The Chenango Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s board of directors looks on as Auxiliary President Katharine M. Voss presents a check for $20,000 to Dr. Drake Lamen, President & CEO of UHS Chenango Memorial. The gift represents the first installment of the volunteer organization’s 5-year, $100,000 pledge to the hospital’s capital campaign. (Submitted photo)

NORWICH – Katharine Mirabito Voss smiled as she handed a check to UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital leaders.

“The ink is still wet,” she cautioned.

The check, in the amount of $20,000, is the first installment of one of three multi-year pledges that helped lay the groundwork for the Norwich hospital’s first capital campaign in nearly three decades.

“We are excited and proud to support the Chenango Medical Neighborhood Capital Campaign project,” said Voss, who serves as president of the Chenango Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

The Auxiliary’s commitment of $100,000, to be paid over five years, was one of three leadership gifts announced at the Capital Campaign kick-off in August. The other foundational gifts came from the hospital’s own board of directors and the Chenango Memorial Hospital Foundation.