Margie Molitor named Wyoming's 2021 Community Star

Hot Springs Health CEO Margie Molitor was named Wyoming's 2021 Community Star for National Rural Health Day by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH).

On the third Thursday of November every year, NOSORH, the member association for each of the 50 State Offices of Rural Health, leads National Rural Health Day (NRHD). NRHD is an annual day of celebration that shines a light on those who serve the vital health needs of the estimated 57 million people living in rural America.

On November 18, the 11th annual NRHD and NOSORH honored and celebrated Molitor's contributions to rural health in Wyoming by sharing her story in the official book of Community Stars.

These Community Stars provide positive examples of what can be accomplished, even during a public health crisis, in our rural communities throughout the United States. The stories they share point to resolve, maintaining and growing new relationships, ensuring readiness in communities, and never giving up.

"Together with the State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) and our partners, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) we strive to build the capacity of our members and stakeholders to grow the health of rural communities. We are dedicated to cultivating a vital rural landscape, growing leadership for health equity, building capacity for data-driven decision-making, and advocating for rural health resources," said Teryl Eisinger, CEO of NOSORH.

Molitor received not one but two nominations as Wyoming's 2021 Community Star. This dual nod was in part due to the hospital and community coming together to help Hot Springs County achieve something it had been working toward for decades - renovation of the 60 year old hospital in Thermopolis. Over 30,000 square feet of addition and renovation was just completed to Hot Springs Health Hospital.

Her story appears in The 2021 Community Stars eBook. It was published on the official NRHD website, powerofrural.org.