The GrapeVINE May 2013 unteer Corps serves as a link between the Community and Memorial Health System by providing support through acts of kindness, donations of time, talents and financial gifts. -MHSVC President Phyllis Welton, called the meeting to order with the Auxiliary prayer. -Minutes from previous month were approved. -Treasurer’s Report was approved. -Volunteers gave 756.75 hours in March. -Gift Shop sales totaled $229.73 in March! - 71 cards were sold in March! - The Craft Committee met twice in March. They made dish cloths, baby blankets, knitted hats, 10 bibs for the Gift Shop and 10 bibs for Learn & Grow Depot, stuffed animals for ER patients, 113 yoyo’s were made into flowers for Village Manor to use as table decorations, and 20 Flower Power awards were finished. They also worked on lap robes. WHEW! Been busy! - 51 frozen meals were sold in March. - Members of both the craft and card committees met in April to help with folding, stuffing and labeling of letters. -No TAB Cinnamon Roll sale in May. FREE Cinnamon Rolls on May 13th for Gift Shop Opening. The next meeting will be May 9th, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. at the Nichols Education Center. Volume 16, Number 5 Flour Power Bingo sponsored by the MHSVC! Mission Statement: Memorial Health System Vol- Executive Board Meeting Highlights Volunteer Information NEtwork Flour Power is offering BINGO from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 18, in Sterl Hall. Play is open to all ages. A prize will be awarded to the winner of each round. Cards will be available for donations of $1 each or 6 cards for $5 per game. Players can play unlimited cards each round. Bring your friends, stay the whole time, or come and go as you choose. Bingo is being sponsored by the MHS Volunteer Corps. Proceeds will benefit Memorial Health Foundation for Memorial Health System projects. Volunteers are needed! If you are interested in helping at Bingo please call Michelle at 263-6692. Other volunteer opportunities are available too! We need volunteers to help both Friday night and Saturday during the day. Friday volunteers needed: Servers and Ticket Takers 4:30 p.m.-8:30 (2shifts) Information Booth 4:30p.m.-9:00p.m. (2shifts) Saturday volunteers needed: Information Booth 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Check in Judges/Hospitality 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Take food to Judges 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Pedal Pull registration 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Ticket Taker 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (3 shifts) BINGO! Volunteers 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (2shifts) Call Michelle at 263-6692 to sign up! May 2013 theGrapeVine Page 2 Happy Birthday! 2 Twila Engle 2 Elaine Walters 6 Arlene Ingrum 13 Christa Jones 18 Betty Noel 23 Wyatt Galvin 24 Eva Reese Thank You MHS Volunteers! The MHS craft committee donated 10 handmade bibs to Learn & Grow Depot. Pictured left are Learn & Grow Depot Director Debb Homman and MHSVC craft committee member Joan Marshall. *If your name has been left off, please forgive us and contact Michelle at 263-6692. MH Birthing Center Baby Basket Dear Volunteers... Thank you so much for the gifts for our new little one. We appreciate your time and thoughtfulness. We are doing great with our new family. CaringHearts gift shop Opening Monday, May 13th! Gift Shop Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. FREE Cinnamon Rolls 9:30 until they are gone! MHS volunteers from both the craft committe and the card committee spent a morning folding, stuffing, inserting, and labeling almost 3800 letters that will be mailed to patients of Abilene Family Physicians and Heartland Health Care Clinic. The mass mailing is notifying patients of the arrival of two new physicians and the upcoming retirement of physicians. Thank you, MHS Volunteer Corps, for lending many hands to help with a big job. Welcome New Volunteer: Justine Wade May 2013 theGrapeVine Page 3 Dr. Verner is seeing patients four days a week at the clinic, which is open Monday through Thursday. HealthWise 55 Patients must have a physician’s referral to be seen at Comprehensive Pain Solutions. HealthWise 55 Luncheon Date: Thursday, May 23rd Time: 12:00p-1:00p Place: Conklin Conference Room Guest Speaker: Teresa Hudson Topic: National Blood Pressure Awareness Month Cost: $5 per person Reservation required. Please call Michelle at 263-6692 to reserve your seat. Dr. Dina Verner, Physiatrist Dr. Verner and her husband, David, recently relocated near Abilene. She says that she is more accustomed to big city life, and appreciates the slow lifestyle of small towns. “I am glad that, here in Abilene, I can spend more time with patients and give them better care, since they can present such complex problems,” she said. Anyone interested in more information about Comprehensive Pain Solutions may call the clinic in Abilene Kansas at (785) 263-6684. Memorial Health System is pleased to announce that Dr. Dina Verner has joined Comprehensive Pain Rhematologist To Be Featured on "Doctors On Solutions as medical director. Call" TV Show Dr. Verner is a physiatrist, which means she is a Dr. James D. Anderson, Rheuphysician with specialty in physical medicine and matologist, will be featured on rehabilitation. She was previously in