Fauquier Health Names Mercy Award Honoree 2025

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WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, June 4, 2025 – Fauquier Health recently recognized 12 employees as Mercy Award 
nominees. The highest honor a Lifepoint employee can receive, the Mercy Award is named in memory of Scott 
Mercy, Lifepoint’s founding chairman. Mercy believed that a group of people working together toward a common 
vision can accomplish great things.

Nominations for the Mercy Award are submitted by staff at Fauquier Health to recognize commitment to patients, 
fellow employees, and the community at large. This year’s Mercy Award winner is Christine Helsel, COTA/L, a 
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant at Fauquier Health. Christine’s nomination highlighted her as “full of hope, joy and compassion.”

“The Mercy Award commends individuals who consistently go beyond the call of duty in serving our patients and our community,” said Rebecca Segal, FACHE, Fauquier Health CEO. “Christine’s work with her patients and in the 
community is truly inspiring. The comments from her patients and co-workers make it clear that Christine has a 
special connection with them.”

The nominations for Christine shared her devotion to her patients, including a pediatric patient who struggled with 
mastering daily living skills, social interaction and had significant sensory issues. Christine worked with this patient to help them gain skills for independent living and to feel more comfortable interacting with others. Christine even 
helped her participate in a musical showcase in front of an audience. So successful was Christine’s work with this 
patient that they are now looking at pursuing a college education.

Also highlighted in Christine’s nomination was her work in the community to raise funds for adaptive bikes for 
children with disabilities. She plays an integral role in organizing the annual Warrenton Pediatric Bike-a-thon for those children to enjoy their bikes and to raise funds. “Every child should have a bike,” said Christine.

Photo attached: Joe Barkman, Fauquier Health Board of Trustees Chair, Christine Helsel, and Rebecca Segal, 
Fauquier Health CEO
  About Fauquier Health
Fauquier Health is a community health system dedicated to high-quality, patient-centered care. Nationally 
recognized as a Top General Hospital by the Leapfrog Group – the only one in Virginia – and accredited by 
the Joint Commission, Fauquier Health has achieved recognition as a Certified Primary Stroke Center, as a 
Center of Excellence for Joint Replacement and as an accredited Chest Pain Center. Fauquier Health 
includes a fully accredited, 97-bed acute care hospital; The Villa at Suffield Meadows, an assisted living 
facility; and multiple physician’s offices, including primary care, gastroenterology, general surgery, OB/GYN 
and specialty practices. More information on Fauquier Health is available online at 
www.FauquierHealth.org.