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Health News You Can Use

You will find the October NEWS (Nutrition Education with Seniors) newsletter below.This edition features: ·     Do You Heart Chocolate? ·     Canned Kidney Beans ·     Budgeting Tip Jar ·     Holiday Plans ·     Recipe for Slow Cooker Pork Chili Have a great day!Kelsey Salow and Vera Stokes, Nutrition & Wellness Specialists October 2020Do you heart chocolate? Soon grocery aisles will be overflowing with Halloween candy.

Virginia Gay Hospital's Sam Jirak receives 2020 All Star Award

Congratulations to Virginia Gay Hospital's Sam Jirak, ARNP for receiving a 2020 All Star Award! The All Star Award is in conjunction with the ICR Iowa Sector Board Partnerships and Kirkwood Community College working to raise awareness of career opportunities and workforce development in the ICR seven-county region (Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn and Washington counties).

Words on Wellness October Newsletter

Attached you will find your edition of the October 2020 Words on Wellness newsletter.Click to View.This edition features: ·     Home Food Preservation: Apples and Tomatoes ·     Recipe for Apple Cinnamon Bread ·     Take a Hike ·     Lunch and Learn! Stay well,For resources to use during the COVID-19 outbreak, please visit our Finding Answers Now page.
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Sauer retires after 42 years of service

Leeann Sauer, an LPN for Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab has retired after 42 years of service. She was the longest-serving nurse at VGNR. "She dedicated her life to making the resident's lives better.
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Keeping the Blood Supply Safe for Patients in Need

Each year, LifeServe Blood Center performs more than one million tests on blood products collected from volunteer blood donors. Each individual blood unit is put through fifteen tests to ensure its safety! These tests are performed in a state-of-the-art laboratory to make sure every blood product is safe to transfuse to a hospital patient.

Labor Day 2020 COVID-19 and Food Safety Guidance

As Iowans gather with their families this Labor Day to celebrate the accomplishments of American workers, and mark the unofficial end of summer vacation, IDPH reminds all Iowans that COVID-19 is still circulating in Iowa.
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