Fremont-Rideout Health Group Presents A Free Community Health Education Class!

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Managing Your Diabetes: Empowering Yourself

Presented by Vineet Gupta, MD
Family Health Physician, Yuba City Primary Care and Diabetes Clinic, Inc.

Nov. 14  6-7PM

Fremont-Rideout Conference Center
989 Plumas Street, Yuba City

In honor of World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14, Vineet Gupta, MD will present a class Diabetes management and what YOU can do to control your diabetes.

Reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes by:

• Exercising
• Eating Right
• Seeing your healthcare provider
• Getting your eyes checked

Vineet Gupta, MD, has been a family doctor for more than 10 years and is currently practicing at the Yuba City Primary Care and Diabetes Clinic, Inc. in Yuba City.  She attended medical school in India and graduated from the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. Her residency in Pediatrics was in Delhi, India. Her Family Medicine Residencey is from Underwood Memorial Hospital in New Jersey.

World Diabetes Day is a global awareness campaign that’s celebrated every year on Nov. 14. Landmarks and monuments across the world are lit in blue to create a united voice for Diabetes Awareness. The circle above is the logo for World Diabetes Day.

Family Fun at Dash for Diabetes Walk
Yuba Sutter Mall, 1215 Colusa Ave., Yuba City

Sat., Nov. 12, 2011 – Begins at the Food Court

Walk Registration:
Pre-registration $10 (By Nov. 7). Event-day registration $15.

For more information call 530-751-4070

7:30am     Registration Vendors & Screenings

8:20am     Warm Up

8:30am     Walk & Rock with Radio DJ and Live Remote by Results Radio

9:30am     Raffles & Awards

10:00am   Health Education Classes on Type I & Type II Diabetes & Screenings, Education & Fun

SCREENINGS INCLUDE:               

• Sutter County Public Health: Glucose & Blood Pressure Screening

• Yuba County Public Health: BMI Screening & Rethink Your Drink

• Children’s Type 1 Diabetes Educational materials glucose meters & tabs, school information

Special Presentation at DASH for Diabetes:

Taking Control with Scott Simmons 10AM

Join us to learn how you can live a Healthier Life, from a real person with Diabetes who has walked in your shoes. Scott Simmons is an A1C Champion Speaker. He has diabetes and will share his personal experiences and helpful insights on successfully managing diabetes.

• Achieving good glucose control

• Effective self-management

• Develop a balanced, health lifestyle

• Planning/prioritizing diabetes management

• Overcoming fears surrounding diabetes
• Finding resources for support

One Walk participant will win a $500 Yuba-Sutter Mall Gift Certificate (Walkers Only!)

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DASH for Diabetes is sponsored by: UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Yuba Sutter Mall and the Fremont-Rideout Foundation

The BIG GIFT of the evening was a gift for One Million Dollars to support the Emergency Department, a Level III Trauma Center and designated STEMI Receiving Center, to better serve patients and provide upgraded equipment for staff.

You can learn more about our ED Expansion by visiting www.FRHG.org/giving.

These wonderful volunteers were also honored:

Shirley Crumback, President of Rideout Memorial Hospital In addition to helping patients, visitors and staff, members of the Auxiliary run the Surgery Hostess Desk, the Rideout Gift Shop, the Pink Trunk Thrift Shop and handle floral design. Last year, they donated $20,000 to Rideout Memorial Hospital, the Cancer Center and F-R Medical Services Organization. The auxiliary also gave $5,000 to fund the Sherry Hall scholarship.

Marnee Crowhurst accepted honors for Lita Wells, a member of the Fremont Medical Center Auxiliary since 1995: The Fremont Auxiliary donated more than $10,000 to the Fremont Medical Center and The Fountains, and to provide funding for education, material management and $3000 to the Fremont-Rideout Foundation Scholarship Fund.

Special Recognitions:

The California Emergency Physicians Medical Group made a $50,000 pledge for the Emergency Department expansion. Dr. Rudy Zaragoza, Mark Alderdice, Eric Leung and Marty Spear contributed.

The Geweke Caring for Women Foundation has been a local leader to raise awareness of and money for a cure for breast cancer. Geweke’s foundation granted the Fremont-Rideout Women’s Imaging Department $25,000 to cover the cost of two medical-grade computer monitors.

Bequest Society Honorees: The Bequest Society was formed to recognize donors who have already designated in their will, trust or other type of estate plan, a donation of $10,000 or more to the Foundation

• Darnell Robinson, Community Development Director Clearinghouse CDFI, and long-time local resident, was honored as a Bequest Society member. Darnell joined the Bequest Society, “to leave a legacy for my mother, Ollie M. Robinson. A great loving and caring woman who molded me into the man I am today.”

