Eight emergency responders — ranging from police officers to firefighter personnel to EMS technicians — were honored at Cartersville Medical Center’s 2019 Heart of Service Awards on Friday.
“It’s an opportunity for us to recognize our first responders who do so much for us in the community,” said CMC CEO Chris Mosley, “in sacrificing, in working long hours and putting themselves sometimes in harm’s way.”
The hospital’s EMS/business liaison Brad Cothran served as the emcee for the ceremony.
“It started a few years back when Jan Tidwell was the EMS liaison here at the hospital,” he described the history of the awards luncheon. “She decided to come up with these awards to give out to the individuals in public safety who go above and beyond their regular, everyday duties to help in the community.”
The Rev. Willie J.E. Coombs of Greater New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church gave the opening invocation for this year’s event.