Nancy Watkins Named Mariners Hospital Auxiliary Volunteer of Year

Nancy Watkins of Islamorada has been named the Mariners Hospital Auxiliary Volunteer of the Year. Watkins received a received a glass plaque engraved with her name, a gold pineapple pendant with a diamond and two tickets to the hospital’s Bougainvillea Ball.

(l-r) Jay Hershoff, chair of the Mariners Hospital Board of Directors; Nancy Watkins; Judi Bray, president of the Auxiliary; and Nelson Lazo, Mariners Hospital CEO.

Watkins has volunteered 2,683 hours since she joined the auxiliary in 2003. The majority of those hours were spent in the hospital gift shop. She has served as gift shop co-chair as well as chair and was responsible for a marked increase in sales by introducing a new mix of merchandise.