a group practice the “Doctors On Call” program in Topeka working at the Kansas Rehabilitation Hosat 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, on pital, St. Francis Health Center, and Stormont-Vail the Smoky Hills Public TeleviRegional Health Center. sion channel. According to Dr. Verner, Comprehensive Pain SoluDr. Anderson’s practice is based tions is an interdisciplinary pain management clinic Dr. James D. Anderson, out of Leawood, Kan., but he ofthat offers various treatments to control pain and Rheumatologist fers an outreach rheumatology improve function and quality of life. clinic three times a month at “If someone’s pain is better, they can function and at Abilene Family Physicians, 1405 N. Cedar, Abilene. perform better,” she said. The clinic will also offer services to those patients suffering from disabling conditions that affect their overall functional ability such as those struggling with stroke recovery, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neuromuscular disorders (i.e., Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis), musculoskeletal disorders, generalized weakness, deformities, fractures, sports injuries, wound healing, surgery recovery, and more. “Doctors On Call” is a half-hour live program where individuals can call in to have questions answered by a physician. Those wishing to call in to the program to ask Dr. Anderson a question may call (800) 337-4788 when the program is aired. Those interested may also watch the program when it is re-aired at 3:30 p.m. the following Sunday, May 12. Smoky Hills Public Television is available to Salina area cable customers. Those with Direct TV and Dish She says that her goal is to help Comprehensive Pain Network may view it in Dickinson County. It can also Solutions patients who are struggling with condibe viewed online at www.smokyhillstv.org following tions that cause them pain and/or render them the live air date. Click on the “Doctors on Call” icon disabled to be more functionally independent. to view episodes. May 2013 theGrapeVine Page 4 May 2013 Cards 9a-3p MHSVC Ex Bd Mtg 9:30 am HAK District Meeting Gift Shop Opens! 8am-4pm Flour Power Flour Power BBQ Dinner HealthWise 55 Crafts 9a-3p May 9th - Card Committee Mtg - 9a-3p in Conklin Conference Room May 9th - MHSVC Exec. Board Mtg - 9:30a in Nichols Ed Center May 13th- Gift Shop Opens! 8a-4p Monday - Friday May 16th- HAK District 3 Meeting- host Geary County Auxiliary in Junction City May 17th-18th- Flour Power - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! May 23rd - HealthWise 55 12:00p-1:00p, Conklin Conference Room, $5 per person, reservations May 28th - Craft committee Mtg - 9a-3p in Conklin Conference Room Important Numbers: Memorial Hospital........................................263-2100 Volunteer Services Office..............................263-6692 Hospital Scheduling.....................................263-6660 Heartland Surgery........................................263-0505 Rehab Scheduling.........................................263-6664 Memorial Health Foundation......................263-6688 Marketing and Communications.................263-6686 Home Health & Hospice...............................263-6630 Impact Sports & Fitness...............................263-3888 Village Manor.................................................263-1431 Michelle’s [email protected] MHS Website...........................www.caringforyou.org NEEDED! Volunteer Openings! Know someone who would like to volunteer? Or would you like to volunteer in a different area? Contact Michelle at 263-6692. flour power BINGO sponsored by MHSVC Saturday, May 18th 11:30 am to 3:00 pm Sterl Hall Play is open to all ages. A prize will be awarded to the winner of each round. Cards will be available for donations of $1 each or 6 cards for $5 per game. Players can play unlimited cards each round. Bring your friends, stay the whole time, or come and go as you choose. Community BBQ Dinner BBQ Competition car show family activities wiener dog races bingo games Commercial vendors Abilene, KS Fairgrounds May 17 & 18, 2013 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, May 17th 9:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM Wheatstock Grill-Off check-in opens KSKG Eagle Radio Live Remote Taste of Wheatstock Barbeque Dinner Taste of Wheatstock People’s Choice Voting Food & Merchandise Vendors Sly Ridge Band - Street Dance - Free Admission Grill-Off Participant Meeting KSU Parachute Club Skydiving Griller’s Choice Tasting’s Saturday, May 18th 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 4:00 PM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM Burrito Breakfast By Donation Food & Merchandise Vendors New & fun activities for the whole family Registration Hippie Hound Wiener Dog Jog & Dog Fashion Show Hippie Hound Wiener Dog Jog & Fashion Show Car Show Live Radio Remote Classic Hits 104.9 & Oldies 98.5 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 11:30 AM NOON NOON 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Registration Pedal Pull Pedal Pull Wheatstock Grill-Off Judging BINGO in Sterl Hall Good Sam Club Band Car Show Judging TV & Opportunity Winners Announced Wheatstock Grill-off Awards * Please note the schedule is subject to change. www.flourpowerKS.org Proceeds to Benefit Memorial Health foundaton projects for memorial health system