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| Volume 4 | Issue 40 | October 6, 2015 |
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Bon Secours Helps You Save ---
This Month and Every Month
It's National Work & Family Month, and Bon Secours is committed to offering many helpful ways to help you and your family be their best.
We know raising a family, managing expenses and saving money can be difficult. We offer a variety of discounts in our Benefits Books for Richmond and Hampton Roads. Check out the SmartSaving website (enter user name BonSecours and passcode marketplace) to find ways to save on everything from new shoes to mobile phone plans.
Bon Secours also offers:
|  |  Tuition Reimbursement/Prepayment | Forgivable home loans or help with closing costs | | Employee Assistance Program | Budgeting help | | A Just Wage | Emergency relief | |
Caregiving can be a stressful profession, and we know that financial concerns bring added pressures, too. To help alleviate some of this stress, we encourage you to take advantage of this support.
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 Did you Know?
Our Benefits Books offer discounts on everything from cell phone plans to camps for your kids.
| Finally, if you see a co-worker having a tough time, please remind him or her that our EAP offers confidential assistance for work and personal challenges. You can help others through our annual Values in Action program, which helps make Christmas possible for co-workers in need. Learn more. |
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| | 1. | Plan for College. Is your child or grandchild heading to college in a few years? The Bon Secours Family Centers series of free workshops continue this month in Richmond and Hampton Roads. Review upcoming dates. | | 2. | Thank a colleague. Oct. 5-11 is National Healthcare Food Service Workers Week. Please thank all the food and nutrition professionals in our facilities who work so hard to keep staff and patients well-fed and healthy. | | 3. | Get on the Path to a Good Retirement. Plan to attend a retirement planning workshop in Richmond or Hampton Roads, or schedule a one-on-one appointment with a Fidelity financial counselor. There's a special workshop for employees over 50. |
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Help Our Own Employees During
the Holidays via Values in Action
 Every family should have a happy holiday season, but sometimes, unforeseen circumstances make it difficult. Unemployment, illness or unexpected emergencies can strain a family's finances. Bon Secours Virginia's Values in Action program brings employees who are struggling during the holiday season together with employees who want to give help. This annual, confidential program helps employee families in Richmond and Hampton Roads enjoy a more special Christmas. "I am really lucky to see how we help families via the program," said Avis Gates of the Bon Secours Family Centers. "Their tears, their hugs and their joy are all so genuine. And, it's all because of the generosity of the sponsoring departments across Bon Secours Virginia." Learn more. |
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Modern Healthcare has again named Bon Secours Virginia Health System as one of the 2015 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
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Bon Secours is the sole health care provider in Virginia to earn the distinction. The numerical rankings of the 100 companies will be announced live at an awards gala on Oct. 14 in Nashville, Tenn.
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In its eighth year, the award program identifies and recognizes outstanding employers in the health care industry on a national level. Modern Healthcare partners with the Best Companies Group on the assessment process, which includes an extensive employee survey.
"Employee engagement is key to making the transition from volume to value-based care in today's fast-changing health care environment," said Merrill Goozner, editor of Modern Healthcare. "Companies designated as best places to work have discovered the key to gaining and maintaining that engagement."
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Join Us!
Let your children learn, grow and play in a nurturing educational environment while you work nearby.
The Bon Secours Richmond Family Centers are accepting applications. Why not stop by to see how much fun your child can have while learning and growing?
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Congratulations and
Good Luck to Our Nurses
Congratulations to Bon Secours Virginia nurses named as Finalists in the March of Dimes Virginia Nurse of the Year contest. From more than 425 applications statewide, 164 were named finalists, and the 23 Top Nurses will be named at a gala event Nov. 14.
Click here to see a list of finalists from Bon Secours Virginia.
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On a Roll
Thirty participants learned about eating healthy at a recent SimplyFresh event at St. Francis Watkins Centre. "It just re-motivated me to make better food choices," raved one attendee.
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Get in Shape, Refer a Friend
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. For information, call 757-IM-SPORT (757-467-7678).
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1-2-3 Magic Learn positive discipline techniques for children ages 2-12. Classes begin Nov. 23 at Maryview Medical Center. Learn more. | |
To register or for more information,
call 757-886-6511 or email Delores Price.
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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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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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October 4-10 Is
National Midwifery Week
National Midwifery Week highlights 80 years of midwifery care in the United States. Since 1996, the World Health organization has called for eliminating unnecessary intervention in childbirth, yet the norm in the U.S. today is the use of interventions not proven to benefit healthy women and babies.
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Neldara Dowell, from left, Blair Conger, Karen Carroll and Jennifer Cheney are certified nurse midwives at DePaul Medical Center.
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"Midwives are the experts in supporting women in normal, healthy childbirth, which is the norm internationally," said Neldara Dowell, CNM at DePaul Medical Center's Midwifery Center, which opened in 1999 to support normal pregnancy and birth. Read more.
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Oh Baby!
The Midwifery Center at DePaul Medical Center delivered its 4,000th baby in September.
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The most critical step in overcoming depression is recognizing it. For many people, the truth of what they are enduring is obscured by the myths and misunderstandings about depression.
October is Depression Awareness Month --- it's important to remember that this disease affects one in 10 people.
Watch this video by the World Health Organization explaining how depression can feel like a "black dog" that follows you around and impacts your life. If you recognize this "black dog" in your life, know that just like in the video, you don't have to live under the weight of depression. This disease is highly treatable. In support of your emotional well-being, take the first step and visit your physician or call your Employee Assistance Program 24/7:
Richmond: 804-342-1501 or 844-371-6767
Hampton Roads: 757-398-2374 or 800-327-3257
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True or Fiction?
We ALL get depressed sometimes.
FICTION. Although it's normal to feel stress, sadness and grief at times in our lives, depression is a medical illness. Symptoms may be similar to stress and sadness, but they last longer, are more severe and interfere with day-to-day living. There is more than one type of depression and symptoms are not the same for everyone.
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Nurturing Parenting Series Join Bon Secours Family Focus for a six-week series that offers parents the support and skills they need to navigate the path of parenting when a child is diagnosed with special needs or health challenges. Free sessions run Fridays Oct. 9 - Nov. 13 at Mary Immaculate Hospital's Health Resource Center. Learn more. |
To register or for more information,
call 757-886-6511 or email Delores Price.
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Shape Up at In Motion
Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance offers a holistic fitness program at a discount to fellow employees of Bon Secours. The knowledgeable staff will coach and motivate you to improve yourself by helping you build a stronger, leaner body. Learn more.
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