Preventative screenings
AdventHealth Zephyrhills and Dade City teamed up with the Pasco County Department of Parks and Recreation to commemorate Juneteenth and hosted a community health event at the James Irvin Civic Center in Dade City.
AdventHealth in collaboration with Pioneer Medical Foundation provided free health screenings that included blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, and body mass index (BMI) tests.
“We are deeply committed to improving and saving the lives of the most vulnerable whether, they’re in an AdventHealth hospital or out in the community,” said Andrea Vogel, director of quality and patient safety, in a news release.
“By offering these no-cost health screenings, we are making it easy for everyone to see a provider and identify chronic conditions before they become life-threatening diseases,” said Vogel.
Nursing scholarship awarded
Letissa Gueits Carbone, a team member at St. Joseph’s Hospital-North and part of BayCare’s student nursing program, is the recipient of a $2,500 nursing scholarship through the St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation and the Adcock Financial Group.
Carbone, from Wesley Chapel, is studying at St. Petersburg College to become a registered nurse.
She formerly worked in the hospital’s admitting and registration department, but now is in a nursing apprentice position, as she transitions into her nursing career.
Carbone has been with BayCare for five years, and previously worked in food and nutrition services at St. Joseph’s Hospital’s main campus in Tampa before coming to the Lutz hospital about 2 1/2 years ago to work as a registrar.
She was surprised with the scholarship check presentation in front of team members and colleagues.
“I had that deer in the headlights look on my face when it happened,” Carbone said, in a news release. “I had no clue.
“I really didn’t know how much it (the scholarship) was going to be for. That really wasn’t the point when I applied for it,” Carbone said.
She said the scholarship will help out as she balances working, going to school, and raising two children.
Bucs Babies party
Three of the newest Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Luke Goedeke, Rachaad White and JoJo Ozougwu — joined more than a thousand attendees at the AdventHealth Training Center for the annual AdventHealth Bucs Babies birthday party.
AdventHealth babies born in the hospital system’s West Florida Division are eligible to be a Bucs baby.
Traditionally, the birthday party is to celebrate when a new “recruit” turns 1, but this year’s celebration included all recruits since the program’s inception.
The afternoon was filled with games, music, face painting, and gifts for the little recruits and their families.
AdventHealth is the exclusive hospital of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
