Courtesy Parmer Medical Center
Release Date: August 07, 2007

Longtime PCCH Employee Honored

Terri Braillif is the July Employee of the Month 

Teresa (Terri) Braillif is the July Parmer County Community Hospital employee of the month. Braillif has a long history with PCCH, working here for over 30 years.  

Braillif has lived in Parmer County her whole life. She began her career at PCCH in 1975 as a nurse’s aid and attended nursing school, earning a degree as an L.V.N. When asked what she likes most about working at PCCH, she says she loves everything about it, especially seeing all the generations she has tended. “I’ve seen all the babies I helped deliver when I worked in the nursery grow up, and some of them have their own children now.”

Braillif was nominated by Joan Grimsley for going above and beyond the call of duty by volunteering for the annual Relay for Life event. Braillif has spearheaded this event for the last three years, with all of the work performed on a volunteer basis.

Putting together such an event is a lot of work, and requires her to play many different roles. Braillif and her team of volunteers not only oversee the coordination of the event, but also recruit team members, collect for tee-shirts, sell raffle tickets and order promotional items. That is the glamorous part of the job. Braillif and her team of volunteers also set-up and tear-down before and after the event as well as perform many other duties that participants never see.

For Braillif, this is a labor of love. She lost her mother six years ago to Leukemia, and her father was also afflicted with cancer.  She says, “When you hear the word cancer, you automatically think it is a death sentence.  I do it [Relay for Life] to honor my mom and dad, and for all the people I love that I have lost to cancer. It is so important to raise awareness and let people know that are going through it [cancer] now that they are not alone.”

Braillif encourages everyone to have annual exams. “A lot of people put off these exams due to not having money, but there are lots of ways to get help. The big step is making that first phone call.”

Braillif lends her experience with cancer to us all, saying “Live every day to the fullest and trust in the good Lord.  That’s what I do, that’s my philosophy.”

Braillif’s efforts with Relay for Life have paid off. “This year, we had the biggest team ever, and (the Relay for Life event) raised the most money, over $36,000.”

Please join Terri’s PCCH family in congratulating her on earning the July employee of the month award. Your efforts did not go unnoticed. Great job, Terri!

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