GRUNDY CENTER Grundy County Memorial Hospital is happy to spend this week celebrating its volunteers. National Volunteer Week is about inspiring, recognizing, and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. More than 100 community members serve the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa Donating blood is a selfless act that can have a huge impact on the lives of hospital patients. Just one unit of donated blood can help save the lives of up to three different hospital patients, including people with cancer, blood disorders and victims of car accidents.You ...

GRUNDY CENTER Four programs that make a positive impact on health have been chosen to receive grants from the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation's new Community Health Grant program.The grants are designed to support improvement in four areas that have been identified as health needs ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa A Cedar Rapids couple is honoring their children byraising awareness and funds to support premature birth research. Dale and Suzanne Felton will walk alongside their daughter McKenna, and hundreds of others at the Cedar Rapids March for Babies event on April 26, 2015.The ...

In today's world, there are a lot of ways to volunteer but there are not very many volunteer opportunities that don't cost you any money, take up a lot of your time and have the profound impact that blood donation has. Spending just a small amount of your time with LifeServe Blood Center is one ...

Grundy County Extension and Outreach is offering an introductory food preservation class to be held at the Grundy Center Community Center on October 1, 2014 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.This workshop is intended for those wanting to learn how to safely preserve food and will also serve as a good ...

GRUNDY CENTER Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) will host the Grundy Area Pulmonary Support Group on Monday, April 6, 2015 from 5:00 6:30 p.m. in the Education Room. Please use Entrance #3 on the west side of the hospital.Join us for a time to share information and experiences with ...

A hospital is an asset to any community or region. Area residents are provided convenient access to a wide range of essential health care services and hospitals offer health education and screenings to the public. Hospitals are also essential in another way as economic engines that are among ...

GRUNDY CENTER - Advanced imaging technology is available locally with the new 64-slice Computed Tomography (CT) scanner installed recently in the Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) Radiology Department. The hospital Foundation's Annual Campaign is supporting the purchase of the scanner ...

March is set aside as Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and health providers are emphasizing the importance of scheduling a colorectal cancer screening if you are age 50 or older. Unlike some cancers where no screening tests exist, colon cancer is easily detected by a colonoscopy, according to ...