May 14, 2020
South Texas Health System has been the recipient of an enormous outpouring of community support —everything from donations of food to feed hospital staff, to masks, gloves and sanitizing products, as well as messages of encouragement. We are humbled by the support, and wish to thank the following:
Food Donations:
- Starbucks®
- Little Caesars®, Edinburg
- Nothing Bundt Cakes®, Edinburg
- Golden Corral® #930, Edinburg
- Commissioner Eduardo " Eddie” Cantu, Edinburg and McAllen
- Bellos Momentos Homecare, Inc.
- H-E-B donation of 900 meals
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Palms Crossing
- Church’s Chicken®
- Bubba's 33
- Tea Garden Vietnamese Food
- Raising Canes
- World’s Finest Chocolate
- Cordon’s Taste of Chicago
- Hidalgo County EMS
- Mission Fire Department
- Tropical Smoothie Café®
- Reyes Produce
- South Texas College
- Bebo’s Angels/Bebo’s Distributing Co. Inc
Masks, Gloves, Sanitizers:
- Commissioner David Fuentes of Hidalgo County Precinct 1
- Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Health Services Department
- Ms. Alicia Gloria
- STHS volunteers
- Home Depot®, Weslaco
- Robert Klein and Angel Aguillar from South Texas Health System McAllen and Shannon Dopp from South Texas Health System Heart connected with Home Depot to secure a donation of more than 10,000 N95 masks.
Messages of Support:
- McAllen Girl Scouts Troop
- Children of the community
- And the many others we received at the hospitals and on social media
Important Safety Information About Donations
We truly appreciate the community support and want to ensure your donation drop-off follows our safety protocols. However, heightened precautions are in place and we ask that you do not drop off donations to our local hospitals without first coordinating with the facility. We appreciate your understanding.
If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please call your doctor for medical advice.
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