SEQUIM — A company employee initiative to wear blue jeans and Seahawks gear to work on Fridays produced a $1,300 donation for the Olympic Medical Center’s patient navigator program.
Ed Ebling, the administrator of Sequim Health and Rehabilitation, delivered the check to officials with the patient program and with the Olympic Medical Center Cancer Center in Sequim on Thursday.
Staff had raised the money by conducting raffles and paying $1 to wear jeans on Fridays for charity during the fall football season, Ebling said.
“We have a company policy that you can’t wear jeans to work except on some special dress days such as fundraisers,” he said.
“Since we have several employees that have benefitted from the patient navigator program in the past, we were motivated to raise money for the fund.”
They raised the money through the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, according to Bruce Skinner, foundation director.
The patient navigator program provides grants to qualified cancer patients.
“We are extremely grateful that Sequim Health and Rehabilitation employees were able to do this through the OMC Foundation,” said Sue Clements, patient navigator program coordinator.
“There are several patients who will receive help due to their generosity.”
The program was conducted in the fall so that employees could wear jeans and Seattle Seahawks clothing, Ebling said.
However, according to Skinner, Ebling himself spent most of the season supporting the Ohio State Buckeyes from his home state.
