Betsy Hockey

Betsy is a recently semi-retired pediatric Physical Therapist, working at Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital for her entire career. She has been especially focused on working in the Oncology Unit with children diagnosed with cancer or blood disorders, including Hemophilia. She spent 5 years on the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Board as a Physical Therapy representative for Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. She continues to volunteer with Hemophilia clinics and Rainbow’s HOPE program (Healthy Outcomes, Positive Energy), a program to encourage children who have had cancer, and their families, to be active and engaged with peers. Additionally, to stay actively involved with children, she has started tutoring at Noble Elementary School in Cleveland Heights.

Betsy has been a life-long member of St. Paul’s, and raised her family here. She was actively involved in the youth group growing up, which significantly impacted her career choice and desire to help others. As a teen, she went on one of St. Paul’s first mission trips, to England and Scotland; as an adult she chaperoned several youth trips to Harlan, KY. She was asked to attend one of the first Reading Camps at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan, KY, which led to the establishment of the Reading Camp program that St. Paul’s has sponsored for the past 14 years. She has been involved with multiple groups at the church: Women’s Council, Eliza Backus Guild, Altar Guild, Reading Camp, and Loaves and Fishes, and she plays in the St. Paul’s Ringers Handbell choir. She is also awaiting confirmation to be St. Paul’s representative on the Open Doors Academy’s board of directors.

She is honored to have been nominated to serve on the Vestry at St. Paul’s during this exciting time of transition, and looks forward to helping the parish grow in faith and commitment over the next few years.

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