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Earth Day 2010 Festival

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Pardee Hospital is sponsoring the ECO Earth Day Festival.

It will include an outdoor solar stage featuring local musicians, storytellers and performance artists, workshops on sustainable gardening and green energy, a water festival, art projects and a green Olympics for kids, a greenway hike, a student short film festival, recycling of household batteries, tree planting, and much more.

WHEN: Saturday, April 24 from 10-6

WHERE: Large field at Blue Ridge Community College campus. Rain contingency: BRCC Technology Building

WHAT: Daytime activities, exhibits and events for people of all ages plus a benefit concert on Saturday night featuring Balsam Range and Shannon Whitworth and band at the Blue Ridge Conference Hall. Daytime program is free event with donations accepted. The evening concert is a ticketed event.

It is important to Pardee Hospital to operated our healthcare facility in a way that ensures that we significantly improve the collective impact of human and environmental health.

Russians tour Pardee

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Russian tour group visits Pardee's emergency dept.

Pardee president/CEO presents to the Russian tour group

Recently a delegation of Russians from Open World visited Pardee Hospital.  Open World is a federally funded program that has a mission to enhance understanding and capabilities for cooperation between the United States and the countries of Eurasia and the Baltic States by developing a network of leaders in the region who have gained significant, firsthand exposure to America’s democratic, accountable government and its free-market system.  This particular group consisted of 10 physicians, two interpreters and two facilitators.  The facilitators are English speaking Russians whose job it is to facilitate the work of the delegates by acquainting them with American customs but not to translate.  This group visited due to their interest in healthcare and healthcare funding in the U.S.  In addition to Pardee Hospital, the group visited the Hendersonville Free Clinic and the Henderson County Health Department.  Representatives from Pardee provided them with a tour of the emergency department, intensive care unit and concluded with lunch and a lively discussion with Pardee president and CEO, Kris Hoce and CFO, Alan House.

-CJP

How Charitable are North Carolina Hospitals?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Recently, The North Carolina Justice Center released a document with information about hospital systems that deserve special recognition for providing charity care levels that exceed the cost of living for their region. Guess what hospital made this list? That’s right, Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital.

The executive summary is posted here.

You can find the entire document here.

The North Carolina Justice Center is the state’s leading research and advocacy organization dedicated to transforming North Carolina’s prosperity into opportunity for all.

NBC’s Biggest Loser is Coming to Asheville

Monday, February 1st, 2010

NBC’s Biggest Loser is Coming to Asheville to showcase Lighten Up 4 Life and the Pound for Pound Challenge. Be part of it!

People in Western North Carolina are transforming their lives through Lighten Up 4 Life . Now you can help others while you reach a healthier weight:

Help Others: Pardee’s Lighten Up 4 Life has joined with MANNA Food Banks to help feed our neighbors who are hungry by joining the Pound for Pound Challenge.  It’s fast and easy! Just go to www.pfpchallenge.com and pledge YOUR weight loss. That’s it! For every pound you pledge, General Mills will donate 14 cents to MANNA the regions local food bank through its “Feeding America” program.

BE A STAR: The Biggest Loser is coming to town to do a segment on Lighten Up 4 Life and our Pounds for Pound challenge.  They will be filming volunteers at MANNA packing food for the hungry. Join us and help give Biggest Loser a great turnout!

Tuesday February 23rd 1 pm

MANNA Food Bank, 623 Swannanoa River Road

All welcome!  Let’s give Biggest Loser a winning turnout!

Pardee is now composting.

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Typical industrial composting center

Compost is rich soil that is made from yard and kitchen waste. It is comprised from a mixture of green or nitrogen containing material and brown or carbon containing material. Pardee Hospital Nutrition Services has their food waste sent to Crowell Farms for composting. Composting is inexpensive and easy to do at home. Go to http://www.hendersoncountync.org/solidwaste for more information.

-CJP

What is PardeeGreen anyway?

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Pardee is a charter member of Practice Greenhealth.  Practice Greenhealth is a nonprofit organization founded on the principals of positive environmental stewardship.  As a member of Practice Greenhealth, we are committed to the virtual elimination of mercury, overall waste reductions, minimizing the use of toxic substances and the design, construction and operation of healthcare facilities that significantly improve the collective impact of human and environmental health.

The other aspect of this initiative is evident in all of our decision making  for the hospital. After all, we consider ourselves the community’s hospital, so whenever we print marketing pieces they are FSC certified 100% recycled. We recycle cans, bottles, internal papers and pretty much everything else that we can get our hands on.

If you have any recommendations or ideas, let us know. We have some interesting projects in the works, stay tuned.

-R

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