August 5, 2015, Fort Worth, TX - Outreach Health Services, a locally based home health agency, is celebrating its 40 years of business in Texas by performing 40 acts of service over the next 40 days.
"We are calling it "40 Days of Service, 40 Years of Care," and we are all excited about the opportunity to serve our communities in this way," said Steve Abshier, Outreach COO. "Our employees, who normally serve the most fragile Texans by providing care in their homes, are going out into the community to serve in a variety of ways."
Last Monday the employees of the Fort Worth CCD chose to partner with the Red Cross and to do a blood drive. The Blood drive produced 24 pints of blood. Because each donation has the potential to help save up to three lives, we can feel good knowing the drive helped 72 patients.
Melanie Hall, Data Coordinator, said, "It was a pleasure and very rewarding to be able to coordinate this event. I'm very proud to say that I work for such a wonderful company that continues to show they care for others and especially our community. My idea for the event was to have something that not only our office can do for the community but what we can do to get the community involved in helping others."
Jeff Humber, Regional Director, said, "I think there is nothing better than providing local service to have your finger on the pulse of the communities we serve. Sometimes it takes a bit of stepping out of our comfort zone to grow personally but when we do, we truly make a positive impact in the lives of others. It doesn't just fulfill our mission statement - we're actively taking Jesus to those who need him. Like the song says, You're the only Jesus some will ever see."
Outreach Health Services has over 100 offices across Texas. Staff will be performing dozens of acts of service in small towns and big cities throughout the state.
"Instead of an extravagant party or event, our staff chose to do acts of service in their hometowns," said Brian Partin, Outreach CEO. "Seeing our staff, who are already so caring, in their 40 Days of Service T-shirts serving their neighbors is an awesome sight. I couldn't be more proud of our employees."
Outreach Health Services is a leading health care provider to individuals, families, and the community. Providing quality home health care, intensive behavioral health, family and nutritional health, community care, self-directed services, and personal emergency services has been our mission for 40 years. Outreach is proud to serve over 50,000 valued clients each month across the State of Texas.