In the Community
Evening In Pink
“Hats Off To You” is the program planned for this year’s Evening in Pink in Beatrice on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Tickets for this annual community breast cancer awareness event will be available Oct. 1-10 at Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center, Parkview Center and Wymore Medical Clinic. Tickets are $6. Evening in Pink, which includes hors d’oeuvres and a program, is sponsored by the Gage County Breast Cancer Coalition, local businesses and service groups, and will be held at Classic’s Restaurant, 1301 Oak St., Beatrice. For more information contact Norma-Lou Cook, Beatrice Community Hospital health promotion coordinator, at 402-228-8503.
Beatrice Health Expo 2010
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE 2010 HEALTH FAIR: MARCH 27, 2010, AT THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUMAN CENTER. More details to come.
The 26th annual Beatrice Health Expo was held March 28, 2009, at the Southeast Community College Truman Center. There were 298 people who took advantage of the reduced-cost blood chemistry test. The health fair is organized by the Beatrice Community Hospital Health Fair Committee and sponsored by numerous local businesses and service organizations.
Ready-Set-Go
Thank you to all those who helped with the 2009 Ready-Set-Go back-to-school program, a partnership of the Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center and The Salvation Army.
This year’s program helped 118 families get ready for a new school year:
--256 children received a free school backpack and supplies (another 150 backpacks were given out at schools)
--More than $2,600 was provided in used clothing and new socks and underwear
--16 school physicals
--250 health kits (soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste)
--114 $10 shoe coupons
--42 haircut vouchers
Other services/booths:
--Hearing, vision and lead poisoning screenings
--Beatrice Public Library Cards
--Kids Connection Insurance
--Book Coupons
--Lice Check
--Nutrition Information/Diabetes Education
--ESU – Early Intervention
--Head Start
--Blue Valley Community Action
--Mother-to-Mother Ministry
New this year was a free hot dog, chips and drink meal for participating families.
Approximately 45 volunteers and several businesses and organizations helped to make the July 23 event successful, including: Joseph’s College of Beauty , Soroptimist, Women of Today, American Legion Auxiliary, Store Kraft Manufacturing, Public Health Solutions District Health Department, PEO Home Ladies, EyeCare Specialties, SunMart, Alco, Pamida, Sanofi Pasteur and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
Other donations and grants were provided by Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation, John Carlson, Beatrice Sertoma, Gage County Foundation, Wal-Mart and Rotary.
We apologize if we have overlooked anyone, please know that we appreciate and value every contribution to this program. Thank you everyone who joined us in making this event successful and helping hundreds of children get off to a great start to a new school year.
Sincerely, Norma-Lou Cook, RN
Beatrice Community Hospital
Capts. Joshua and Rhegan Stansbury
The Salvation Army
PATCH
Beatrice Community Hospital/Gage County (NE) Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH) is a community health planning model that was developed in the mid-1980s by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with state and local health departments and community groups.
PATCH is a process that involves and enables members of the community to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs.
BCH/Gage County PATCH coalition was initiated in 1986. In coordination with national health objectives, BCH/PATCH targets five objectives as guidelines in planning toward the year 2010.
Those objectives are:
- Improve nutrition through school and worksite education.
- Reduce unintentional injuries through safety awareness-seat belt/car seats.
- Improve physical activity and fitness by increasing activity.
- Reduce use of and exposure to tobacco.
- Decrease alcohol and drug problems.
Projects include:
- Annual spring walk
- Kids on the Move in Beatrice fourth grade classes
- Walking track in basement of Beatrice Public Library
- Web site
Coordinator is Sharon Langvardt.
Contact info:
402-223-3103
http://www.beatricene.com/patch/