OCTC Donates Supplies to Hospice
Owensboro, KY (03/31/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Medical Assisting program donated medical supplies normally used in the lab portion of the medical assisting program to Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky.
Robin Clark, the program coordinator for Medical Assisting at OCTC commented, "We are happy to be able to support our community partner, and will replenish our supplies once the demand for these items has lessened."
OCTC President, Dr. Scott Williams added, "I am so proud of our students, faculty and staff for continuing to work hard and finish the semester, despite the challenging environment. At times like these anything we can do to help our region is the right thing to do."
The Hospice mission is to help individuals live with dignity through the final stages of life. Western Kentucky's Hospice serves the city of Owensboro, Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky provides end-of-life services in Daviess, Hancock, Hopkins, and Muhlenberg counties.
For more information about the Medical Assisting program please contact robin.clark@kctcs.edu.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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OCTC's Security Director, Jeff Hendricks helped transport and facilitate the delivery of goods from the Medical Assisting program to Hospice.