Mar 22, 2023

Stormont Vail team 'clears the list' to welcome international lab techs

Posted Mar 22, 2023 9:18 PM
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Stormont Vail Health

The proverb that “it takes a village” has become ingrained at the Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills Campus. This team is one that understands it takes many people, working together, to achieve common goals. When news that the Flint Hills Campus lab staff would be welcoming four new lab techs from the Philippines, this proverb once again, rang true.

Moving to Kansas from the Philippines is a huge undertaking and full of unknowns. The Flint Hills campus team wasted no time in planning how to make their new teammates feel welcome and at home in Junction City.

They not only helped them find housing, but they also turned the house into a home by getting all of the items needed for it to be move-in ready. A list of more than 50 items was posted and in less than 24 hours Flint Hills team members had signed up to donate everything from a washer and dryer to pots and pans.

The new team members were met at the airport in Kansas City and welcomed by Ruth Dela Cruz, Regional Manager of Laboratory Services. Learn more about how the “village” at Stormont Vail Flint Hills Campus made these new team members feel welcome.