WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
THE NEWS HERALD
www.BlueRidgeHealth.org
2012
APRIL
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Tuesdays
Restorative Yoga
FREE CLASSES
Tuesdays
11:30am to 12:30pm
Phifer Wellness Center
This group is open
to all cancer patients
and cancer survivors.
Participants need
to wear something
comfortable and bring
a towel to sit on. For
more information,
call the main desk at
Phifer, 580-6600.
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Saturday, April 21
Parkinson’s
Support
FREE SUPPORT
GROUP
H E A LT H
10:00am
Grace Ridge
Retirement
Community
This support group
meets every third
Saturday of the month
in the Arts and Crafts
Room at Grace Ridge.
For more information,
call group leader
Bonita Leary at 5848368.
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April is Organ Donation Awareness Month and Blue Ridge HealthCare is flying a “Donate Life” flag in front of its two hospitals
in memory of Will Pope, infant son of Jeannie and David Pope (center), who died after an unsuccessful heart transplant. Will’s
twin sister, Lillian (in the arms of her mother) is doing just fine. The Pope family is shown here with representatives from
LifeShare of the Carolinas.
Baby Will was born Nov. 16, 2011,
along with his twin sister Lillian. While
Lillian is a healthy baby, Will had a
heart condition that gradually worsened. A heart transplant failed and Will
died on Feb. 12.
The Popes participated in the flag
ceremony in order to bring attention
to organ donations and encouraged
people to consider becoming organ
and tissue donors. “I really hope to encourage folks to consider if they’re not
an organ donor, why they are not?,”
David Pope said in an earlier News
Herald article. “This is a subject people
are not comfortable with. I can tell
you in a situation like we were in, you
desperately need an organ, you can’t
buy or make one, but if you could you
would. It is such a precious gift.”
Locally, Grace and Valdese Hospitals
partner with LifeShare Of The Carolinas to support families at the end-oflife and offer the opportunity of organ
and tissue donation.
To learn how to register as an organ, eye and tissue donor, visit www.
DonateLifeNC.org. LifeShare Of The
Carolinas is the not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality
of human life through the provision of
organs and tissues for transplantation.
To donate to the Will Pope Memorial
Fund to help the family pay for medical
expenses, please visit the website: www.
WillPopeMemorialFund.com.
Dinner With The Doc
Preventative Care Medicine
John E. Dembski, MD
Tuesday, April 24
at 5:30pm
Lake James Conference Room
Grace Hospital
Enjoy a free informational seminar on the current
Preventative Care Recommendations with John E. Dembski,
MD, a family practice physician with Family Medical
Associates. A board certified physician, Dr. Dembski earned
his Medical Degree from the University of Oklahoma College
of Medicine and completed his residency at San Jose Family
Practice Residency Program in San Jose, Calif. He has been
a member of the medical staff since 1998. Door prizes and
dinner will be provided. Space is limited. Call today to make
your reservation at 580-3009.
6:00pm-7:30pm
Grace Hospital
Third Floor Hawksbill
Conference Room
A board certified
lactation consultant
is available to answer
your questions
about breastfeeding
and your baby’s
needs. Blue Ridge
HealthCare supports
breastfeeding
mothers. For more
information on this
new support group,
call 580-6305.
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Saturday, April 28
Lipid Screening
FREE SCREENING
The Power of
Blue Ridge HealthCare and LifeShare Of The Carolinas recently dedicated a Donate Life Flag in memory of
Will Pope, infant son of David Pope,
BRHC Associate Counsel and his wife,
Jeannie, during a ceremony held April
5 in front of Grace Hospital.
Instead of the BRHC flag, a Donate
Life Flag will fly at Grace and Valdese
hospitals during the month of April
which is National Donate Life Month.
This is an initiative to encourage the
public to designate donation decisions
by registering their wishes in their state
donor registries. The flag display is part
of Flags Across America to honor and
celebrate the thousands of donors and
recipients whose lives have been affected
by organ, eye and tissue donation.
Tuesday, April 24
Breastfeeding
Support
FREE SUPPORT
GROUP
Giving you
Consider becoming an organ donor
7:00am-10:00am
St. Luke
Christian Holiness
Church of God
If you would like to
check your cholesterol
level, visit the free
screening at St. Luke
Christian Holiness
Church of God, 126
Brookside Lane,
Morganton. For the
most accurate results,
please do not have
any food or drink after
midnight. Medicines
may be taken with a
small sip of water. For
more information, call
580-6220.
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Arrange A Screening
If your organization
would like to
arrange a free health
screening, Blue Ridge
HealthCare may be
able to help. For more
information about
what’s available
through Blue
Ridge HealthCare’s
Community Outreach
Program, give us a call
at 580-6220.
Your Heart. Our Passion.
For more information or to schedule
an appointment call 828-580-4230
or visit us at www.sangerheart.org
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