Bailey Islander honored for vaccination drive
Bailey Island resident Gayle Hays was one of six senior citizens honored for “extraordinary contributions to the health and well-being of their communities” during a ceremony at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on June 30.
Former Boston College and New England Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie presented an Olympics-style gold medal to Hays on behalf of UnitedHealthcare. The organization dubbed the recipients “New England Champions.”
UnitedHealthcare also gave Hays a gift package and donated $5,000 to a nonprofit of her choice. Hays selected Brunswick’s Oasis Free Clinics, which provides free medical and dental care to adults without health insurance…
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From the time she was a young girl growing up on a New Gloucester dairy farm, Gayle Hays was always taking care of something, whether it was a feral cat or a sickly calf. For nearly 50 years, she worked at Brunswick’s Regional Memorial and Mid Coast Hospitals as a nurse and clinical computer specialist.
After a lifetime of service to others, Hays would have been justified in taking some time to take care of herself after her 2019 retirement. But another calling would emerge for the Bailey Island resident in the form of a global pandemic that targeted the most vulnerable among us…