Beebe Healthcare Celebrates Rita Rickards 50th Year of Helping Patients
Beebe Healthcare held a surprise celebration for longtime team member Rita Rickards, who celebrates 50 years of working in the healthcare system this month.
Rickards is a unit secretary specialist who started with food services in 1974 and has moved up within the organization throughout those many dedicated years.
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn was on hand to present Rita with a proclamation from the General Assembly. She was also joined by more than 100 team members, who lined the main hallway for the surprise. Rita was also joined by her husband and other family members, including her great grandchild. Rickards was overwhelmed with the surprise and grateful for all the of the support. She said she isn’t retiring yet and will continue working with her Beebe family.