Meet Donor Alice M. Jones

Southern Regional Depends on Donors Like You

Alice Jones became a Southern Regional donor because of her personal experience.

When her father got very sick, she moved him from Philadelphia to live with her in south metro Atlanta. She had never been to Southern Regional, but all of the sudden she started spending a lot of time here. Her father had to be put on dialysis and began seeing many different doctors at Southern Regional, including nephrologists, a cardiologist, a vascular specialist and a pulmonary specialist.

Ms. Jones was very impressed with the expertise and the caring nature of every doctor they saw.

"They have a proven history of professionalism and expertise, but they also have such a good bedside manner and a warmth in caring for their patients," Jones said. "They gave us hope and helped us through some difficult times."

Reaching Out

Ms. Jones' father required several hospitalizations, and Ms. Jones was impressed with the hospital staff, too.

Ms. Jones, who is a retiree, eventually began struggling to support her father while caring for him at her home. The medical bills had started piling up. She contacted Southern Regional and began working with a patient account specialist to make her payments more manageable.

"That was when I made up to mind to start giving back and get involved with the hospital," Jones said. "I felt like I should give back whatever I can because they've done so much for my family."

Alice makes contributions every year and works to encourage other people to donate and get involved with the hospital. Ms. Jones has also attended luncheons and other fundraisers to support the hospital through the Southern Regional Medical Center Foundation.

Your Community Hospital Counts on You

Ms. Jones is a retired tax auditor who has an MBA, so she understands finance. But she says many people don't think about how important it is to help provide financial support for a non-profit, community hospital like Southern Regional.

"A lot of times people get caught up in thinking about how much their hospital bill costs without realizing how much the hospital had to spend to take care of them," Jones said. "A non-profit hospital relies heavily upon support from people, businesses and other organizations and donations are always needed."

And Jones is not the only strong supporter of Southern Regional in her family. Her father, Warren Matthews, is now 84 and lives in a nursing home, but still speaks fondly of Southern Regional. "This is my hospital," he says whenever he visits.