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May 15, 2014

Growing a Healthy Community

New London residents will soon have access to community garden beds, thanks to a collaboration of the city, New London Lions Club, local churches and ThedaCare.

Volunteer and Canine Companion Bring Comfort to Veterans

Robert Drake of Weyauwega is used to being overlooked when he goes to Wisconsin Veterans Home in King. He is not offended because he knows the veterans have a connection with his 4-year-old partner, Hodge, a Golden Retriever.

April 25, 2014

ThedaCare Donations Helps Grow Garden Project

ThedaCare is helping a school garden project take root in Oshkosh. A $1,670 donation from the health care system will be used to design, create, build and maintain a school garden project at Washington Elementary School in Oshkosh. Growing Oshkosh, Inc. will take ownership of the project to help get it started, said Dani Stolley, founder and president of the non-profit, organic urban Oshkosh farm that also works with schools to start their own gardens.

April 14, 2014

Survive as a Caregiver

Powerful Tools for Caregiving classes each build on the other with the focus on the caregiver and the importance of taking care of their own needs and well-being and maintaining meaningful relationships and activities.

April 2, 2014

Donation Helps to Save Lives

It started with a single donation by siblings Pat Prill and Jon Wilsnack of Markesan in memory of their father las March. It ended in early October with the delivery of 18 brand new automated external defibrillator (AED) units to the Green Lake County Sherrif’s Department—one for each emergency vehicle in the department’s force.

ThedaCare Aids Kids Running Club

A Clintonville school running club is getting an extra kick start from ThedaCare. The Longfellow Running Club received a grant from ThedaCare’s Community Health Improvement to help fund the program, which brings students together twice a week before school for training runs.

March 26, 2014

ThedaCare Class Opens Communication

Puberty opens the door to a lot of sensitive topics about growth and development. In April, a ThedaCare class at Riverside Medical Center (RMC) in Waupaca seeks to break down barriers so mothers and daughters can address these topics together.

March 21, 2014

Ladies Night Out to Provide Functional Footwear Tips During Fashion Show

ThedaCare is offering a free educational evening filled with great fun, food and footwear and a fashion show with prizes. “Walk-This-Way Shoe Fashion Show with Dr. Kristen Kuratnick” will help women learn how to choose the right shoes for their feet. This free “girls’ night out” offers expert advice for functional footwear from Dr. Kuratnick, a foot and ankle specialist, and physical therapist Karen Ferris, both from ThedaCare Orthopedic Care.

March 20, 2014

Prediabetes Can Be Treated

Pre-diabetes is more prevalent than most people think. “It affects 35 percent of adults age 20 and older and half of Americans age 65 an older,” said Anne Menzies, Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca. People can learn more about the topic at an upcoming ThedaCare community presentation “Pre-Diabetes: What should I do?” at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., April 3, in the lobby of the 900 building.

For media inquiries, please call Cassandra Wallace, Public and Media Relations Consultant at 920.442.0328 or the ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah switchboard at 920.729.3100 and ask for the marketing person on call.