Thank you for visiting CareGifting

We're Sandra Rorem and Ginger Hines, owners and co-founders of CareGifting.com. Thanks for visiting us! We started CareGifting out of our passion to help people connect with each other during challenging times.

We are pictured here in the CareGifting Cottage with our company mascot, Frisco. He's a cute little rescue pup who was hit by a car and abandoned at a shelter. He's made a full recovery from his injuries with a little TLC and is the perfect story about how a little help, comfort and support can help a friend heal.

As women, we have each helped take care of loved ones dealing with serious health issues -- and faced the helpless feeling, not knowing what to do. As business owners, after years of corporate experience in healthcare management and starting other companies, we decided to meld our personal and professional experiences to create CareGifting in 2006. Our site launched for business in 2007.

We personally select the items that we offer, design the gift collections and are available to help you design the perfect gift to help send your message of care and concern. We talk with customers all of the time, and are more than happy to talk over your gift selection so that you choose the best options for your unique situation.

Founder: Sandra Rorem, MBA
Sandra’s accomplished career spans 30 years of executive leadership -- leading companies and serving on boards. But she has discovered her true passion is helping people support friends and family in practical and uplifting ways. She currently serves on the board of the National Association of Corporate Directors – Pacific Northwest Chapter, REM Medical and has recently completed service on the boards of Flow International (NASDQ), the British American Business Council and WomanSpirit Center of Issaquah, a 501(c)3 organization.

Most recently she has led a successful consulting company that focuses on healthcare service companies. Previously, Sandra was Chief Executive Officer of Accium BioSciences and President and Chief Executive Officer of ClearMedical, Inc. Prior to joining ClearMedical, Sandra served as Chief Executive Officer of Medalia HealthCare, LLC a Network of 350 Health Providers in 50 clinics throughout the greater Puget Sound area. Sandra spent two decades with the Providence Health System where she held numerous key executive positions. She received her Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington.

Founder: Ginger Hines, MPH
Ginger's personal passion for this work developed after her father’s fight against a rare and aggressive cancer, her grandmother’s battle against and eventual defeat by breast cancer,and working in the healthcare system for years and seeing how people can feel so isolated during an acute health episode.

Ginger has more than 16 years experience in healthcare administration and health services consulting. She has devoted her career to strategic planning for healthcare companies, from a large integrated delivery system to several startup companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical and healthcare service industries. Ginger’s most recent experience has been in health services consulting where she assisted companies such as REM Medical, Accium BioSciences, Sleep Medicine Associates and ClearMedical with their startup operations and planning efforts. Before her consulting career she served as Manager of Planning and Business Analysis at the corporate office of Providence Health System, a contract analyst for a health insurance company and in marketing at a community hospital. She received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington.

IN THE NEWS


12/08: The Bellevue Club magazine member profile. See the link to a copy of the article at the bottom of this web page.

6/08: CareGifting featured in June Costco Connection. Click on the link to the story http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/200806/?pg=78&pm=2&u1=friend


5/08: CareGifting featured in the Hartford Courant. Article by Korky Vann.


1/08: CareGifting's Ginger Hines authors article in Coping Magazine See the link to a copy of the article at the bottom of this web page


8/07: CareGifting's founders interviewed on Seattle's KCIS AM 630 morning program


7/07: CareGifting launch covered in Eastside Business News


7/07: CareGifting launch appears in WordNews online


5/07: CareGifting founders featured on Health Radio's Patient Power program with Andrew Schorr. Listen to the broadcast at http://www.patientpower.info/audio/daily/HR052907.M3U


5/07: CareGifting launch covered in Mercer Island Reporter

5/07: CareGifting is featured on KOMO TV's 4pm newscast. Sandra Rorem and Ginger Hines interviewed by reporter Mary Nam.

5/07: CareGifting's Ginger Hines interviewed by Lisa Brooks and Eric Slocum of KOMO Radio 1000 for afternoon show