{"id":87538,"date":"2025-12-25T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=87538"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:16:10","slug":"our-stories-eric-gary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/our-stories-eric-gary\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Gary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_87539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87539\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87539\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/17135837\/Eric-Gary-YMEP-header-image-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Gary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Eric Gary offers more than security to patients, staff at Memorial Hospital Central<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a busy hospital where many patients and their families go through times of turmoil, it\u2019s not surprising that a wallet, a purse, a ring or a cellphone might be forgotten or misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Gary, a security supervisor at <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-memorial-hospital-central\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central<\/a>, makes sure that many lost items find their way back to their owners. For items that remain unclaimed, Gary makes sure the lost items benefit others.<\/p>\n<p>His most important responsibility during his shifts is to ensure the safety of patients, visitors and staff at the hospital. But Gary recently took extra time for another job: creating an inventory of cash and other items that had remained unclaimed for at least 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Gary sorted through cellphones, laptops and other electronics and followed the hospital\u2019s protocols, confirming that coworkers had done all they could to return the items to their owners. He then contacted the hospital\u2019s information technology experts, who removed data from the devices so Gary could donate the items to a local women\u2019s shelter.<\/p>\n<p>The effort was worth it, Gary said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just me lending a helping hand when I can,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to see something positive in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary took another step toward that goal recently with a Friday afternoon visit to the offices of the <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealthmemorialcares.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCHealth Memorial Hospital Foundation<\/a>, the main fundraising arm for UCHealth in southern Colorado. Gary greeted Development Manager Michelle Reich by announcing he had a gift to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe handed me a zip-lock bag filled with quarters, nickels and dimes and said, \u2018here you go,\u2019\u201d Reich recalled. After a few chuckles, Gary also handed her some unclaimed cash in varying denominations. The cash offered a bit of a boost to the foundation\u2019s philanthropic programs, including varieties of patient assistance and improvements in care.<\/p>\n<p>The good cheer Gary brought to the visit was typical, Reich said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Eric\u2019s around, you just know things are going to get taken care of,\u201d she said. \u201cHis smile just makes you feel so warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alegra Smith, manager of security at Memorial Hospital Central, said Gary has made a strong impression on many people in the nearly three years he\u2019s worked at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a social butterfly times 20,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see people light up when he walks around the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith added that she wasn\u2019t surprised that Gary took on responsibility for looking for owners and then clearing out the items from the hospital lost-and-found and unclaimed valuables storage units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to make sure everything is done properly,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you task him with something, he is going to make sure it gets done right. Overall, he is just a fantastic human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary is grateful to hospital providers and staff members for the lifesaving surgery he received there for a serious heart problem. He cites it as the reason he works at the hospital. The gratitude spurs him to support the people he encounters on the job, many of whom are enduring tough times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI meet a lot of great patients,\u201d he said. \u201cSome are going through a lot; some are just having a bad day. Everybody has a different story, from different walks of life. I meet them not as strangers or foes but as new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3 su-column-centered\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>You Make Extraordinary Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Together, we recognize and honor the qualities within ourselves by shining a spotlight on how each and every one of us improve lives in big ways and small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#A22343;border-color:#821c36;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#be657c;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:none\"> Share a story<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Gary offers more than security to patients, staff at Memorial Hospital Central In a busy hospital where many patients and their families go through times of turmoil, it\u2019s not surprising that a wallet, a purse, a ring or a cellphone might be forgotten or misplaced. 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