Couple honored for philanthropy in Anne Arundel
The annual Anne Arundel County Outstanding Philanthropist Award was presented to Creston and Betty Jane Tate.
As owners of car dealerships in Glen Burnie, Annapolis and Frederick, the Tates have been active in the Anne Arundel County business community for more than 40 years. The award is presented to a "person whose exceptional generosity demonstrates outstanding responsibility, and who encourages others in the community to give."
An awards luncheon to celebrate philanthropy in the county is scheduled for Nov. 21 at Radisson Annapolis Hotel. A reception begins at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at noon.
The event is presented by Community Counseling Service Co., in partnership with the Chesapeake Community Foundation and the Maryland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
The Tates were nominated by the North Arundel Hospital Foundation, with a supporting nomination from Hospice of the Chesapeake. In 1997, they made a $1 million pledge toward North Arundel Hospital Foundation's campaign for a new emergency department. The Betty Jane and Creston G. Tate Emergency Department is now the second-busiest in Maryland, with more than 77,000 patients treated annually.
The foundation also is raising money to build a cancer center. The Tates have pledged $1.5 million to the project.
The couple has given to many organizations, including more than $300,000 to Hospice of the Chesapeake; an endowed scholarship of more than $25,000 to Anne Arundel Community College; and gifts to the Glen Burnie High School Beautification Project; Boy Scouts of Central Maryland; and youth athletic leagues.
Hall appointed supervisor of hospital's blood bank
North Arundel Hospital has named Maria Hall supervisor of the blood bank in the hospital's laboratory.
Hall has worked as a medical technologist in the hospital's laboratory for seven years.
As supervisor of the blood bank, Hall will oversee the daily operations of the hospital's donor room, which coordinates bone and skin grafts for the hospital's orthopedic and wound- center patients, as well as tissue transplants.
Hall received a bachelor of science degree in medical technology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she graduated summa cum laude.
She attended the university's graduate School of Public Health, where she completed 41 credits of health administration courses.
Kim finishes basic training for Guard at Fort Jackson
Army National Guard Pfc. Hui J. Kim has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C.
Kim is the son of Jung Kim of Severn, and a 1991 graduate of Old Mill High School in Millersville.
Booth gets scholarship through Army ROTC
Ashley I. Booth has received an Army ROTC four-year college scholarship at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro.
ROTC scholarship graduates have a service obligation in the Army of eight years, which can be served on active duty and or in the reserve components.
Booth is the daughter of Vincent E. and Paula I. Booth of Odenton.