Pictured l-r: Jesse Davis, Amanda Posey, Latrice Lucas, Eddie Smith with the Samaritan
Kitchen, Troy Watson. Back Row l-r: Frank Taylor, Deborah Powell, Tom Spizzirri with the
Samaritan Kitchen, Peggy Dunn, and Harvey Cifers.

EMPORIA, VA (November 22, 2011) – The employees and staff of Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center (SVRMC) recently participated in their annual food drive and competition. Departments within the hospital compete against one another to see which department can collect the most donations in pounds per person. The competition winner was decided by dividing the total weight of the donations from each individual department by the number of employees in that department to arrive at an average weight of the food donated per employee. The winning department was the Rehab Services Department with a total of 125.5 lbs. of food, which equates to 20.92 lbs. of food donated by each employee in that department. The total weight of all donations collected totaled 1,784.22 lbs. This year’s food drive donations have been donated to the local Samaritan Helping Hands Kitchen.