• Our other three honorees are often in the same company, as they are partners in Cobb, French and Prasad Neurosurgical Associates and the leaders ofour Neurosurgery Center at Rideout which opened in 2009. Each has individually pledged $10,000 in specific support of the new Rideout Tower building.

We’d also like to thank all the physicians who personally contributed to the Foundation over the past year.
Mark Agness
Mark Alderdice
Jan Babiszewski
Rupinder Brar
Steven Blair
George Broder
Floyd Burton
Cully Cobb
Rajpreet Dhesi
Daniel Dorsey
Ashraf Ekdawy
Michael Fahey
Barry French
Nelson Frink
Ajaipal Gill
Kashmir Gill
Patrick Griffith
Jerry Gross
Vincent Hamilton
Ed Hanson
Jasbir Kang
Venu Kondle
Susan Lott
Eric Leung
John Marsh
Shahzad Naseem
Robert Plass
Praveen Prasad
Alexandra Reichman
Marty Spear
Nick Tran
Cherry Wy
and
Rudy Zaragoza
Our community is truly blessed with wonderful and generous doctors.

Community Service of the Year

Bill Hill and Jim Richmond from Valley Muffler in Yuba City were honored as Community Service of the Year, for their contributions. For the past 11 years Valley Muffler has hosted a special car show at their establishment in Yuba City to raise funds for the Cancer Center. More than $15,000 has been donated.

Volunteer of the Year 

The Volunteer of the Year award went to Kevin DeHoff owner of Country Florist. Since 2008, Kevin has sponsored National Make Someone Smile Week by delivering flower arrangements to patients at F-R Cancer Center, The Courtyard, The Fountains and The Gardens, Fremont-Rideout Home Health and Hospice and Women & Infants Services at FMC. He is assisted each year by a team of volunteers, including members of our Teen Leadership Council.

Humanitarian of the Year

Henry Miller, owner Valley Truck & Tractor, whose association with Fremont-Rideout goes back a long, long, way, well before the 1983 merger. Henry has served on the board of Rideout Memorial Hospital, then on the Fremont-Rideout Board. He has been a stalwart supporter and participant in all 21 years of our Fairway to Health Golf Tournament. He has always demonstrated compassion and dedication to the well-being of our community. And, generous? In just one recent year, Henry’s name appeared on the donor lists for 17 of the Foundation’s memorial funds.

Philanthropist of the Year 

Dorothy Jang accepted the “Philanthropist of the Year” award on behalf of her family and her husband, Woodrow Jang.  Woodrow served on the Yuba College Foundation Board of Directors, 1979-1987, served as Chairman of Rideout Foundation, as well as President of the Marysville Lion’s Club and the Marysville Rotary. After Woodrow’s passing in 1997, Dorothy carried on the family tradition of community service. She is an ardent supporter of the performing and fine arts, Yuba College, the Friends of the Packard Library, and numerous other civic and charitable organizations. And, of course our community hospitals. Over the years, in addition to their volunteer time, the Jang Family has given more than $25,000 to the Foundation in support of non-profit healthcare.

And, finally

Phebe Rideout Award

Our highest accolade, the Phebe Rideout Award. This year, the Phebe Rideout Award goes not to one individual, but an entire family, Clan Morrison. John and Trish Morrison and mother Mitzi were all on hand to accept the designation in honor of Gayle Morrison, Mitzi’s husband and John’s dad.

Rotarians on both sides of the river, supporters of high schools in both Sutter and Yuba Counties, Little League Baseball, Yuba College Tennis and the United Way. Many of their community activities involve healthcare.

Among the recipients of their support in healthcare are the American Cancer Society, Pink October, the Make a Wish Foundation, the Pediatric Tumor Foundation and the Fremont-Rideout Foundation.

Gayle Morrison served on the FRHG Board of Directors

The Phebe Rideout Award is supported each year by James McClathcy, the great grandson of Phebe Rideout, and owner of the Sacramento Bee. Phebe established Rideout Memorial Hospital in honor of her husband, Norman Dunning Rideout, a visionary who helped shape banking, transport and commerce throughout northern California. To honor his great grandmother’s legacy of community service, Mr. McClatchy sponsors the Phebe Rideout Award, presented every other year at the Fremont-Rideout Foundation Evening of Appreciation Dinner.

This award is not intended to acknowledge financial contributions, nor is it limited to people directly associated with Fremont-Rideout. Its purpose is to honor any individual whose personal contributions to health care for the people of our region have been outstanding.

On Oct. 27, 2011 the Fremont-Rideout Foundation paid homage to our donors with a special Evening of Appreciation dinner and event.

Everyone had an enjoyable time at Evening of Appreciation, where we celebrated another year of giving and gratitude.

The fantastic dinner and desert was catered by, Tiffany Montna-Williams, the new owner of the new Refuge Restaurant.

