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| Volume 5 | Issue 38 | September 27, 2016 |
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Plan ahead for college. Bon Secours College Planning Workshops offer a way for families to prepare for the realities of obtaining and paying for a college education. Review a list of upcoming dates.
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Complete your year-end review. Click on the SuccessFactors link under Quick Links in IRIS.
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Check Out the New
Employee Wellness Website
Join a webinar next week to walk through the new employee health and well-being website. Check out the dates and times here.
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Help Your Co-Workers This Holiday Season
through Values in Action
 You never know what's going on in someone's private life. Unforeseen circumstances like unemployment, illness, house fires or unexpected emergencies can strain a family's finances. That can make it difficult --- or impossible to --- have a happy holiday season.
Bon Secours Virginia's Values in Action offers an opportunity for employees to help their colleagues in need feel the hope, celebration and spirit of the season.
Employees, individually or as a group, can sign up to sponsor a family. And if you --- or a coworker --- need a little help this year, we can make that happen. Employees requesting help must have a child 13 years or younger residing in their home.
The Bon Secours Family Centers team annually organizes the program in partnership with our Employee Assistance Program. Review this flier for more information about how you can either help or possibly receive help.
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The Values in Action program helped 118 families last year in Virginia, and more than 2,000 since its inception 20 years ago.
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The deadline to request assistance
or sponsor a family is Dec. 2.
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Your Donation Saves Lives
Bon Secours Richmond will hold blood drives noon-6 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 7 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 30. To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767, visit www.redcrossblood.org or download the free Red Cross Blood Donor app. Save time on the day of the drive by pre-registering with RapidPass.
Thanks for Giving
Bon Secours Virginia employees have been generous blood donors. The graphic on the left shows the total donations as of mid-September.
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New Website to Replace BonSecoursWellness.com
To prepare for the launch of a new Bon Secours health and well-being website in October, BonSecoursWellness.com will shut down at the end of this month. Sept. 30 will be the last day the site will be available to employees.
This new website is part of a new partnership between Bon Secours and two leaders in health and well-being: U.S. Preventive Medicine and the Cleveland Clinic.
Because we are transitioning to a new vendor, all data on the BonSecoursWellness.com will not transfer. The only exception is the 2016 biometric screening data from your Personal Health Assessment. As always, all of your data will be held in confidence and individual biometric screening results will not be shared with Bon Secours.
In early October, watch for information about the new website, including the new url and how to set up an account as a new user on the site.
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Bon Secours Virginia Again Makes List of 'Working Mother 100 Best Companies'
Working Mother magazine today recognized Bon Secours Virginia as one of the 2016 "Working Mother 100 Best Companies" for its outstanding leadership in creating progressive programs for its workforce, in the areas of advancement of women, flexibility, child care and paid parental leave. The 100 Best Companies are featured in the October/November issue of Working Mother and on workingmother.com.
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National Midwifery Week Is Oct. 2-8  |
| | The Woman's Center at St. Francis is celebrating its 10th year providing midwifery care in Richmond. Midwives Kimberly Caylor (left) Laura Alberg review a breastfeeding article. |
We're celebrating our Bon Secours Midwives next week! Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) are registered nurses with graduate education in midwifery.
CNMs provide general women's health care throughout a woman's lifespan, including general health check-ups and physical exams, pregnancy, birth and postpartum care, well-woman gynecologic care and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. CNMs are able to prescribe a full range of medications and treatments, and treatments, including pain control medications.
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Driving You to Good Health
 Check out the Bon Secours mobile screening vehicle spotted last Thursday at a Midlothian-area Kroger. Health screenings can identify risk factors that can be changed, treated and controlled, such as atrial fibrillation, peripheral artery disease and carotid disease. Find the latest schedule and more details at www.bonsecourshealthfair.com. |
Child Trafficking at a Glance Learn what you need to keep your child --- and others --- safe from this growing problem in a free seminar Oct. 12 at Mary Immaculate Hospital. | |
To register or for more information,
call 757-886-6511 or email Delores Price.
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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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Make the Most of Social Security
Did you know that more than 60 percent of Americans do not receive the maximum benefit they deserve from Social Security? We don't want you to be one of them. That's why we're offering this special seminar for employees to learn more about Social Security choices.
Click here for seminar dates in Richmond and Hampton Roads.
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Save the Date for St. Mary's
50th Celebration Gala
 You're invited to the Bon Secours St. Mary's 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala on Oct. 22 at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa/Short Pump in Richmond. Review this invite for details on how to purchase tickets or contact Anne Napps.
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Good Health Express
Announces New Hours
 Good help is accommodating our patients' needs. Bon Secours Good Health Express at 9851 Brook Road in Richmond, has expanded its hours. Effective Oct. 10, hours will be 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Remember, the co-pay for those on a Bon Secours Medical Plan is only $10 here and at our Good Help clinics. |
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Are You Getting Enough Exercise?
 A quarter of Americans over the age of 50 aren't. Find out how much you need and why in this 757 Good Health blog post. The blog has plenty of other great tips to help patients, employees and our community stay healthy! |
The Active Parenting of Teens Get training for the toughest job you'll ever love. The next session begins Sept. 28 at Mary Immaculate Hospital. | |
To register or for more information,
call 757-886-6511 or email Delores Price.
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Prohibition Against Political
Activity and Contributions
Please remember that all Bon Secours is prohibited from engaging in political activity or making political contributions. Compliance with this prohibition is critical in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of the hospitals, medical groups, nursing facilities, charitable foundations and other nonprofit entities in the Bon Secours system. These requirements are included in our Code of Conduct.
Specifically, you are prohibited from contributing Bon Secours money, property or the services of any Bon Secours director or employee to any political candidate, party organization or committee. You may not use Bon Secours email or telephone lines for communications that support or oppose candidates for public office. Additionally, you may not contribute to political organizations or campaigns as a Bon Secours representative, although you are free to do so with your own, personal funds.
If a section 501(c)(3) organization engages in any amount of political campaign intervention, it can lose its tax-exempt status, an occurrence that would have serious consequences for Bon Secours.
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What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads, and review stories including:
Read Richmond news releases and read stories including:
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