Kurt Rockstroh, president and CEO of Steffian Bradley Architects, recently addressed Baystate Medical Center employees and media members on the various ways in which Baystate’s $259 million “Hospital of the Future” project will use environmentally friendly techniques in both construction and operation. The expansion project will incorporate, among other things, a ‘green roof’ park-like area accessible to patients and employees; energy-efficient systems for lighting, heating, and cooling the facility; and large-scale recycling of materials from the Porter-Harris building, which will be demolished to make way for the expansion.
Shingle-minded Care
Lisa McLain, an occupational health clerk with the Work Connection at Holyoke Medical Center, visits Stevens Roofing once a month and checks weights and blood pressures as part of a wellness program for its employees. For almost 20 years, the Work Connection has provided a comprehensive range of occupational health services to companies throughout Western Mass., from drug testing, medical surveillance, and pre- and post-placement examinations to injury care services, flu shot clinics, and CPR trainings.
Investing in the Future
The Cooley Dickinson School of Nursing Alumni recently awarded its annual $500 scholarship to Lindsay Pedersen (right), a graduate of Smith Vocational Agricultural High School who has entered Holyoke Community College’s two-year Registered Nursing program. Pedersen is interested in pediatrics as a specialty area. In her sophomore year of high school, she completed an internship in the Transportation, Dietary, Medical Records, and Radiation Therapy departments at CDH. She is a certified nursing assistant at Linda Manor. Pictured here with Pedersen are, left to right, Cooley Dickinson Nursing alumni Eileen Baker, Joyce Brigham, and Margaret Mansfield.
Another Max’s Classic
On July 28th, more than 290 golfers competed over two area courses, Crestview Country Club and the Ranch, at the fifth annual Max Classic Golf Tournament, with proceeds going to benefit Baystate Health and its Children’s Hospital. The 2007 event brought in $162,000 to Baystate’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, with 2008 donations expected to exceed that amount. The major sponsor of this year’s event was New Country Motor Cars of Hartford. Pictured are: left, Donny Frost, left, general manager of New Country Motors, and Adam Quenneville, owner of Adam Quenneville Roofing; below, left to right, Ron and Brenna Sadowsky, Founders of the Max Classic tournament, Susan Toner, vice president of Development for the Baystate Health Foundation, and Jennifer Baril, major gifts officer for the Baystate Health Foundation; bottom, the winning foursome at Crestview Country Club, from left, John Joyce of Northwestern Mutual; Todd Hemenway, representative of Hitachi Data; Brice Craven, president of Johnson Packings; and C.J. Denmark, a student at Echert College.
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