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Volunteers – the gift that keeps on giving

Post date:: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 4:52pm

Today was a special day for me. To help celebrate National Volunteer Week, Paulla Sebra, Manager of Clovis’s Volunteer Services, invited me to join her and her volunteer staff at an annual luncheon held in their honor. As Donor Relations for Community Medical Foundation, I knew it would be a good opportunity to get to know some of the newer volunteers and have a chance to thank them for their hours of volunteer services.

Connecting the Dream: A day in the life of a student-volunteer at Community Regional Medical Center

Post date:: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 11:00am

As an instructor who has the privilege of working with my students at Community Regional in the Volunteer Services department, I get to witness a tremendous number of extraordinary events, experiences and growth relative to these young adults.

Train wreck? So far, maybe

Post date:: Monday, April 22, 2013 - 9:30am

Hyperbole is the aorta of politics, but I believe there wasn’t all that much exaggeration the other day when Sen. Max Baucus warned that “a huge train wreck” was in the offing when federal healthcare reform more fully unfolds next January.

Choices: Life-giving or life-draining?

Post date:: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 1:49pm

Words all by themselves are powerful! Just look at the word “stress” and notice how you feel. Okay, now look at the word “revitalize.” Ahhh… yes, isn’t that better?

Connecting through communication

Post date:: Monday, April 15, 2013 - 3:52pm

I’m thrilled to share the news that our Erin Singleton, our speech-language pathologist in the neuroscience outpatient rehab clinic on the Community Regional campus, was honored with a Outstanding Achievement Award at the California Speech-Language and Hearing Association Convention in Long Beach last month.