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Dear Allen Associates,

As I mentioned in the April Forums, we want to create an environment at Allen that will help you Love What You Do.

We want you to tell us if Allen is a great place to work or if we need to work harder to make it great. I am asking you to take the Great Place to Work survey. Tell us what we are doing well, and tell us what we need to change so we can create an environment that keeps you loving your job. I want you to be completely candid in your responses. The survey is designed in such a way that individuals cannot be identified. The information is held by Great Place to Work Institute for their safekeeping.

On Monday, you received an email from greatplacetowork@clearpicture.com. In the message is your unique password (this is what ensures COMPLETE CONFIDENTIALITY). The survey will be active until 8 a.m. on June 3.

Remember: PLEASE TAKE THE GREAT PLACE TO WORK SURVEY. We need your input. If you have any questions, please talk to Steve Sesterhenn or Marty Colwell in HR. Thank you for your help. I am looking forward to your feedback.

Sincerely,

Pam DelagardellePresident and CEOUnityPoint Health - Waterloo

Click here for frequently asked questions regarding the Great Place to Work survey.

Thank you, Minnie Tuesday morning, I surprised Minnie Bennett during the radiology staff meeting to recognize her for her consistently awesome patient engagement and customer service. A

patient called me and praised Minnie for her passion to excellent service to our patients and families. Thank you, Minnie, for demonstrating true CARE values. - Pam Delagardelle, President & CEO

Rick White Retirement Open HouseThursday, May 30 from 2:00 - 4:00Meeting Room #5

UnityPoint Health Design SummitRobin Nicholson and Kay Willard attended the Graphic Designers Summit in Des Moines on Monday, May 20 to cover branding guidelines and tour the UnityPoint Health Print Shop. (l to r): UnityPoint Health Print Shop Customer Service Rep. Margie Schenkelberg; Megan Jones, UnityPoint Health Print Shop Graphic Designer; Kay Willard, Publications Tech; Robin Nicholson, Media Services and Jenna Kollings, UnityPoint Health Corporate Graphic Designer. In attendance but not pictured were several graphic designers from other UnityPoint Health regions, including some as far away as Peoria, Illinois.

Rick, with his wife, Glenda, also an Allen associate. Thank you for your 27 years of service.

Our Gem, AnnaBellHospital volunteers in Puerto Rico inspired Annabell Richardson to start a volunteer career at Allen Hospital. After boarding a cruise ship with her husband, he suffered a heart attack on their first night. The ship docked in Puerto Rico where the pair disem-barked for medical care. “The volunteers there were so kind and helpful to me. It was then I said that someday I would be a volun-teer in a hospital,” Annabell said.

Prior to Allen, she worked 26 years in food service for Union Community Schools. The majority of her time was spent baking anything from bread and buns to pizza and desserts. She remem-bers making 1,000 buns in one batch. Now, instead of serving

children’s lunches, you can find her serving our associates and guests in the Allen Auxiliary Gift Shop, always with a welcoming smile and cheery, ‘Good morning!’

Annabell served over 10 years on the Allen Auxiliary Board, two years as president. Outside of Allen, she also volunteers for her church. Married to her late husband for 48 years, she raised two daughters and a stepson. She counts herself blessed to have 6 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren (how great is that?!).

When asked about a unique fact about her, Annabell replied, “I played on a six-girl basketball team in high school in Conroy, IA.” And a life lesson she would like to pass along to Allen associates? “Whatever comes along in life – God will see you though.” You are a real gem, Annabell and we are so glad to know you.

Have you thanked a Volunteer today?

News From Allen Women’s HealthImagine a World without Any Unintended PregnanciesLast week, Allen Women’s Health encouraged readers to imagine a world with zero teen pregnancies. This week, Allen Women’s Health would like readers to imagine a world with zero unintended pregnancies—whether teen or adult. According to the Brookings Institute, taxpayers spend about $12 billion annually on publicly financed medical care for women who experience unintended pregnancies and on infants who were conceived unintentionally.(CCF Brief #45, July 2011). Fortunately, Iowa’s unintended pregnancy rates have declined by 14% since 2006 and Iowa’s abortion rate has decreased 21% since 2006. While many factors are contributing to this decrease, most experts agree that the increased use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) by women are at the forefront of this decline. LARCS include the Mirena IUD, Paragard IUD, and the Nexplanon contraceptive implant. All of these safe, effective methods are available through Allen Women’s Health. For women concerned about cost, Allen Women’s Health can work with patients to make these methods affordable—sometimes at no cost. To learn more about LARCS, contact Allen Women’s Health at 235-5090 or go to www.allenwomenshealth.org.

What Is the True Meaning of Memorial Day?

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday which occurs every year on the final Monday of May.

Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died while in the military service.

It typically marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end.

Thank you to our active military and our veterans.

Allen Associate Recognition LuncheonForty Years Jay Towley, Environmental ServicesThirty-Five Years Rhonda Bergmann, Laboratory Denise Crew, Centralized Monitoring Marlene Kaiser, Emergency Department Peggy Moore, Patient Accounting Suzanne Ruiter, Family Planning GrantThirty Years Helen Ackerman, Mental Health Unit Teresa Anderson, Program Degree-BSN Tara Mullen, Ambulatory SurgeryTwenty-Five Years Lori Berregaard, Ultrasound Madeline Burns, Laboratory Lisa Hildebrand, Wound Care Rhonda Janssen, Surgery Rachel Rekers, OB/Gyn Laura Sager, Waterloo OB Ann Springer, Inpatient TherapyTwenty Years Doreen Boss, Administration Barbara Brickman, Onsite Occupational Services Roxanne Duffy-Miller, NICU Tamara Jones, Mental Health Unit Betty Marshall, Ambulatory Surgery Sherri Mesch, PACU Jerilyn Miller, Digestive Health Kamie Roske, Cardiopulmonary Tami Westhoff-Jones, Nursing AdministrationFifteen Years Sara Anstey, Laboratory Peggy Bash, Ambulatory Surgery-UMP Crystal Becker, Environmental Services Dannelle Bromaghim, Laboratory Debra Burke, Cardiac Cath Lab Douglas Feltz, Environmental Services Eric Fenton, Bio Medical Service Jennifer Goos, Ambulatory Surgery-UMP Scott Kirschenmann, Laboratory Judy McIlrath, Cafeteria Jeff Reeves, Plant Operations Susan Spragg, Clinical Dietetics Michell Stewart, Ambulatory Surgery-UMP Amy Terrill, Case Management

Ten Years Kelly Eige, Intensive Care Unit Sarah Heerts, Two Heart Michael Kruger, Cafeteria Julie Menuey, Waterloo OB Robert Quario, Four Surgical Steven Schroeder, Environmental Services Diane Wolbers, Quality ImprovementFive Years Emily Beckmann, Laboratory Sarah Behrens, Surgery Administration Kimberlyn Burt, Mental Health Unit Rachel Dancer, Pain Clinic Sarah Davis, Emergency Department Elizabeth Fry, Adolescent Pregnancy Prog Maggie Gardner, Patient Access-Admissions Melanie Jolly, Digestive Health-Tower Park Julie Jorgensen, Patient Access-UMP Cortney Klein, Surgery Natalie Kracht, Occupational Health Cassie McBride, Emergency Department Donald Minard Jr, Environmental Services Kari Murch, Cardiac Rehab Ryan Patterson, Inpatient Pharmacy Maggie Pietryga, Nursing Administration Laura Riley, Four Surgical Kristy Roberts, Cardiopulmonary Janine Russell, Inpatient Pharmacy Holly Sayles, Occupational Health Lindsey Scheibel, Four Medical Teri Winkey, Ambulatory Surgery-UMP

We celebrated our event on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the South Dining Room

Editor Kay Willard, Publications TechnologistPlease send any articles, pictures and fliers to

Kay.Willard@unitypoint.org for entry into the weekly Friday Edition or call ext. 3619.

Red Cross Disaster Relief FundThe Cedar Valley knows what it is like to have a deadly tornado go through a community and leave nothing but rubble. If you want to send a $10 donation to the Disaster Re-lief fund via text message, you can do so by texting the word REDCROSS to 90999. As in the case with other donations via mobile, the donation will show up on your wireless bill, or be deducted from your balance if you have a prepaid phone. You need to be 18 or older, or have parental permission, to donate this way. (If you change your mind, text the word STOP to 90999.)

Extra Reading Materials?If you have current magazines that you would like to donate for our patients, families and visitors the hospital, please contact or send them to Sally Sherwood, Volunteer Services.

Too many to bring in, Sally can arrange for someone to come and pick them up.

More than 1,000 walkers turned out for the American Heart Association Heart Walk at Prairie Lakes Park in Cedar Falls on Saturday, May 18. The UnityPoint Health – Waterloo team has raised $30,000 to date, and we’re still getting pledge money coming in. We appreciate the enthusiastic support for this event, and we want to share just a few of the pictures with you here. Thanks for helping us make the event such a success. We will present Go Red for Women again this November.

Driven by it’s goal, to save lives from the country’s number 1 and 3 killers - heart disease and stroke - the Heart Walk also promotes physical activity and heart-healthy living. This year’s event nationally had more than one million walkers and hosted 350 events. (Source: www.startwalkingnow.org.start_heart_walk.jsp)

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