PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Aroostook Medical Center recently honored its employees who have reached milestones in their tenure. Altogether, TAMC recognized a collective 2,115 years of service at the 2015 employee service awards celebration.
“Of all the resources an organization might have, we know that our human resources are the only ones to appreciate over time. It’s our privilege to recognize our TAMC team members for their years of dedicated, compassionate and high-quality service to our patients, residents, family and friends. They are what truly makes TAMC more than a hospital,” said Joe Siddiqui, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems vice president of human resources, northwest region.
Employees were presented service awards for milestone years ranging from five to 45 years of service during the dinner event, held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Cynthia Chalou of Mapleton, who is an LPN at TAMC’s Family Practice & Internal Medicine, had the distinction of being the employee honored for the longest service to the medical center. Chalou, who has been described by her leader as warm, kind and very attentive to the patients she serves, was honored for 45 years of service.
Caribou area TAMC employees who were honored include: Lillian Ouellette of Caribou, 35 years of service; Dale Gordon of Caribou and Laura Turner of Washburn, 20 years; Joshua Bressett of Van Buren, Heather Caron, Lee Farley, Deana Fitzgerald and Cherri Fitzpatrick of Washburn, Nancy Espling of Connor Twp. and Ryan Morneault of Caribou, 15 years; Jacqueline Guillemette, Carla Haines, Shannon Jalbert and Pamela Morin of Caribou, and Jana Ingraham of Washburn, 10 years; and Norma Ballard, Brittany Lamothe and Haley Powers of Caribou, Crystal Butkovic of Washburn, Daniel Gahagan II of Limestone, and Kayla Schurman of Wade, five years of service to the hospital.
