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Childerguild to Recognize Dr. Mark Danielson & Bob Rogina at Annual Ball Nov. 20
Joliet, IL (October 20, 2010)— The Childerguild will host its 82nd annual Ball Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Odyssey Country Club in Tinley Park. The evening’s festivities will include the presentation of the Silver Cross Sehring Medal of Excellence for Healthcare to Dr. Mark Danielson and the Silver Cross Sangmeister Medal of Excellence for Community Service to community leader Bob Rogina. This year’s Ball is particularly special since it marks Childerguild’s 100 years of service to Silver Cross Hospital by raising funds to support and serve women and children.
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Negotiations with VA Moving Forward
Silver Cross Healthy Community Commission is pleased with Progress
Joliet, IL (Oct. 19, 2010)—Silver Cross Hospital and the Veteran’s Administration (VA) have furthered their negotiations on the sale of the Emergency Department to the VA. The VA hopes to establish a community based outpatient clinic on the Silver Cross campus after the hospital relocates to New Lenox in 2012. The parties have reached verbal agreement-in-principle on significant terms which are being memorialized in an Offer to Sell contract.
Silver Cross Center for Women’s Health Celebrates First Anniversary by Offering $100 Mammograms
Silver Cross Center for Women’s Health Celebrates First Anniversary by Offering $100 Mammograms
Joliet, IL (October 20, 2010) — In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Silver Cross Center for Women’s Health is celebrating its first year anniversary by offering screening mammograms for $100 for women who call in October to make an appointment before the end of the year.
How to Stop Sports Injuries: Keeping Kids in the Game for Life
Silver Cross and Local Sports Medicine Physician Hosts Free Program Nov. 10 for parents
Joliet, IL (October 18, 2010)— Currently, 30 million U.S. children participate in organized sports. Unfortunately, high school student athletes account for 2 million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Living Right for Prostate Health
Silver Cross hosts free lecture Prostate Health on Oct. 25
Joliet, IL (October 13, 2010)—Every man is at risk for prostate problems simply because every man has a prostate. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland found only in men. It sits just below the bladder and surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine through the penis.
