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President & CEO Pam Delagardelle held a ‘thank you’ lunch last week to congratulate all the associates who raised $500 or more for the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk. This group of 10 Allen associates raised nearly $11,000. Thank you for being a part of our success this year in raising $35,000 for heart and stroke research!

Pam Delagardelle, Kelli Dix, Jennifer Olson, Erin Iverson, Kathy Berning and Angie Fuller. Not pictured: Barb Jacobs, Dr. Chris Hill, Mona Rahlf and Brooke Wilson

Beach Party FunAllen leaders and survey ambassadors celebrated reaching 85% participation in the Great Place to Work Survey on Wednesday night. Enjoying a ‘business beach party’ theme, attendees competed in games of ladder golf, enjoyed dinner grilled by adminis-tration, and participated in ‘Best Flip Flop’ and ‘Wackiest Business Beach Wear’ contests. We appreciate all their hard work in encouraging Allen associates to complete the survey, which will help us create a better place for all of us to work.

Allen Birthing CenterBreastfeeding Support Services will be celebratingWORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEKAugust 1 – 7, 2013

Join us on F Friday, August 21:00 – 2:30 pmAllen OB ClassroomPlease join us to share your success with breastfeeding.

Kenny, Joy’s husband, was passing trays and encountered a patient that was feeling down and blue. The patient was upset that since she was in the hospital, she couldn’t bake a cake for her husband as she always did in previous years. Kenny contacted his wife Joy to tell her about this patient’s need. Joy went to the bakery and picked out a cake for the patient to give to her husband. Joy even took the time to have the bakery put the husband’s name and the words “from your wife” on the cake. Joy did such a compassionate thing and when the patient say the cake, she called it “precious”.

CareCOUNTS All Star Joy Clark, Lab

Meet Jaime PearsonJaime, the administrative intern for this summer, is just finishing her fifth week at Allen Hospital and is loving every minute of her time here. Born in LaCrosse, WI and moving to Fort Dodge when she was two, Jaime grew up in a very active family. Her par-ents own a property in Colo-rado and the family vacations there a couple times a year to ski. They also golf together, and Jaime is an accomplished swimmer. She even has a few records at UNI, where she

participated in the swim team until a back injury sidelined her. Jai-me is currently training for a sprint triathlon, and in her spare time, she enjoys volunteering (she logged nearly 200 hours at Trinity Fort Dodge, and prior to her internship at Allen, volunteered here as well).

She names her economics professor Lisa Jepsen as one of the most influential people in her life. “Lisa has mentored me, helped get me through my injury and has introduced me to so many contacts to help get me to this point in my educational career. Without her, I really don’t know if I’d be this far along in reaching my goals,” Jaime explained. Jaime participates in research proj-ects with her professor and credits her with helping Jaime find the internship.

Jaime wants to go into healthcare administration to help others – she’d ideally like to start in physician recruiting and eventually moving into a COO position at a hospital someday. At Allen, Jai-me was given a number of projects, such as working on a referral database, a GAP analysis of mental health issues, as well as a number of others. “I first felt a bit overwhelmed, but after finish-ing feel a great sense of accomplishment. I feel like I’m making a difference, that my work will help improve Allen for our commu-nity and patients.” After graduating next May with her bachelor’s degree, she will start working on her master’s in hospital adminis-tration.

Allen has been fortunate to benefit from her hard work and ex-pertise and we wish you luck in all your future endeavors, Jaime.

New Devotion and Worship Service on SundaysThe Inpatient Rehab Unit has initiated a Sunday Devotion and Worship service with the Allen Chaplaincy at 4:30 pm on Sunday afternoons in the Community Room, 5th floor off elevator D.

We extend an invitation to all other patients in the hospital to join us if they so choose and have the ability. Please let them know they are welcome. Contact Jodi Boyd with questions at Jodi.Boyd@unitypoint.org

Weight Watchers - Are You Interested?Weight Watchers will start a new 12 week session here at Allen Hospital if we have five to six people sign up.

If you are interested, please contact Stacey Peyton at 235-3682 or at Stacey.Peyton@unitypoint.org by August 7.

SAVE THE DATE!FAMILY FUN NIGHTUNI WELLENESS CENTEROCTOBER 26, 2013WATCH THE FRIDAY EDITION FOR MORE INFO

Movie SaturdayWe had a great turnout for the Saturday Movie Event: 215 associates and their family members attended!

“I’m a lucky, happy girl,” says Allen volunteer Kitty Ott. After spending 25 years as a secretary and aide in the Waterloo School System, Kitty decided volunteering would help her stay active. She loves working with people and didn’t want to sit at home every day. She lives at home with her husband of 68 years, with whom she raised one daughter and two sons, “Three marvelous kids, smart, respectable members of society!”

