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Surprise!
Matt Rolinger presents Avadhoot Gokhale with the top raffle prize from the 14th Annual Allen Hospital Golf Tournament: a 50-inch flat-screen TV. |
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Prize winners were drawn following play Monday at Sunnyside Country Club. We appreciate the financial support so many associates and friends show the event, and we thank our Allen friends and volunteers who make it happen. We had a course full of happy players this year, and we will share the financial results shortly. Other winners were: |
- $50 Target Gift Card - Kay Willard
- TaylorMade Golf Bag - Evon Wedemeier
- Isle Overnight Getaway - Tamara Bowser
- Area Restaurant Package #1 - Kurt Vanderwiel
- Area Restaurant Package #2 - Kathy McCoy
- 1 Month Fitness Membership at Kosama - William Failor
- $100 Gift Card to The Fainting Goat Restaurant - Dee Vandeventer
- $100 Gift Certificate to Johnny Ray’s restaurant in Grundy Center -
- Joanna Ramsden-Meier
- Stroll Down Main - Dr. Halloran
- Family Fun Package - Scott Sernett
- All Dolled Up - Doug Holcomb
- Enjoying the Arts - Judy Vauthier
- BBQ Package - Patti Balsigee
- $500 Gift Certificate to Roth Jewelers - Kalyn Putz
- 50 Inch Flat Screen TV - Avadhoot Gokhale
Thank you to all who participated! Benefits of the raffle will support Allen Hospital and Allen College. To claim your prize, please contact Erin Iverson at Iversoej@ihs.org or (319) 239-5253
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Blue Zone Members
For Allen to get Blue Zone certification, we need all members to take an action and then get credit for your action as soon as possible! Take a minute to explore actions that will improve your well being. Note that these actions are easy steps you can incorporate in your life. Now you have pledged, please take the next step. See below step-by-step instructions on how to pledge an action and then get credit for that action. We need the credit to become certified! |
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To Register Go to: www.bluezonesproject.com
Click on Join Today
Select "I have an organization code"
Enter Allen Blue
Click on Complete Registration
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Pledge to take Action
Hover over My Tools in the top right corner and select My Pledge Actions from the drop down menu
Explore actions
Pledge to take action by clicking Pledge To Do This in the orange box. |
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Get Credit for Your Action
Once completed, go back to My Tools drop down menu and select My Pledge Actions
Under the Actions Summary tab, check the box marked I Did It next to action you completed.
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Allen Shoeboxes Head to Nicaragua
Sixty-eight shoeboxes filled with supplies for kids in Nicaragua started their long journey this morning. Our boxes will be shrink-wrapped for security and shipped south next Wednesday, along with several thousand more boxes from the Cedar Valley. |
| If you helped fill a box, you know what a joy it is. If you still have an unfilled box hiding in your department, we can get it on the trailer truck if we have it by Tuesday, September 18. Bring any remaining boxes to Erin Iverson in the Foundation office. Rotary International and Allen Foundation thank you for your help. You can’t begin to imagine what a difference you make to kids who have nothing but hope and the kindness of people like you. |
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These Allen NICU sleepy twins are two of the many babies that will benefit from a grant awarded to Allen Hospital from Variety - The Children's Charity.
They awarded us $10,000 toward the purchase of a Giraffe OmniBed for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. |
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR ALLEN AUXILIARY GIFT SHOP
Books Are Fun: Returning to UMP!
Wednesday, September 19, 9:00am–3:00pm
Books Are Fun: Meeting Room #5
Thursday, September 20 and Friday Sept 21
Scrubs Sale: Meeting Room #5
Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26 |
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DON'T MISS THIS EVENT!
Allen Auxiliary Bus Trip: Fall Reiman Gardens Tour/Hickory Park/Wine Tasting
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Tuesday, September 25
$65.00 per person. We have several seats still available so call now!
Call Linda 319-235-3692. Click here for sneak peak at the Lego garden statues. |
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Credit Union Annual Dinner
Tuesday, September 18
5:30pm
Ramada Hotel, Waterloo
Buffet Dinner – Scratch Cupcakes – Door Prizes
$10 for members
$22 for nonmembers
Call or stop in for more information,
319-235-3678
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Pancreatice Cancer Action Network
PURPLELIGHT
National Vigil For Hope
Help us create awareness and honor those impacted by pancreatic cancer.
September 30 at 8:00 pm
Overman Park Band Shell, Cedar Falls
www.purplelight.org
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We are at our final article on our sleep journey. In the hours before bed, what you eat and drink can affect your sleep. Click here for information that can help you get that good sleep you have been craving!
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“Rosh Hashanah,” commonly known as the Jewish New Year, is one of the most important religious holidays for the Jewish culture. The celebration lasts for two days. This year, it begins in the evening of Sunday, September 16 and ends in the evening of Tuesday, September 18.
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In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means the “head of the year.” It is also called the “Feast of the Trumpets.” According to custom, they celebrate Rosh Hashanah by blowing a ram’s horn, a “shofar,” and eating symbolic food such as apples dipped in honey.
In addition, Rosh Hashanah is also observed as a judgment day as Jews believe that God compares the good deeds of a person with his or her bad deeds in the year and based on that, He decides how the next year will turn out to be. Here’s a few interesting facts:
• During Rosh Hashanah, majority of time is spent in the synagogue, a Jewish or Samaritan house of prayer, as no work is allowed on Rosh Hashanah
• In a traditional Rosh Hashanah meal, a typical dish is fish, served with a wish for prosperity, fertility, and good luck for the coming year.
• Unlike other holidays in Jewish faith, Rosh Hashanah does not involve fasting.
• On Rosh Hashanah, many Jews follow a custom called “tashlikh” (casting off), in which they walk to a river or stream and symbolically cast of their sins committed during the previous year by throwing pieces of bread into the water.
A’ Lisa Walker Allen Diversity Committee
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ASPIRE Therapeutic Riding Program
ASPIRE will be hosting their annual fundraiser “Dances with Horses” on Saturday, September 22, 7:00pm at McElroy Auditorium. Entertainment will include a silent auction and stunt riders from the Midwest Renegades Drill Team, the Raccoon River Riders and a few of ASPIRE’s own riders as well!
Tickets will be sold at the door- $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. FREE children’s tickets are available in the Foundation office (Erin Iverson, x3960). For more information visit www.DancesWithHorses.org.
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