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Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Employees wanted to do something special for the community, so they decided to hold a fund-raiser and use the money to build a pavilion on the playground at AJ Winters Elementary School for the students.

Their fund-raiser was a food booth at the Bear Lake County Fair.  Over 500 volunteer man-hours went into the project.  The booth was a large concrete building and the first order of business was to refresh the interior with some paint and other spruce-up duties.  During fair week, employees cooked and served 2,570 hamburgers and cheeseburgers, 450 hot dogs and 240 of the Hospital kitchen's famous homemade cinnamon rolls.  In addition they sold sodas, bottled water and Fat Boy icecream sandwiches (donated by Fat Boy).  The employees hoped to net $5,000 for supplies to erect the pavilion.  They netted nearly double that, coming in at over $9,000. 

Many employees, Hospital Auxiliary members,  spouses and even a few family members pitched in to take orders, cook burgers and fries, put together sandwiches, serve as cashiers, and purchase supplies.  Some employees used their vacation days during the week so they could man the booth.  The booth was busy throughout the fair and word on the street was that there was a 'great burger at the Hospital booth at the fair.'

Next spring, when everyone has recovered, supplies will be purchased and employees will again volunteer their time to build the pavilion.  Students will enjoy the covered pavilion for picnics and parks and rec will use the pavilion in the summer for some of their programs.

To the Bear Lake Memorial Hospital employees who worked hard to make the project a huge success - Thank you.  As their logo says, we 'count on them to care.'