For St. Andrews Hospital Auxiliary, it’s all about the numbers.

At the group’s June 4 annual luncheon, held this year at Fisherman’s Wharf, the auxiliary honored 11 volunteers and recognized a staggering 64 members who volunteered a total of 10,800 hours last year. Over 7,000 of those hours were worked in the St. Andrews Auxiliary Thrift Shop.

This year’s honorees were Kathy Barter, Grace Calhoun, Betty Goulette, Audrey Kelly, Ellen Memory, Mary Merrill, Peggy Pinkham, Holly Smith, Penny Thimuth, Maxine Tourtillotte and Barbara Williams.

Speakers were Dr. Mark Fourre, chief medical officer of Lincoln County Healthcare, and Kathy Bean, executive director of Miles and St. Andrews Home Health and Hospice.

Fourre and Bean spoke about the new Community Paramedicine program, where paramedics make regular visits to patients who are frequently at the ER. They perform routine work such as blood glucose testing or help with medications. According to James Donovan, Lincoln County Healthcare president and CEO, these patients account for around half of all ER visits.

They will also do regular checks on patients with diabetes, COPD and congestive heart failure, and also patients recently discharged from hospitals.

Community Paramedicine will be free to patients, and coordinate with both the Boothbay Region District Nurse and Home Care programs. The project is a joint effort between Lincoln County Healthcare, Central Lincoln County Ambulance, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service and the Waldoboro EMS.

Auxiliary President Carol Zalucky welcomed the Auxiliary's newest member, Carole Sharkey, and thanked all the volunteers for their hard work this year. She also stressed after the event that the auxiliary is in great needs of new members and volunteers, who work at St. Andrews Village (especially in the Gregory Wing), at the Family Care Center, and at the Auxiliary Thrift Shop.

Membership forms can be gotten from Leslie Cook, the volunteer chair, or at the Auxiliary Thrift Shop. To reach Cook, call 207-633-7609 or email cook2401@roadrunner.com.

Volunteers recognized were Ginger Carr, Janice Pisano, Donna Quinn, Norma Scale, and Holly Fulmer (100 hours); Dawn Burgoyner, Leslie Cook, Becky Hall, Susanne Hamblen, Pieternella Harris, Marie Oates, and Carol Zalucky (200 hours); Susan Duckworth, Betsey Kipp, Leigh Sherrill, Karen Sutton, Page Stears, Valerie Betts, June Coffin, Pat Gatto, and Gert Tobbetts (300 hours); Dawn Clifton, Sheila Gaspar, Betty Goulette, Ann Kelley, and Maren Fisher (400 hours); Sally Giantris, Cindy Sanborn, and Wayne Gilbert (500 hours); Susan Gelarden, Enid Johnson, Marie Pierce, Pam Reed, and Miriam Wade (600 hours); Louise Greene and Dee Wright (700 hours); Leal Brinegar (800 hours); Joanne Annino, Melanie Groneng, Penny Matthews, and Phyllis Van Siclen (900 hours); Eleanor Dodge and Debby Watson (1,000 hours); Joyce Duncan (1,800 hours); Marcia Chambers and Louise Royall (1,200 hours); Kathy Barter and Joan Lancaster (1,300 hours); Lorraine Melanson and Linda Redman (1,400 hours); Anne Grimes and Rose Marie Kreppein (1,500 hours); Karen Gilbert (1,600 hours); Jennifer Brown (1,900 hours); Carol Lingard (2,000 hours); Joan Sandstrom (2,200 hours); Holly Smith (2,300 hours); Brenda Donovan (2,400 hours); Kathy Bugbee (2,500 hours); Anne Butler and Ruth Seaman (2,600 hours); Carol Ostermann (2,700 hours); and finally Penny Thumith with an amzing 5,400 hours.