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Mission and Spiritual Care
Our Mission at work
Every day our caregivers, volunteers, and physicians bring the
mission and our core values alive with devotion and a spirit of
courage. Our mission and values ground us and ensure that
we remain steadfast expressing our healing ministry to our
patients and our communities. The annual Values in Action
award is the highest honor bestowed on our caregivers. It
celebrates caregivers who consistently embody our mission
and uniquely live in action our values of Compassion, Dignity,
Justice, Excellence, and Integrity.
Al Ablao
ED Nursing, San Pedro
Gilberto Bautista
SACC, San Pedro
Emily Demers
Service Excellence &
Communications, San Pedro
Jose Pamanes
Food Services/Dietary,
San Pedro
Martha Rios
3W Nursing, San Pedro
Manuel Amaral
Food Services/Dietary,
Torrance
Brittney Choi
Pharmacy, Torrance
Roseann Devlin
Tele/Onc Nursing, Torrance
Ari Meyers
Women's & Children's
Nursing, Torrance
Anne Takemura
Volunteer Services, Torrance
Celebrating our 2022 Values in Action award
recipients
Our five honorees in San Pedro are: Al Ablao, Gilberto Bautista, Emily Demers,
Jose Pamanes, and Martha Rios. Our five Torrance honorees are: Manuel
Amaral, Brittney Choi, Roseann Devlin, Ari Meyers, and Anne Takemura.
The several-month long celebration of our 2022 honorees culminated in
ceremonies for our honorees in our ministr y chapels. It was a meaningful
time of reflection, celebration, and inspiration.
We also had the honor to highlight a ver y special recognition for one of our
San Pedro honorees. Out of 7,000 nominations, Martha Rios, RN, was chosen
as one of 18 caregivers across the entire Providence health system to receive
a health system Values in Action Award and recognized as an exemplar y role
model for living our values. Martha has been a nurse in San Pedro for 40 years
and is an inspiration to us all! Martha will receive special recognition during
the health system Rays of Life virtual celebration later this summer.
Thank you to all our honorees for being a bright light in our ministries and
communities.
2023 Values in Action Celebrations
As we are wrapping up the 2022 VIA awards, it 's time to begin the nomination
process for the 2023 awards. For those of you familiar with the process, the
nomination system has been updated and is easier to use. Please feel free to
submit your nominations of worthy caregivers now at https://valuesinaction.
providence.org. The best way to nominate a caregiver is by using their email
address or entering in their Last name, First name. Be on the lookout for
more information and resources in the upcoming weeks.
