Archive for August, 2011
Scenes from the Candlelight Memorial
An estimated 700 people attended the MidAmerica Transplant Services (MTS) candlelight ceremony last night to honor organ and tissue donors. MTS is the area’s organ procurement organization. Donor family members, along with several recipients, attended the event at the the memorial park adjacent to the MTS offices. The centerpiece of the park is a sculpture by St. Louis artist Don Wiegand. The 12-foot sculpture, backed [...]
Siteman Cancer Center's 19th annual Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Celebration — Recap
Each year, Barnes-Jewish Hospital has over 125 events for patient education, screening and outreach. The best of the bunch was last Saturday night at the Four Seasons as our Siteman Cancer Center hosted the 19th annual “Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Celebration.” The event honors bone marrow transplant patients and their friends and family members who [...]
Merry Smith talks about Candlelight Memorial
Merry Smith, a program director with MidAmerica Transplant Services, talked with Randi Naughton of KTVI-TV this morning about the MTS Candlight Memorial Ceremony. About 600 people are expected to attend. Merry also talked about her experience as a mother who donated her son’s organs. Take a look: http://www.fox2now.com/news/morningshow/ktvi-donor-memorial-planned-for-tuesday-20110830,0,3766602.story -Kathryn Holleman
Follow the Candlelight Memorial on Twitter tomorrow
Can’t be at the MidAmerica Transplant Services Candlelight Memorial Celebration tomorrow? Well, we know you’re social media savvy (you wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t). So, pull up Twitter on your computer or mobile device tomorrow night after 6 p.m. and follow as we tweet. Our hashtag will be #MTSCeremony. We’ll let you know what’s [...]
Why? Because ICARE.
If you were at Barnes-Jewish Hospital last Wednesday or Thursday, you may have noticed what looked like a celebration for employees. And it was, in a way. This celebration was to kick off our ICARE campaign. This campaign is a way of making the hospital’s core values – Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence – tangible for employees. Many of [...]
Healthy breakfast, healthy body!
Mothers have always told us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As it turns out, this advice has the backing of scientific evidence behind it. Research suggests that breaking an overnight fast with a balanced meal can make a major difference in overall health and well-being. A recent study showed that [...]
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