Pictured: left to right: Nicholas Maresh – Another Time Soda Fountain, Hong Zhou – Ninja Japanese Cuisine, Andres Novoa– La Cocina, Joe Freudenberger – CEO, OakBend Medical Center, Jimmy Cantu – Pier 26, Terry Gaul – Sandy McGee’s, Kris Stolte – Japaneiro’s
Final Amount Check Restaurant
Richmond, TX…Memorial Day marked the final day of OakBend Medical Center’s first Restaurant Week. The event took place from May 19-May 29 and included 14 restaurants in Fort Bend County.
The fundraising idea was the brainchild of Jimmy Cantu of Pier 36, Andres Novoa of La Cocina and Daniel Ornelas of Ol’ Railroad Café. For the 11 days of Restaurant Week, participating restaurants offered a special 3-course Restaurant Week menu. The 14 restaurants made a donation to OakBend Medical Center for every meal ordered off the special menus during regular business hours. The participating restaurants included:
Another Time Soda Fountain
Bull Creek Cafe & Grill
Clancy’s Public House
Dekker’s Mesquite Grill
Japaneiro’s
La Cocina
Lomonte’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria
Ninja Japanese Cuisine
Ol’ Railroad Cafe
Pier 36
Sandy McGee’s
The Ginger Mule
The Swinging Door
Veritas Steak & Seafood
With final numbers in, the 896 special menu meals that were sold during the event raised $5,114 for the hospital’s Vision 2020 campaign. Vision 2020 is a comprehensive renovation campaign that will bring the most advanced concepts for a healing environment to OakBend Medical Center. Launched in May 2015, the campaign has already resulted in significant improvements at OakBend’s historical home in Downtown Richmond. Progress from the campaign was seen immediately beginning with updates to the building’s exterior and landscaping in the fall of 2015. Additional projects that have been completed as part of the campaign include renovations to the Jackson Street Emergency Care Center and the Skilled Nursing Facility. Major renovations are currently planned for the hospital’s two largest medical-surgical units on the fourth and fifth floors. Future Vision 2020 projects include the expansion of the ACE Unit, additional upgrades in the Skilled Nursing Facility, and renovations to the hospital’s common areas including main hallways, restrooms and cafeteria. When complete, Vision 2020 will create an environment of care that inspires patients and their families and fosters faster healing.
“We are extremely grateful to the 14 local restaurants that participated in OakBend Medical Center Restaurant Week,” stated Joe Freudenberger, CEO of OakBend Medical Center. “Their commitment to the hospital and to the community is touching and we are appreciative of all their help. It is not often that you get to eat a great meal and raise money for your community hospital and we are overwhelmed with the generosity of these participants and want to thank everyone that took the time to visit one of these local restaurants and support OakBend Medical Center.”
Pier 36 owner, Jimmy Cantu, said “It was an honor to be part of this adventure. We were happy to step forward and make a commitment to help our local hospital achieve its goals and to raise money for Vision 2020. It was a great success and we look forward to being able to do this again next year and to raise even more money.”
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About OakBend Medical Center:
OakBend Medical Center is an independent, nonprofit community hospital based in Fort Bend County, providing quality care and exemplary service with its two full-service hospitals, as well as many specialty centers. As a community hospital, caring for our patients is personal. Our patients are our neighbors, our family, and our friends. We act with integrity and compassion, each of our staff takes ownership of providing the highest quality care and we have an absolute commitment to excellence in all that we do.
OakBend Medical Center distinguishes itself among its healthcare peers in Fort Bend County by housing several unique programs and facilities including:
- No Wait Emergency Room
- Hospital-based Skilled Nursing Facility
- Neonatal ICU
- Advanced Trauma Program
- Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) Unit
- Geriatric Psychiatric Program
- Permanent Hospital-based Air Ambulance
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