Three prominent Lebanon citizens have been approved as new trustees to the Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation.
Linda Bahrke, Maxine Bailey and Nadine Girod will begin two-year terms on the board in January.
They join 25 other community citizens serving as trustees in administering the assets of the hospital’s nonprofit foundation.
Bahrke, who was born and reared in Lebanon, is a local businesswoman. She and her husband, Carl, have owned Landstrom’s Jewelers on Main Street in Lebanon since 1979. In addition to the gemology education she has gained over the years, Bahrke holds a degree in physical education and a teaching certificate from Oregon State University.
She has been on the hospital’s board of directors for seven years and has served on numerous community committees. She has been president of both the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce and Altrusa. She has been active with the Downtown Rental Association and was co-chairman of the Century Park Committee, which was responsible for adding a picnic shelter and playground system to the city park.
Maxine Bailey, BSN, is the nurse manager for the Acute Care Unit at Lebanon Community Hospital. She and her husband, Ron, moved to Lebanon from Maryland 24 years ago after he completed his tour of duty with the U.S. Marines.
Bailey started as a staff nurse at the hospital and then progressively assumed greater responsibilities as a charge nurse, pediatric resource nurse, clinical unit coordinator and nurse manager. She also is on the hospital’s board of directors where she has served for eight years and through which she has served on the Social Accountability Budget Committee, which helps allocate a percentage of the hospital’s annual revenue to community health initiatives. She believes her experience on SAB will be a nice tie-in to her new role as a foundation trustee.
Nadine Girod moved to Lebanon more than 50 years ago when she and her husband, Frank, opened a family practice medical office at 727 Main St. Opening the office wasn’t a new experience for the young couple, who met while she was a nursing student and he was a medical resident in Colorado. They had already operated a 20-bed hospital in Cortez, Colo., which they took over after the previous doctor became ill.
In 1956, the Girods were instrumental in building the Park Street Clinic. Currently, Girod lends her support to the Lebanon Community Hospital Auxiliary and to Dr. Frank Girod Medical Scholarship Program, which she and her husband established.
The Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation administers the assets of just more than $2 million for the hospital. It spearheaded the campaign that raised money for a new CT scanner installed last year. It raises funds for a multitude of local hospital programs, including Hospice, diabetes education, critical care and more.