Good Samaritan of the Year-Call for Nominations

Every year, Frederick Memorial Hospital honors a local individual as its Good Samaritan of the Year. Now in its 28^th year, this prestigious award recognizes deserving individuals not only for their generosity to Frederick Health, but also for their selfless commitment to improving the quality of life in the entire Frederick community.

The Good Samaritan of the Year Award selection committee has issued a Call for Nominations. The committee will evaluate applications submitted from the community based on the degree to which nominees have demonstrated:

• Actions or achievements that substantially advance Frederick Health toward the fulfillment of its goals;
• Long term involvement in community service activities;
• Actions or achievements that substantially advance patient care, the economic health of Frederick Health or the physical safety of its personnel or patients;
• Performance of a distinguished act in the interest of humanity that epitomizes excellence and leadership.

For more information on the nomination process, click here. To nominate a deserving individual online, click here. All nominations must be received by March 31, 2018.

Frederick Health Special Gifts Committee Chair Dan Schiffman has served as chairman of the selection committee for the past nine years. According to Schiffman, recipients of the Good Samaritan of the Year Award represent the highest aspects of human nature—generosity, excellence, selfless leadership and commitment.

“Over the years, the Frederick Health Good Samaritan of the Year award has been presented to 47 individuals,” said Schiffman. “Honorees have included nurses, bankers, writers, poets, firefighters, physicians, entrepreneurs, policemen, politicians, educators, volunteers, business people, artists and many others. They are a large and varied group, but they are all united in their profound commitment to Frederick Health and its tradition of quality in healthcare services, and their dedication to making the Frederick community a better place.”

In 1991, three individuals shared the first Good Samaritan of the Year Award: Lifelong Frederick resident Alden Fisher, Frederick businessman and community volunteer Charlie Snyder and retired Frederick Health nurse Nancy Szymanski. Most recently, longtime Fredericktonians and avid volunteers Dick and Sue Basford were named the Frederick Health 2017 Good Samaritans of the Year. The photo above was taken at the 2015 event, and features many past recipients of this award.