and to grants for patient-care improvement projects at DHMC
4,000
Number of tulip and daffodil bulbs planted by
Auxiliary volunteers on DHMC's new Lebanon campus in 1991
500
Number of currently active Auxiliary volunteers
54,156
Number of hours of volunteer service they provided in FY08
SOURCE: DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER AUXILIARY
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