Hospitals partner for The Volunteer Way
HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital and HCA Florida Trinity Hospital partnered to support The Volunteer Way. The hospitals’ Chief Executive Officers Sally Seymour and Mike Irvin, respectively, met with its leadership, toured the facility and presented The Volunteer Way with a $10,000 donation, according to a news release.
The organization primarily supports Pasco County residents who need assistance getting enough to eat. That food support can come in one of four ways: through the Congress Street food pantry, the Moon Lake soup kitchen, fresh fruit and vegetables from their hydroponic farm and a brown bag lunch program for seniors.
The leaders who toured the hydroponic farm were impressed with the effort toward being self-sufficient.
“Nothing goes to waste here,” said Irvin in the release. “I never thought of a food bank actually growing their own food. I always thought about it more in terms of donations of canned and dry goods. But here with the hydroponic garden, they are able to give those they support fresh fruit and vegetables.
The Volunteer Way distributes millions of pounds of food every year, free of charge, to food pantries, soup kitchens, residential programs, seniors, homeless people, families, and other charitable organizations, the release said.
Gulfside calendar available
Gulfside Healthcare Services’ 2024 calendar, featuring local photography, is now available at all Gulfside thrift shop locations. The purchase of a calendar supports local photographers and contributes to the Gulfside mission of providing care to hospice patients. For a list of shop locations, visit Gulfside.org/thrift-shoppes.html.
Stay focused during fitness
Building a workout routine is an excellent way to improve and maintain good health. In addition to building good wellness habits, strong safety routines are important, too. Gym safety can prevent injuries, but it can also protect your valuables and prevent crime. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office (PSO) offers these tips to stay safe while focusing on fitness:
- Park in a well-lit and highly visible area.
- When exiting your car, take a minute to properly secure your valuables before entering the gym.
- Always close your windows, lock your car doors and enable any available safety features, such as a car alarm.
- Take your keys and wallet out of your car and into the gym with you.
- Avoid leaving keys at public key hangers.
- If available, secure appropriate valuables in a locker with your own lock.
The PSO wants everyone to stay safe and be well in Pasco County.
Leadership Tampa
More than 50 members of Leadership Tampa, a program of the Tampa Bay Chamber, were recipients of a presentation on Jan. 10 at St. Joseph’s Hospital-North (SJHN) in Lutz. The group learned about BayCare Behavioral Health and took a tour of the SJHN Unit for Psychiatry and Medical (UPM) Services, a 24-unit inpatient psychiatric and medical unit that opened in April 2023.
The presentation and group tour kicked off Leadership Tampa Health Care Day with visits to various health care facilities around Tampa Bay, according to a news release.
“Mental health needs and services are at the top of health care priorities and BayCare Behavioral Health leads that charge in the Tampa Bay area,” said Anthony Santucci, director of BayCare Behavioral Health Nursing Administration, in the release.
“The new UPM program demonstrates an integrated care model that is busting the stigma of mental health needs and has set the stage for a new model of care within psychiatry,” said Antucci, who helped give the presentation and tour.
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