OCTC Healthcare Programs Donate Supplies to OCH

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (04/20/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) healthcare career programs donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies normally used in the lab portions of the programs to Ohio County Healthcare.

CeCe Robinson, Marketing Community Relations for Ohio County Healthcare (OCH) commented, "We must all pull together during this time and we are grateful for the college's donation of PPE to use during this crisis. These supplies will be distributed both to OCH and local nursing homes."

OCTC President, Dr. Scott Williams added, "Ohio County is a strong regional partner and we are happy to be able to help them in any way possible. We will get through this by working together."

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.

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 Donates Supplies to Ohio County Healthcare

Ted Peveler, Jr., Denise Culbertson, RN, Director of Nursing, Beaver Dam Nursing & Rehab Center, CeCe Robinson, Director of Community Relations at OCH and OCTC Board Member, and Ben Robinson, OCTC student. The group accepted donations of PPE from OCTC on behalf of Ohio County Healthcare.