The event was not only a feast for the stomach — it was a feast for the eyes, too.

Our guests were amazed by the SPECTACULAR ambiance, which was created inside an unfinished storefront that began as nothing but a cement floor and bare, unfinished walls.

Lucky for us, local floral artist and event decorator, Kevin DeHoff of Country Florist, designed the venue. Kevin used orange, golden yellow and burgundy-red colors straight out of a lovely Fall landscape to set the mood. Giant topiaries and fanciful pumpkin chandeliers filled the space. And, gorgeous table settings featured a tapestry-style tablecloth, fall floral centerpiece and gold-ribbed table settings. Kevin helped us create a golden evening for everyone.

Our lighting artist Cecil Sarten of Chico Stage and Lighting was no slouch, his lighting design helped us set the mood for a fantastic evening. But, the evening couldn’t have happened at all without the loan of the building. Thank you Carol and New Earth Market.

Music and dance were on the program, too. Rick DeAguiar of ReMax Real Estate provided all of our beautiful background music and attendees were treated to a lovely Waltz from Greg Gomer and Jileen Menghini, the winners of our inaugural Dance with Our Stars Fundraiser. And, also a great big shout out to the Rotary Club of Yuba City members who were our bartenders. Sarb, Ryan, Karen, Joe and George — thank you!

Thank you so much donors for your continued support. Our patients and our community are truly blessed by all that you give and all that you do for the health of our community.

Carol Ramirez
VP Fremont-Rideout Evening of Appreciation

Evening of Appreciation Highlights

Evening of Appreciation was emcee’d by Foundation Vice President, Carol Ramirez and Board Chair, Darin Gale. FRHG CEO, Terri Hamilton welcomed all to the event.

There were some pretty incredible gifts made by the Foundation to FRHG and its facilities and programs fiscal year 2010/2011. Here are some of the highlights:

• The Rideout Memorial Hospital Foundation gifted $167,000 to purchase Wireless EKG equipment that can now be found in all Bi-County Ambulances. Bi-County contributed an equal share to ensure total coverage to the Yuba-Sutter area. This equipment not only can save lives by allowing patient data to be sent to the ED, while still en route, it supported Rideout’s new designation as a STEMI Receiving Center, certified to handle even the most serious heart attacks.
• Also at Rideout, the Foundation funded the refurbishment of the Same Day Surgery Patient Rooms, and sponsored the Emergency Department’s EMS Day and Disaster Drill.
• In the Pediatrics Dept., new Veinlite LEDs were donated. This will save our tiniest patients extra poking when they need an IV.
• For The Fountains, our Skilled Nursing Center, which houses our extensive Physical Rehabilitation facility, more than $3,000 was gifted for a putting green for our unique Outside Mobility Course. A Karaoke Machine for the Activities Dept., and a new Activities Cart and Recreation supplies were also purchased.
• Proceeds from a previous endowment by Roy and Peggy miller paid for another year of salary and benefits for the Quality of Life Attendant, Poppy Atwal, who serves residents at The Fountains.
• At The Gardens, our Alzheimer’s and Special Care Facility, we installed a new $5,000 sound system for the new wing.
• At The Courtyard, our beautiful Assisted Living Complex, the Foundation funded a new Automatic Entry System for the Main Doors, and refurbished the furniture and other décor in the Lobby.
• For Fremont-Rideout Hospice the Foundation provided Discretionary Financial Assistance for Hospice patients, staff education, a Lights of Remembrance Memorial Event for Hospice Families and Transportation for 11 kids who had lost a loved one so that they could attend Camp HUG (Hospice Understands Grief).
• For the Fremont-Rideout Cancer Center, the Foundation provided nearly $50,000 for new lobby furnishings, staff education and Discretionary Fund financial assistance for cancer patients, and sponsored the annual Cancer Survivor celebration.
• The Foundation’s Financial Aid & Scholarship Program awarded: Six scholarships to area high school and college students ($6,000); Three Dorothy Wisner Teen Leadership Scholarships ($6,000); Two Janice Frank Nursing Leadership Scholarship Awards to Will Morrell-Stinson, RN, Rideout & Krista Minton, RN, Fremont; and Employee Educational Loans ($16,000+)
• The Foundation provided support for Fremont-Rideout Teen Leadership Council, 36 high school students interested in medical and healthcare related careers. TLC raised more than $2000 with a newspaper recycling fundraiser sponsored by the Appeal-Democrat and Recology Yuba-Sutter
• The Foundation supported the Vial of Life program, the Pink October employee fundraiser, the 8^th Annual Bless Your Heart Walk & Health Fair and hosted the groundbreaking for the Cancer Center Expansion.
• The grand total for all of the gifts above: $310,000.