WEST POINT, GA., September 27, 2006 — First Charter, MHC, parent company to CharterBank, announced last night a half million dollar contribution to Lanier Memorial Hospital to underwrite a new state of the art women’s center there. With new equipment and surgical suites, the facility, to be named the CharterBank Women’s Center, will provide the clinical and technical facilities that could improve the health and lives of women, mothers and babies in the Chattahoochee Valley area for years to come. The newly renovated women’s center will be located on the third floor of the hospital in the area previously utilized by the Surgical Services Department, and has been designed to be an attractive, comfortable, and safe environment for women and infants. The unit will encompass 12,291 square feet, and will include a 12 crib nursery, 11 private patient rooms, two labor and delivery rooms, and a c-section room. A waiting room for family members will be located nearby. New equipment to be installed in the unit at a cost of over $600,000 will include an infant abduction prevention system and a centralized fetal-monitoring system. Five physicians will provide primary care for the unit and include three OB-Gyns and two pediatricians. Dr. James J. Bendell, of the Women’s Center in LaGrange, and Drs. J. David Harris and Kimberly D. Fields of Women’s Health at Water’s Edge in the Medical Park will provide obstetrical and gynecological care. Care for newborns will be provided by Dr. Charles (Chuck) Casarona and Dr. Tonya Lyles. Other members of the Medical Staff are available to assist as needed.
 CharterBank, First Charter MHC and The Charter Foundation, which is the humanitarian and philanthropic arm of the Charter companies, has donated more than $5 million within the communities it serves. In West Point, the Valley, LaGrange, Opelika and Auburn, the company and its affiliates have donated scholarships and awarded grants to numerous groups and organizations for countless worthy initiatives and projects. Programs for community and economic development, human and social needs, environmental issues, as well as the performing arts have been funded. Most recently, a donation of $300,000 was made to anchor the campaign to build a community recreation center in Opelika. CharterBank President and CEO Bob Johnson made the announcement at a media conference at Lanier Memorial Hospital September 26, 2006. In his comments he stated that the hospital is a unique, home grown institution that we should all be proud of and that, uniquely, belongs to all people of the Valley. “We are extremely proud to be associated with the hospital because it is so clearly and strongly supported by our community. In addition, we love the association with the joy that is felt by families when a child is born. We expect a very high level of care and caring to be delivered to our new mothers and their babies through the CharterBank Women’s Center.”  In reference to the CharterBank donation, Bob Humphrey, CEO of Lanier Health Services, said, “We are deeply grateful for CharterBank's commitment to this community and to this hospital, and for their choice to affirm this commitment through such a generous donation to a most needful cause. Lanier’s mission is to provide exceptional quality healthcare in a compassionate environment. With the newly renovated and equipped unit for women and newborns made possible by this donation, we feel that we will be able to provide an environment that will help enable our physicians and staff provide the highest quality care, and also a safe, pleasant, and comfortable environment that will enhance the hospital experience for women and their families.”  CharterBank, headquartered in West Point, Georgia, is a full-service bank and federal savings institution founded in 1954 to provide needed resources for home mortgage financing in the Valley area. CharterBank offers an aggressive slate of personal and business banking products delivered through its nine branches along the I-85 corridor from LaGrange, Ga., to Auburn, Al., and online at www.charterbank.net. CharterBank’s deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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