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coordinating with the Sweet Onion
Cinema to provide a private screening
of the newest Star Wars movie, The
Rise of Skywalker. He watched the
entire movie with his family from his
stretcher,” Jason smiled.
Another patient wanted to go
to the beach one last time. Jason
managed to get a limo to pick
him up and take him and his wife
to the beach. “One of our nurses
accompanied him and his wife, so
they could stay overnight,” said
Jason. One patient had never flown,
and his wish was to fly in a plane.
“We found a way to take him flying,
and one of our nurses rode with him.”
It’s especially emotional for both
family and staff when a patient at
Community Hospice is a child. “We
had a seven-year-old pediatric patient
who was a John Cena fan,” said
Jason. “He loved the wrestler. So, we
found a way for the young boy to talk
with John Cena on the phone. The
next morning, he received a package
with tons of stuff all signed by the
wrestler. He was so excited. It was really
neat.”
Whether coordinating the
fulfillment of a last will for a hospice
patient or volunteering for a
community event, Jason has dedicated
his life to serving our community. He
ABOVE Jason with his sons Conner and Carson.
was one of the first graduates of the
Toombs-Montgomery Leadership
program and President of the
Downtown Vidalia Association (DVA)
from 2010 to 2013. He is a member
of the Vidalia Kiwanis Club and was
selected Business Associate of the Year
in 2015 by the Vidalia charter chapter
of the American Business Women’s
Association (ABWA). Jason has also
served as chairman of the medical
professional division for United Way
and marshal of the Vidalia Christmas
parade on more than one occasion,
and he participates in Vidalia’s annual
“Clean-up Day.”
LEFT to RIGHT Community Hospice donation plaque at the Cancer Center. Jason working on plans for the Downtown Music
Festival. Delivering donated turkeys to families in need along with Community Hospice nurses. Participating in Vidalia Clean Up
day. Community Hospice provides the hayride at the annual Spooktacular Fall Festival. TJ Walker and Wendy Cason with Jason at
a Chamber event. Jason as Vidalia ABWA's Business Associate of the Year along with his mother Deborah Sims who was chosen
Vidalia ABWA's Woman of the Year.