Cracker Barrel chairs soon will be rocking at St. Francis Indy campus

INDIANAPOLIS – In keeping with its commitment to support local communities, the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® location in Indianapolis will extend its unique brand of hospitality to St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers with the donation of five rocking chairs.

The familiar chairs will be presented to hospital officials 9:30 a.m., Friday, June 11, and placed in the neonatal intensive care unit, newborn nursery and Cancer Center outpatient area at St. Francis Hospital-Indianapolis, 8111 S. Emerson Ave.

Retail Manager Judy Bombard of the Indianapolis Cracker Barrel on Southport Road recommended St. Francis because it “consistently has provided a high level of service” in the community.

“At Cracker Barrel, our mission statement is ‘pleasing people,’ and that commitment extends into our local communities,” said Bombard, a Cracker Barrel employee for six years. “Like Cracker Barrel, St. Francis Hospital has served our community for many years, and these rocking chairs are our special way of acknowledging and appreciating the hospital’s efforts.”

On hand to receive the chairs will be Lori Warner, director of Women and Children’s Services; Paula Stanfill, NICU manager; Angela Bratina, nursery manager; Linda Burleson, cancer care reception coordinator; and Mark Pflum and Amanda Haugh, president and development director, respectively, for the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation.

The Lebanon, Tenn.-based Cracker Barrel opened at its Southport Road location in 1985. Eleven employees at Southport location have been with the company for at least 10 years, Bombard said.