At Hospice of Southern Illinois, the community education team is always thinking of new ways to educate the community and spread our mission, to enhance the quality of life of individuals and their loved ones touched by a terminal illness. We never thought this nifty little item would save the day for one of our fellow community healthcare providers. It just shows the power of a little burgundy and a phone number. Thank you Kim for sharing your great story with our readers!
A little over a year ago, Hospice of Southern Illinois came by my office to drop off a very cute business card holder that was to attach to the back of my phone. I almost didn’t put it on, because I was just sure I wouldn’t use it to tell the truth! I did, and then off I went.
A little over a year ago, Hospice of Southern Illinois came by my office to drop off a very cute business card holder that was to attach to the back of my phone. I almost didn’t put it on, because I was just sure I wouldn’t use it to tell the truth! I did, and then off I went.
A few weeks later, I went to
Colorado for a little vacation. My best friend and I had a fantastic week. On the last full day we had we took a picnic up the mountain! We stopped and took picture of little creeks, elk, and
deer all along the way. It was a perfect day, until we got to her
house. I was packing to leave for the next day. I went to get my
phone to call my children, and guess what? No phone!!! I was
frantic, of course, and looked all over – the house, my pockets, the car,
driveway, etc. Nothing. We got
back in the car and drove back up the mountain and spent two hours retracing
our steps until it was dark.
The next day, I called my phone
service and had it turned off. We were just about to leave for some
coffee when I remembered the lovely business card holder on the back of my
phone! I called them from my friend’s phone and explained my situation.
All of a sudden, the woman on the other end starting laughing! She said
“Well, you’re not going to believe this, but we just got a call from a woman in
Colorado who has your phone!!! She left her number in case you
called!” Needless to say, I was thrilled! I called her and we
agreed to meet about halfway, which was about 45 minutes away.
Unfortunately, it did turn out that she found it on her PRIVATE lane that we
had driven up just to get some pictures (ok, blame it on the wine!), but she
thought it was such a good story that she only said, “You’re lucky I didn’t see
you that day when I had my gun!” Yikes!
Happy ending with this happy girl and her FABULOUS business card holder from Hospice of Southern Illinois!
