St. Joseph’s Hospital thanks area businesses and community for donations

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – St. Joseph’s Hospital sends a sincere thank you to all the businesses and community members for their donations of supplies and food. 

The hospital has received vital donations of N95 masks, surgical gloves, face shields, gowns and other protective gear from:  Auto Zone, Buckhannon Animal Clinic, Corhart Refractories, Coffman and Hinkle Dentistry, Fred Eberle Technical Center, Harbor Freight, Harrison Rural Electric, Ron Hurst, Jenkins Ford, Johns, Conde & Malone Dentistry, Buffy Johnson, Lowes, Phillip Barbour Career Technical Institute,  Family of Dr. Rigo Ramirez, Teets Meat Packing, Thompson Pharmacy, Triple “L” Mart, Upshur County Health Department,  Upshur County Public Library, and West Virginia Wesleyan College of Nursing.

St. Joseph’s Hospital received food for their hard working staff from:  Dr. Bartley Brown, Buffalo Wild Wings, Domino’s Pizza, Sammy Linger, Lowe’s, Pizza Hut, St. Joseph’s Hospital Food Services, Wilson Martino Dental, and the family of Daya, Rodney, Ilan and Lila Wright.

All donations are greatly appreciated as we continue to be in a state of perpetual readiness for the COVID-19 surge. If you have any questions about donations, please call 304-473-2046 for more information. 

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