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Health And Fitness

Lifeserve Blood Center recognizes the volunteers in March

This March, LifeServe Blood Center celebrates our volunteer chairpeople who are instrumental in the success of the blood drives we have with businesses, churches, schools, and other organizations in the communities we serve. Without these individuals, blood drives would not have a location to be held, donors registered on the schedule, or volunteers recruited to assist with registration and canteen.

Schedule a blood donation for March 28 at Virginia Gay Hospital

It takes less than one hour to donate blood and in that one hour, blood donors will do more than most will do in a lifetime – they will save lives. Just one blood donation will help save the lives of up to three different hospital patients in your community. Every two seconds, someone in our country needs blood. You can pay it forward by giving a lifesaving donation and be a community hero.
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Nominations open for UI Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital Kid Captain

Do you know a child with an inspiring story of courage and resilience? The University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes are now accepting nominations for the 2024 Kid Captain program.Since its launch in 2009, the Kid Captain program has highlighted the remarkable journeys of young patients, celebrating their strength and determination.

Hawkeye Community College and Des Moines University Partner for Iowa’s Health

Des Moines University Medicine and Hawkeye Community College’s Health Sciences have formed an alliance to increase medicine and health sciences education in the state of Iowa. The partnership with Hawkeye Community College, located in Waterloo, Iowa, will provide a more streamlined pathway for students interested in occupational therapy to train and practice.

Cybersecurity attack affects community-based blood centers

In response to the devastating cybersecurity attack on New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) who has neighboring community-based blood centers in Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin, LifeServe Blood Center is providing urgent assistance. These blood centers have faced significant challenges in collecting blood after a ransomware attack severely disrupted their operations.
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Public Health Leaders Call for RSV Protection Awareness

This month, Virginia Gay Hospital is joining forces with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) to raise awareness about the risks of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and encourage Iowans to talk with their healthcare providers about vaccines available to protect against serious illness. Each year, RSV leads to thousands of emergency department visits and hospitalizations, particularly among infants, young children, older adults and individuals with weakened immune systems.

BLOOD DONORS ARE COMMUNITY HEROES

It takes less than one hour to donate blood and in that one hour, blood donors will do more than most will do in a lifetime – they will save lives. Just one blood donation will help save the lives of up to three different hospital patients in your community. Every two seconds, someone in our country needs blood. You can pay it forward by giving a lifesaving donation and be a community hero.

Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab, LLC Receives 2025 Customer Experience Award

 Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab is thrilled to announce that it has received a 2025 Customer Experience Award from Activated Insights, formerly Pinnacle Quality Insight, the leading provider of training, recruitment, retention, experience management and recognition tools to improve and grow long-term and post-acute care organizations. This recognizes VG Nursing & Rehab’s outstanding performance and solidifies their position in the top echelon of care providers nationwide.
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Memory Cafe Friday, February 14 at the Library

The Memory Cafe is held on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month in the lower level Board Room of the Library. Individuals living with dementia, along with their caregivers, are invited to join our Memory Cafe. We will serve coffee and freshly baked cookies in our library board room. We will provide dementia-friendly activities and conversation starters on Friday, February 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.

WOW February Newsletter

Attached you will find the February 2025 Words on Wellness newsletter. This edition features:Be Sugar SavvyRecipe for Frozen Fruit CupsSNAP for Health!It’s All about Handwashing! Check out upcoming human sciences events on the calendar -- https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/events
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