Kitty began her volunteer career in 2005, and has since contributed over 1,300 hours of volunteer service to Allen. When she’s not volunteering at Allen or at the Waterloo Recreation Center, she enjoys reading, knitting, playing cribbage and although not her favorite activity, keeping her house neat and clean. In the # years she’s volunteered at Allen, Kitty has served as a bright spot welcoming patients’ family and friends in the surgical waiting room. “Kitty’s great sense of humor and her natural ability to show kindness to others is such a great help for the families in the surgery waiting room. Each day that she is here is made better by her presence!” said Sally Sherwood, manager of volunteer services.

Kitty said one of the biggest lessons she’s learned in life is to have a sense of humor, “That will carry you through most everything in life. And ‘do unto others’ – that’s a very important thing to remember.” Thank you for your smiling face, Kitty and your dedicated service to Allen!

America’s Night Out Against Crime - NOTE NEW TIMEAllen Hospital, as part of the MAPLES Neighborhood Association, would like to invite you

National Night Out, “America’s Night Out Against Crime”. Please join us on August 6 at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Waterloo and enjoy walking tacos, dessert and refreshments at no charge. Food will be served from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm and all are welcome. National Night Out has been recognized throughout the United States since it began in 1984 as an effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

If you are unable to make it for dinner but would like to get involved, the committee is in need of volunteers to bake cookies. If you are interested, please contact Erin Iverson at

3960 or erin.iverson@unitypoint.org.

Just Having FunThe butterfly garden near Entrance 1 had a few extra visitors on Wednesday. The Tygart family took a break from visiting a pa-tient to play around the flowers. Allen associates helped fund and plant the garden, and it made for a fun impromptu playground. Thank you to mom Candace for allowing us to take the photos - and to the young models who were a lot of fun to photograph!

Have you thanked a volunteer today?

LEARN MORE...Office 2010 and Windows 7 classes are being offered by Spindustry and UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital during the months of July, August and September.

Click here to register for classes.

UPCOMING EVENTSDonations for Duff, Bonnie Duffy’s HusbandAugust 3 from 5:00 - 10:00 pmAmerican Legion Hall, Fairbank, IAIf you can’t attend the event, donations can go to the Northeast Security Bank, PO Box 466, Fairbank, 50629 under “Donations for Duff, Benefit for Galen Duffy”.

RAFFLE ITEMSCamping Package (kayak, Coleman 6 man tent, sleeping bag, fishing pole, lantern)8 X 12 Wooden Shed (4 ft. walls, roll-up door, your choice of siding and shingles - need to be in 50 mile radius and will build on site).50 in sharp LED HDTV Hunting Knives/Turkey DecoysHomemade Beautiful Quilt 2 Hawkeye Football TicketsKindle Notebook Keurig Coffee PotHome Interior Pictures Baked GoodsIowa Hawkeye Football Bean Bag Toss GameGreen Bay Packers (white signed football)$100 certificate for tattoos (4 available)

Lt. Dan Band Benefit Concert for Taylor MorrisGateway ParkSaturday, August 3 at 7:00 pm (gates open at 6:00 pm)All proceeds from this concert will benefit the construction of EOD2 Taylor Morris’ Smart Home. www.operationtaylor.com for ticket informationwww.garysinisefoundation.org

C.A.R.E. East 5K & 10 K Run/Walk Event to help promote eye, organ and tissue donation and highlight the success of transplantation. The Iowa Lions Eye Bank has creat-ed a team of runners and walker. We would be honored to have you join our team.

Saturday, August 24North Liberty Center, North LibertyRegister here.

Kay Willard, EditorPlease send all stories to kay.willard@unitypoint.org

or call 235-3619.

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Some Blue Zone Tips

Invest in others: One of the best bits of relationship advice I ever received came from Ed Diener, a revered happiness expert. He used to winter in Illinois, and many mornings, ice covered both he and his wife’s car windows. I remember he told me, “When I wake up in the morning, I want to scrape off her windows before my own.” His message: find the partner, or develop the mindset, wherein you get more joy out of doing something nice for them, than for yourself.

Eat your fruit: Odds are, you need more fiber, foliate, potassium and Vitamins A and C in your diet. To get these nutrients, stock up on grapes, apricots, berries, peaches, cranberries, pineapple, watermelon, bananas, raisins, pears, oranges, and clementines. If eaten daily, the many antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and en-zymes in these healthy treats prevent disease and promote longevity.

Sleep: If you slept fewer than 6 hours last night, you were 30% less happy than you could be today. Note to self: The longest-lived, happiest people sleep between 7-8.5 hours per night. How much do you normally sleep? Is it enough?

Source: Bluezone.com