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National Institutes of Health (January 26, 2012) -- A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C
test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and
prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type
2 diabetes.
2011
Obici Healthcare Foundation Awards Grants in Four Priority Areas
Suffolk, VA (May 10, 2011) -- “”The OBICI Healthcare Foundation is pleased to announce the awarding of $1.8 million in grants to 20 nonprofit organizations serving Western Tidewater and Gates County residents,” said George Y. Birdsong, Foundation Chairman.
2010
Helping Your Child Manage Diabetes at School
By. "CDC Features - Helping Your Child Manage Diabetes at School." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.
Make a plan to help your child manage diabetes at school. Start by meeting with school staff and by making sure your child has the necessary supplies for routine care and blood sugar emergencies. Read the complete article by clicking on the title.
Senator Rockefeller honors anniversary of CHIP
The Associated Press (August 6, 2010) Washington DC
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) today issued the following statement in honor of the 13th anniversary of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) being signed into law. "Since the beginning of my career I have fought to make sure all people, and especially children, have access to affordable health care," said Rockefeller, Chairman of the Finance Subcommittee on Health Care. "I was proud to be one of the original lead authors of this landmark legislation in 1997, and again when the bill was reauthorized in 2009.
OBICI Healthcare Foundation Announces New Program Officer
Suffolk, VA (June 10, 2010) – Gina Pitrone, OBICI Healthcare Foundation executive director, welcomes Tammie Mullins-Rice to the Foundation staff.
Suffolk Farmers' Market Opens for 2010 season on May 15
Within the City of Suffolk, there are 1,155 farms
comprised of 59,000 acres in agriculture production. The farmers’ market is an
outlet for some of the fruit, vegetables and plants grown on these farms. The
market and associated special events relating to farm life, gardening, nutrition
and ecology are family oriented and free of charge. Held beneath brightly striped tents at “Market Park” (the mini-park
adjacent to the Seaboard Station Railroad Museum at 326 N. Main Street), the
Market will operate rain or shine on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. through September.
The Social Innovation Fund (SIF), a new public-private
investment vehicle established by the 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve
America Act, is designed to:
• Fund effective and potentially transformative portfolios
of nonprofit community organizations to help them strengthen their
evidence base, and replicate and expand to serve more low-income
communities.
• Identify more effective approaches to addressing critical
social challenges and broadly share this knowledge.
• Develop the grantmaking infrastructure necessary to support
the work of social innovation in communities across the country.
Senior
Services announced plans to buy Hayden School building in Franklin
Senior
Services has announced plans to buy the historic former Hayden
School building in
Franklin and work with several community partners to turn it into
an intergenerational, mixed-use project that features affordable
rental apartments for seniors, a Head Start center for children,
an adult day care center, Senior Services administrative offices,
a commercial kitchen with a café and an African-American
heritage museum.
RWJF
and University of Wisconsin release new County Health Rankings,
the first county-by-county snapshot of health in each state.
Each county is ranked within the state on how healthy people are and how long they live. They also are ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary care providers, rates of high school graduation, rates of violent crime, air pollution levels, liquor store density, unemployment rates and number of children living in poverty.
2009
FBI
Norfolk Announces Recipient of the 2009 Directors Community Leadership
Award
Special
Agent in Charge Alex J. Turner of the Norfolk Field Office of
the FBI is pleased to announce his selection of Ms. Veronica McMillian
as the local recipient of the FBI’s 2009 Director’s
Community Leadership Award. Ms. McMillian
is the founder of a community-based, non-profit organization known
as Let’s Talk Inc., which provides educational and job training,
violence prevention programs, and develops role models for young
men and women.
October
15, 2009
Nurses
phone calls help patients lower blood pressure in study
As Congress weighs options
for cutting some of the $2.2 trillion Americans spend on doctors,
surgeries, treatments and drugs, some solutions may be as simple
as a phone call. A team of Duke University Medical Center doctors
and nurses has found they can help lower patients' blood pressure
with a do-it-yourself monitoring plan and bi-monthly phone calls
from a nurse.
November
6, 2009
2008
Oft-troubled
Suffolk homeless shelter gets new operator
The Center
for Hope and New Beginnings - a homeless shelter plagued by financial
mismanagement and turnover among its leadership - will transfer
its assets today to ForKids, a Norfolk-based nonprofit organization
that will operate the facility, officials announced Wednesday.
By
Hattie Brown Garrow
October
30, 2008
YMCA
program promoting nutrition, fitness - With
the growth in childhood obesity, the Suffolk Family YMCA is working
to combat the trend with education and physical activity.
