Linda Plaster's many contributions applauded by BGH
Kathy Hubbard Columnist | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years AGO
It’s time to sing the praises of an unsung hero. The first time I met Linda Plaster was when I was working as the ad director at the Daily Bee. She shook my hand and then apologized for the fact that hers was dirty. Dirty? Oh yeah. Muddy to be truthful.
“I stopped by the Healing Garden on my way over here and found some weeds,” she said. “And, I had to pull them, didn’t I?” Of course she did. And, of course I gave her the free advertising she had come to solicit.
In this month’s employee newsletter Bonner General Health’s CEO, Sheryl Ricard, extolled the virtues of this woman who made the idea of creating a garden that would become a respite for patients, families of patients, hospital staff and the community a reality.
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