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Race to Wrigley Calling all Cubs fans! What better way to kick off the 2010 baseball season then a 5K race to Wrigley Field? The 5th Annual Race to Wrigley takes place on Saturday, April 24th and will benefit Chicago Cubs Charities and Children's Memorial Hospital. Click here for details on how to sign up and how you can win your very own autographed Chicago Cubs jersey!
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GOLDEN TOOTHBRUSH AWARDS
Save the Date- May 25
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Greetings!
Every April, Erie celebrates spring with the planning of our annual Golden Toothbrush Awards. This event, the only fundraiser for community oral health in Chicago, will be held on Tuesday, May 25 at the magnificant InterContinential Hotel on Michigan Avenue. I am pleased to announce our three award finalists: Dr. Reshma Dhake, Illinois Children's HealthCare Foundation and Dr. Jason Grinter! Learn more about them in this issue of e-Spotlight! Erie Family Health Center is proud be an award winner of the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Leader Award from Lumity. Check out the pictures and video from Lumity. Don't forget to read Healthy Living to find ways to help your allergies this spring and you can sign up for the Race to Wrigley 5k!
I hope you enjoy this issue of e-Spotlight and I look forward to catching up in May! |
Best wishes,
 Lee Francis
President and CEO Erie Family Health Center |
James Bowler, Lumity; Kara Kennedy, Lumity; Lee Francis, Erie; Kate Sanserino, Erie; Neil Gissler, Accenture |
NEWS @ ERIE
Erie Family Health Center Receives Technology Award Erie receives 2010 Nonprofit Technology Leader Award
On Thursday, March 18, 2010 Erie Family Health Center was honored at the Lumity Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. Erie is honored to have received the 2010 Not for Profit Technology Leadership Award. The Lumity Technology Leadership Award, presented by Accenture, recognizes innovative uses of technology in the nonprofit sector. Projects submitted had to exemplify the ways in which creative application of technology produces measurable, sustainable impact in the community. There were 22 organizations submitted for this honor and 13 judges. The judging of the final four organizations took place Friday, March 5th. The four finalists were: Corporation for Supportive Housing, Erie Family Health Center, Onward Neighborhood House and Thresholds. Erie submitted the Electronic Health Records System (EHRS) Project, a multi-year technology project through which Erie implemented electronic medical records at all 9 of its sites. In 2002, Erie's Board of Directors decided that electronic health records would help achieve the organization's goal of providing the highest quality of care to underserved populations. Therefore, the EHRS Project was written into the organization's strategic plan and business plan. Eight years later, in January 2010, Erie proudly completed the project a year ahead of schedule.

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Erie Announces Golden Toothbrush Award Finalists!
With the dedication of the Selection Committee, Erie is proud to announce the three finalists for the 2010 Golden Toothbrush Award: Dr. Reshma Dhake, Illinois Children's HealthCare Foundation and Dr. Jason Grinter!
Reshma Dhake, DDS graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry. After graduation, Dr. Dhake functioned as the community clinic preceptor at Northwest Community Health Center. She shows by example the importance of access to care for everyone through her patient advocacy efforts. She is a member of the Chicago Dental Society, Illinois State Dental Society and American Dental Association. Click here to read more about Dr. Dhake
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) has a single vision: to ensure that every child in Illinois has the opportunity to grow up healthy. Working through grantee partners across the state, the Foundation focuses its grant making on identifying and funding solutions to the barriers that prevent children from accessing the ongoing health care they need. Click here to read more about ILCHF
Jason Grinter, DDS has been helping his community for over five years at Milestone Dental Clinic and is now at Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he completed his residency. He graduated from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Grinter says he will not rest until every special needs patient in Illinois has access to the dental care they deserve. Click here to read more about Dr. Grinter |
ERIE HEALTH TIPS
Allergies...
Tips that can help you this spring!
April showers bring May flowers. Unfortunately, this little nursery rhyme we've all had memorized since childhood left a few things out when it was informing us about the vast blossoms that arrive after the precipitations of early spring. For instance, it forgot to mention how April showers also bring weeds.
And pollen. And grasses. And mold. It really doesn't seem fair. We've spent months shoveling mounds of snow off our cars and risking our lives every time we stepped out our front doors into temperatures that would rival the North Pole. Just when we thought we were finished paying our dues, our noses started to run, our eyes started to water and our throats became scratchy. Allergy season is here, standing loud and proud, and ready to give us a reason to barricade ourselves inside and away from the beautiful weather of springtime.
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e-Spotlight is produced by Erie Family Health Center's Development Department. For any questions or to submit story ideas please contact Val Comprelli at 312.432.7463.
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