Tickets are now available for Rock the Foundation, an annual fundraising event of the MultiCare Health Foundation. This year’s event takes place Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Marriot Tacoma Downtown. Musical entertainment will be provided by Hit Explosion, performing dance hits of the ’70s and ’80s. Proceeds from the event will help advance MultiCare Health System’s … [Read more...] about Don’t Miss MultiCare’s Rock the Foundation
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Fast cars and fundraising: Come Race With Me
This summer, Bonney Lake residents Lori and Stephen Newby are merging their passions for vintage car racing and giving back to their community. The couple met at a Canadian racetrack more than 35 years ago. Born in England and emigrating to Canada in 1953, Stephen’s racing career began at 14 racing slaloms. For the last 50 years, he’s primarily raced British vintage … [Read more...] about Fast cars and fundraising: Come Race With Me
Good Samaritan Implements Comfort Care for Nurses
When the Pandemic began back in March of 2020, Multicare named Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup as their Covid 19 Hospital. The Good Sam team jumped into overdrive led by then Executive Director of Operations, Kristi Hartway. “We opened up an Incident Command Center immediately and began dealing with challenges from a lack of PPE and flipping existing units, to how to best … [Read more...] about Good Samaritan Implements Comfort Care for Nurses
Toscanos Responds to Challenges with Renewed Community Involvement
During the winter when restaurant dining rooms were shut down because of COVID, Toscanos Italian Grill in Puyallup, like other restaurants, began to serve family-style, takeout and curbside meals. This became a successful formula for keeping the business going and its staff employed. Toscanos also began a practice of giving back to the community by preparing meals for local … [Read more...] about Toscanos Responds to Challenges with Renewed Community Involvement
Code Lavender: Caring for our Caregivers
Caring for the community during a pandemic can take a toll on frontline and other essential health care heroes. “There were days when you just wanted to cry, because these patients that you work so hard on to get them better, they weren’t going to get better,” Heidi Strub, RT, at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, shares. “It was not difficult just emotionally, it was … [Read more...] about Code Lavender: Caring for our Caregivers