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| Volume 4 | Issue 34 | August 25, 2015 |
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Join Us!
The Bon Secours Family Centers will host an open house on Thursday, Aug. 27. Come see how our children learn, grow and play in a nurturing educational environment while their parents work nearby. | | 2. |
When they're ready to leave the nest
Before you know it, they'll be heading off to college. Learn more about college planning at free upcoming workshops in Richmond and Hampton Roads. | | 3. |
We're here to support you.
Bon Secours takes care of the whole family with a wide array of benefits and discounts. Check out the latest updates in our Benefits Books for Richmond and Hampton Roads. |
 Our Benefits Books help you save money on personal expenses like wireless phone services. Then, you can splurge (with a special Bon Secours rate) on a stay at the Jefferson Hotel. |
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Building Smiles for a Special Girl
Volunteers from Bon Secours and Bon Secours In Motion (and their families) teamed with the Roc Solid Foundation on Aug. 15 to build a play set for 2-year-old Lauren Robey, who was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. Lauren's father, Mike Robey, works in IT for ConnectCare for Bon Secours Hampton Roads.
Thanks to generous donations and a strong team of volunteers, Lauren and her siblings will have a great place to play while she battles the disease.
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Community Hospice House Ready
to Welcome Patients, Families
Construction of the Bon Secours Community Hospice House is complete, and the facility will welcome its first patients this fall. The 16-bed house is the only freestanding hospice facility in Central Virginia.
Read more in this article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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"There's a connection with nature that patients at the end of life really crave," Dr. William Anderson, Bon Secours Hospice, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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 Just Six Days Left to Earn 2015 Wellness Incentives What would you do with $900?
Monday, Aug. 31, is your last chance to earn your 2015 Wellness Incentives. If you are currently covered by a 2015 Bon Secours Medical Plan, you are eligible to earn up to $900.
The wellness dollars will be deposited in a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for you to spend on qualified health expenses for you and family members who are tax dependents. Your HRA account balance will roll over to use for FY2016 expenses, too.
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For more details about the Incentives,
visit the Benefits section on AskHR
and click on Wellness Incentives.
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Women's Center Earns
National Accreditation
The Millie Lancaster Women's Center at the Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View recently earned accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. This distinction is awarded to health care facilities that achieve the highest standards of care for patients with diseases of the breast.
Read more.
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A Playground for All Players
The Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Camp 2015 season has ended, but the team's commitment to the community lives on. Before the team left town, Redskins Charitable Foundation officials joined Bon Secours representatives to break ground for the first Play 60 playground in Richmond's East End.
Learn more in this television report and see others in the news section.
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Learn Active Parenting Skills with Family Focus Kids don't come with instructions. Learn parenting skills at the next session of Active Parenting --- A Parent's Guide to Raising Happy and Successful Children, beginning Sept. 8, at DePaul Medical Center and Sept. 28, at Maryview Medical Center. | |
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Want to Get in Shape?
Join the Breakfast Club
 Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance at Chilled Ponds in Chesapeake offers the Breakfast Club, a workout program featuring a 50 percent discount off regular fitness programs for those who train before 11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Learn more.
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 Get in Shape With Referral
Program, Free Trial Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance features a referral program for new and existing clients. Refer a friend (BSHSI employee or not) to the Fitness or Sports Performance program and you and your friend will each receive $50 off your month's program cost. In Motion also offers a free trial program that allows anyone interested to try the program out before signing up. For information, call 757-IM-SPORT (757-467-7678). |
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They Can Bike
Thanks to the support of Bon Secours Richmond Hope Therapy, the Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation and more than 70 volunteers, Bon Secours organized the iCan Bike program earlier this month.
During the week-long program, 34 campers with special needs learned to ride regular bicycles --- an activity that helps improve their confidence, self-esteem, social interactions with peers, and physical fitness.
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In Her Own Words
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"Every opportunity we have to reach out to a patient, befriend a patient and to go above and beyond our jobs to meet a patient's needs, those are the things we need to be doing to make sure our community knows that we care about them."
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--- Suzanne Drake
Coding Quality and RAC Coordinator
Shared Services-Coding
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Bon Secours' Good Help
Reaches Across the World
Our health system's mission extends far beyond the walls of our facilities. We are committed to helping others learn to be caregivers.
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Recently, Bon Secours Health System Inc. donated $50,000 to help educate nurses at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in South Sudan.
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"The CHTI is an important institute, not only for training health professionals, but also for helping a new generation look beyond ethnic differences to build a united country. It is helping to shape this generation of health care professionals committed to the respect for the dignity of each person and a determination to live in peace," wrote Sr. Joan Mumaw, IHM, U.S. regional development director of Solidarity with South Sudan.
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Take Control of Your Health
Mary Immaculate Hospital is introducing the HEAL Program, a health education and literacy program designed to combat the issue of low health literacy among people in the community.
Adults learn how to describe symptoms to a doctor, read and understand medical instructions, and to know when to use urgent care versus the emergency department.
Learn more.
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What's Cookin'?
Mary Immaculate Hospital has a new modern cafeteria serving delicious, healthy fare to employees and patients.
Speaking of food, look for more information about the SimplyFresh program in the next issue of Good News.
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What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads, including important information about screenings, and read news coverage including:
Read Richmond news releases and learn more about stories including:
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Bon Secours St. Mary's recently garnered national recognition, WTVR-TV, Aug. 17
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Bon Secours collects clothes at Redskins Training Camp, WTVR-TV, Aug. 7
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Redskins break ground on Play 60 playground in East End, WTVR-TV, Aug. 5
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Redskins, Bon Secours team up on East End playground, Richmond BizSense, Aug. 6
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Redskins announce groundbreaking for Play 60 playground in East End, WWBT-TV, Aug. 5
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Let Us Hear From You
 Do you have a story idea for
Good News? We want your stories and photos. Please send to Dawn Trivette.
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