By Tracy Agnew
August 15, 2008
Healthy
Families making difference - We
frequently read about money being wasted or misused when meant
to fund initiatives for those in need.
August 13, 2008
Helping
new mothers find their way - When
Ebony Smith gave birth to her daughter, Samiya, when she was 17,
she knew she would need some extra support. When she heard about
the Healthy Families program, she knew that was just what she
needed.
August 12, 2008
YMCA
healthy lifestyles - My how
time flies when you are having fun"! That's exactly how it
is feels here at the Suffolk Family YMCA.
August 5, 2008
Dental
Clinic Helps Families
By Linda McNatt
June 6, 2008
Genieve
Shelter coming to women's rescue - With high collars, long sleeves and strategically placed makeup,
Susan Jackson covered the bruises on her battered body for years.
By Allison T. Williams
May 31, 2008
Obici
Healthcare Foundation to build office downtown - The
Obici Healthcare Foundation - the product from last year's merger
of Obici Hospital and Sentara Health Systems n is getting a new
home.
By Lauren Wicks
May 21, 2008
Let's
Get Real promotes good health - When
I attended the Block Party at East End Baptist Church on Saturday,
May 17, I discovered important information about a health program
that began at the church in February called Let's Get Real.
May 20, 2008
SENIOR
SERVICES - MedCare Access
offers extra help.
The Virginian-Pilot
May 18, 2008
Program
helps seniors save on drugs - The
cost of prescription drugs is a common concern among senior citizens,
particularly those who have several prescriptions.
By Tracy Agnew
May 17, 2008
New
dental practice to open Monday - One
of Suffolk's first dental clinics for the uninsured and underinsured
population is opening this week in Suffolk.
By Tracy Agnew
April 26, 2008
Health
grant expands maternal services - The
Western Tidewater Health District has received a two-year, $554,000
grant from the Obici Healthcare Foundation to expand family planning
and maternity services for indigent and uninsured women in Franklin
and Suffolk.
By Tracy Agnew
April 12, 2008
New program helps people heal - The
HEAL program now is offered in the Virginia Legal Aid Society
Suffolk office.
By Tracy Agnew
April 4, 2008
Senior
Services of Southwestern Virginia - If
you or someone you love is on Medicare and having trouble making
ends meet, help may be just a phone call away. A new program in
Western Tidewater is helping seniors cut through the red tape,
and add some green to their wallets. by Stephanie Harris
March 14, 17, 2008
Obici
foundation awards grant
The Obici Healthcare Foundation has awarded
Sentara Obici Hospital's Community Health Outreach Program (CHOP)
a $923,348 two year grant. Special to the News-Herald
February 29, 2008
2007
New
Healthy Lifestyles program rolling - The
Suffolk Family YMCA is truly a blessed organization.
December 4, 2007
Grants
fund programs at PDCCC - We
all can use good news, and Paul D. Camp has much to share.
November 29, 2007
No
'biggest loser' here - Obesity
has taken our nation by storm and, sadly, hasn't left our children
unaffected.
October 24, 2007
YMCA
weighs in on obesity - Health
class is about to go beyond the pages of a textbook and four classroom
walls - at least for some Suffolk Public School students.
BY ALLISON T. WILLIAMS
October 24, 2007
GENIEVE
SHELTER GETS GRANT MONEY - October
is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but it also marks the dawn
of a new era of services for victims of domestic violence in Western
Tidewater.
STAFF REPORT
October 20, 2007
Foundation
awards - No doubt, Amedeo Obici
would be proud.
BY ALLISON T. WILLIAMS
September 28, 2007
Foundation
funds projects - Amedeo Obici
left his mark on this city in indelible ways: The legacy of Planters
Peanuts and the city's hospital named in memory of his wife.
September 28, 2007
Virginia
Legal Aid Society has new location, much to offer
- The Suffolk office of the Virginia Legal
Aid Society has made some big strides this year: the organization
moved into a new building, giving the office a permanent home.
By Ashley McKnight-Taylor
July 28, 2007
NONPROFITS
HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION TO FUND LOW-COST DENTAL CLINIC
The Suffolk office of the Virginia Legal Aid
Society has made some big strides this year: the organization moved
into a new building, giving the office a permanent home. By Linda
McNatt
The Virginian-Pilot
July 27, 2007
Uninsured?
Teeth care for those without dental insurance to open in downtown
Suffolk - The Peninsula Institute
for Community Health (PICH) has received a two-year $400,000 grant
from the Obici Healthcare Foundation to start a dental practice
in downtown Suffolk to serve the uninsured.
By Kelli Davis
July 26, 2007
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