The Latrobe Area Hospital Aid Society (LAHAS) enthusiastically offers congratulations to our sister organization, the Westmoreland Hospital Auxiliary (WHA), for serving and supporting the health care needs of the region for 125 years. Since 1896, and during years when women did not even have the right to vote, auxiliary founders and members came together to support their hospital. They led fundraising through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, two world wars and numerous social changes. What a remarkable accomplishment!

Over the 125 years WHA has raised and donated over $3 million to Westmoreland Hospital through creative fundraising and determination, funding much-needed renovations and purchase of medical equipment and hospital furnishings. WHA’s outreach to our community is an inspiration.

During the covid-19 pandemic, never has our collective and unified mission and commitment to Excela Health been more evident. Together we sewed thousands of masks and other PPE and distributed thousands of treats, gift baskets and gift cards to cheer the wonderful staffs at all of the Excela Health campuses.

WHA, you inspire us and we are deeply grateful that, together, we share the Excela Health mission of improving the health and well-being of every life we touch. Cheers, dear sisters, to another 125 years of remarkable service!

Jan Mills, Sally Anne Novak, Nancy McKinnon and Romayne Schwartzel

Latrobe

The writers are affiliated with the Latrobe Area Hospital Aid Society: Mills is president; Novak, president-elect; McKinnon, past president; and Schwartzel, board member.

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