VHHA Video: Celebrities, Prominent Virginians Thank Frontline Health Care Providers and First Responders
Living in Staunton, the faces of Don Reid and Jimmy Fortune, speaking on behalf of all the Statler Brothers, jumped out from this VHHA video of well-known Virginians who are thanking those on the front lines in the medical profession during the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic.
Politicians, sports figures, entertainers … all with Virginia roots … joined in with the message of gratitude.
The video, released Friday, came from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHHA), an organization that has done a very good job keeping up with the Virginia Covid-19 numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Here is their press release:
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) has released a video compilation of celebrities and prominent Virginians expressing their gratitude to hospitals, health care workers, and first responders in the Commonwealth. Hospital staff and front line health care professionals are dedicated to their patients and invest long hours to provide medical care to people in need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to all the doctors, nurses, first responders, and frontline health care providers working to keep Virginians safe. And thank you to all the celebrities, prominent Virginians, people, and organizations who contributed to this video.
The video can be viewed online here, or on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram.
On behalf of the Virginia hospital and health system community, VHHA extends its sincere thanks and gratitude to all the individuals who voluntarily agreed to participate in the video. Among them: Grammy Award-winning recording artist Tim “Timbaland” Mosley; film and television actress and producer Olivia Wilde; comedian and actor Patton Oswalt; U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine; Virginia Governor Ralph Northam; NCAA Champion basketball coach Tony Bennett; former Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer; Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier; NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith; NBA Champion Ben Wallace; former MLB All-Star David Wright; ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jay Harris, and many more.
In addition to the many participants who graciously volunteered their time to record videos thanking frontline health care workers, VHHA also extends its thanks to representatives from these organizations who helped make this video possible: Avisa Partners, Capital Results, Carilion Clinic, Celebrate Healthcare LLC, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, William & Mary, James Madison University, Kirwin Strategies, McGuireWoods Consulting, the Miss America Organization, Mono Music Group/Mosley Music Group, the National Federation of Independent Business – Virginia, Old Dominion University, Richmond Raceway, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech University, the Virginia Tourism Corporation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Wythe County Community Hospital.
That was a pleasant watch.
