Auburn Football Coaches Visits East Alabama Patients, Staff During Tigers Give Back Day
April 13, 2023Auburn football’s coaching staff stepped off the gridiron and into the halls of East Alabama Medical Center April 11 to lend their support to patients and offer their appreciation to the hospital’s dedicated healthcare workers.
Coaches Hugh Freeze, Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, Phillip Montgomery, Ron Roberts, Ben Aigamaua, Josh Aldridge, Marcus Davis, Zac Etheridge, Jeremy Garrett, Wesley McGriff and Jake Thornton visited with patients and staff on the second and fifth floors, and SNF.
The visit was part of the university’s Tigers Give Back community service day, an initiative that gives coaches and staff a chance to participate in community projects and uplift their neighbors.
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About East Alabama Health
East Alabama Health encompasses East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, EAMC-Lanier in Valley, the Spencer Cancer Center in Opelika, the Auburn Medical Pavilion and a host of other key medical clinic and practices that help provide a continuum of care to patients throughout an 11-county area. EAMC is a 314-bed regional referral hospital with a 26-bed Skilled Nursing Facility, while EAMC-Lanier provides inpatient services as well as a nursing home, an acute rehab unit, senior behavioral health and an ambulatory surgery center. East Alabama Health employs about 3,500 employees and is the second largest employer in the region, trailing only Auburn University. For more information, visit www.eastalabamahealth.org.
