Citizens Memorial Hospital | Vitality | Summer 2021

4 VITALITY Summer 2021 Dedicated to a healthy community Check out these upcoming and ongoing events to help you stay healthy. HEROES FOR HOSPICE RUN Join us Saturday, June 26, for the annual CMH Heroes for Hospice 5K/10K run, sponsored by Craig Lehman-Shelter Insurance. The race begins at 8:30 a.m. and will be electronically timed for accuracy. Both courses will begin in front of the CMH Community Rooms and will conclude with a loop around Dunnegan Memorial Park. Medals will be awarded to overall male and female winners in both races, first place male and female winners in each age division, and oldest and youngest “hero.” New this year is the virtual runner option for $25, which is perfect for anyone who wants to support the event but can’t make it on race day. Participants can run/walk anywhere and anytime. All ages and levels of physical activity are encouraged to attend. Walkers, strollers and pets are welcome! REGISTER ONLINE at bit.ly/CMHRace2021 . Watch the promotional video at fb.watch/4W2W8762vs . LUNCH AND LEARN EXPRESS Grab some lunch and learn something new each Friday by watching our Lunch and Learn Express videos on facebook.com/citizensmemorial . Each week, we visit with CMH providers and support staff on important health topics. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch all the videos at bit.ly/ CMHLunchLearnExpress . COOKING CLASSES Miss our CMH Healthy Balance Cooking Classes? We do too! During the pandemic we haven’t been able to meet in person each month to sample delicious and healthy recipes taught by our registered dietitians. But no worries! You can subscribe to our YouTube cooking class channel to watch cooking demonstrations and learn new recipes, nutrition information and, of course, helpful cooking hints. Go to bit.ly/HBCookingClass to catch up on great-tasting recipes presented by our CMH Healthy Balance Cooking Class instructors. CMH NEWS Proud to be a Polk County Pillar CMH has been named a Polk County Pillar in Business by the Bolivar Herald-Free Press . The special recognition was featured in the March 24, 2021, Pride & Progress special supplement. We are honored to be among the individuals, groups and organizations highlighted as making a difference and contributing to the county’s pride and progress in 2020. EXTRA! You can read the news feature online at bit.ly/BHFPpillar . WELCOME BACK, VOLUNTEERS! We are very excited to welcome back all of our volunteers! They were greatly missed at CMH over the past year. Our CMH Auxiliary has approximately 360 members, with over 250 actively volunteering within the organization. They typically contribute more than 795,000 hours of their time each year and donate around $60,000 annually to the hospital and Foundation. You can find our volunteers working at our information desks, The Gift Garden, Tremain Family Hospitality House, CMH Senior Health Center, Hospice, Carrie J. Babb Cancer Center and long-term care communities. Thank you, CMH Auxiliary, for all that you do! If you would like to volunteer at CMH, find out how at citizensmemorial.com/ about/volunteers/index.html or call Volunte er Services at 417-328-6432 . Top: From left, volunteers Shirley MacLaughlin and Virginia Stauffacher Bottom: From left, volunteers Sharon and Jackie Truitt