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Health Volunteers Overseas Honors CRNA Volunteers with President's Call to Service Award

Mattilou Catchpole, CRNA, PhD, and Lois Krug, CRNA, CHE, are among 18 volunteers honored by Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) with the President's Call to Service Award, a national honor offered in recognition of 4,000+ hours of volunteer service, the equivalent of two years of full-time service. Catchpole and Krug received the award on Saturday, Sept. 30 at HVO's 20th Anniversary celebration event ...

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