Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics
Salem, Oregon
Our Proud Partnership Began with the Emergency Department & Family Birth Center
Salem Health Mission and Values Align with Ours!
Mission Statement:
To Improve the Health and Well-Being of the People and Communities We Serve.
Values:
Excellence, Accountability, Integrity, Caring, Teamwork
Pledge For Peace – October 17, 2023
♥ Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics Sponsored and Organized a Pledge For Peace Community-Wide Event!
♥ Following the dramatic rise of verbal and physical assaults within the healthcare environment, Salem Health Hospital’s & Clinics jumped into action and created a Harmful Words and Actions Committee who are committed to addressing and reducing these abusive behaviors through education.
♥ Featured Guest Speakers: Cheryl Nester Wolfe, CEO Salem Health Hospital’s & Clinics, Paige Clarkson, Marion County District Attorney, and Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Director Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project®.
♥ Marion County and Salem Community Leaders were invited to join Salem Health leaders, providers, and employees at Salem Hospital for the special event.
♥ The group of over 50 people gathered to take the Purple Hands Pledge to end Abuse, Violence, Self-Harm & Suicide: “I Will Not Use My Hands Or My Words For Hurting Myself Or Others®.”
We are forever grateful for the overwhelming amount of support we received from all in attendance!
A big Thank you to all Community Leaders who joined Hands & Hearts to take the Purple Hands Pledge!
Pictured from Left to Right - Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack, Salem Health CEO Cheryl Nester Wolfe, Purple Hands Bear Mascot, Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson, and Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter.
“Everyone has the right to feel, and be, safe at work, in school, and in their community,” - Cheryl Nester Wolfe, Salem Health CEO.
Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter gets a loving hug from Daphne, certified therapy dog.
Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Executive Director, Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project®, pictured with Daphne.
Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties administration & staff members joined community members to show their support for the Pledge and Program.
Miss Beverly Bookmark traveled from Dayton, OR to show her support!
Everyone joins together to take the Purple Hands Pledge
Daphne Herbert, Rhonda Herbert's certified therapy dog, shows off her pin!
Robert R. Kelly, MD, pictured with Daphne, therapy dog.
Salem Hospital's security, Turtle Island Protection Services, pictured with Purple Hands Bear.
Ann S. Kelly, left, pictured with Nicole Utz, Executive Director, Salem Housing Authority, at the Pledge for Peace Salem Health Event.
Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Executive Director (right), pictured with her sister Mary Beth Briggs.
Paige Clarkson, Marion County District Attorney (left), pictured with Purple Hands Bear and Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter.
Smiles everywhere with Purple Hands Bear!
“We are so grateful to Salem Health’s leadership for organizing this important community-wide event to encourage all of our citizens to do the right thing by aspiring to live by these 14 words.”
— Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Executive Director
