Diversity - Community Activities

Cancer Support

• Participated in Senior Expo, promoting colorectal cancer screenings.
• Conducted free prostate cancer screenings for African American men at the Vicker Center Health Fair.
• Hosted four American Cancer Society’s ‘I Can Cope’ seminars.
• Presented two cancer updates to GoldenCare and Get Healthy Pensacola! members.
• Sponsored Mabel Shepard Health Professional Seminar.
• Hosted Cancer Survivors Day Celebration. Sleep Disorders Clinic
• Participated in three health fairs and expos.
• Provided three A.W.A.K.E. Support Group sessions addressing living wills, hurricane preparedness and sleeping well for a better tomorrow.

Sleep Disorders Clinic

• Participated in three health fairs and expos.
• Provided three A.W.A.K.E. Support Group sessions addressing living wills, hurricane preparedness and sleeping well for a better tomorrow.

Women’s Imaging

• Participated in 11 health fairs and special events providing education and information as well as osteoporosis screenings.

Speech and Hearing

• Conducted free speech and hearing screenings at Camp Noah, St. Monica’s Episcopal Church and six local child care facilities.
• Provided free hearing aid fittings (four a month valued at $240 each).
• Participated in Family and Senior Expo.
• Sponsored family in-need at Christmas.
• Facilitated Sertoma Club family support.
• Staff volunteered for Habitat for Humanity build.
• Presented hearing protection speech for the Pensacola Dental Association.

Baptist HealthSource

• Provided free information - Operators provide information and connect callers with support groups or additional resources. Physicial referrals are also made.
• Provided free health information audio library line - HealthSource provides free information recordings covering over 1,300 health topics. Callers access the Health Information Library by dialing the main hospital phone number and then entering in the code for the topic that they would like information on. A directory of the codes is available through the main HealthSource line.

Cardiology

• Administered February health screenings.
• Volunteered for free sports physicals.
• Conducted monthly blood drives.HeartFirst
• Hosted quarterly HeartFirst Alumni Club, a support network for all cardiac patients to discuss educational issues and encourage fellowship after discharge.
• Assisted with American Heart Association 2004 Heart Walk in raising $27,173 with 150 registered walkers.
• Assisted in conducting echocardiograms to high school athletes during free sport physicals at Baptist Medical Park - Nine Mile Road in May 2005.
• Assisted in conducting echocardiograms to high school athletes during free sport physicals at Gulf Breeze Hospital in May 2005.
• Assisted in conducting free sport physicals to freshmen athletes at Baptist Medical Park - Nine Mile Road.
• Administered coronary risk profiles to 1,705 individuals at 52 Baptist Health Care sponsored events such as Senior Expo, health fairs and educational presentations.
• Administered stroke risk assessments to 163 individuals at Family Expo.
• Created and presented 14 presentations to community groups on heart-related topics such as Women’s Heart Advantage, Early Heart Attack Care, risk factors for heart disease and blood pressure programs.
• Hosted local chapter of Mended Hearts, a national organization which welcomes open heart patients.
• Staff volunteered with Oriole Beach Elementary, Gulf Breeze Sports Association and the American Heart Association.

Construction Services

Construction Services, in conjunction with Corporate Compliance, sponsored two Habitat houses for Baptist Health Care employees. Baptist Health Care donated two contiguous lots on West Mallory Street, just west of the main campus. The first home was dedicated in May 2005 and the second one is currently under construction and targeted for dedication around June 2006.
Each Habitat home requires a sponsorship
commitment of $25,000 which was funded as
follows:
• The land value for each piece of property was $10,000.
• The Helping Hands committee of the Baptist Health Care Foundation contributed $7,500 towards each home.
• The remaining $7,500 for each home was procured through either monetary or in-kind donations from various Baptist Health Care contractors and vendors.

Construction Services, in conjunction with Property Management, hosted a class Christmas party on December 16, 2005. This was part of a company-wide
class sponsorship effort that included a Life Flight visit by Santa Claus. During the Spring 2005 semester, Construction Services participated in the Advanced Career Experience program by mentoring an intern in the school’s Drafting & Design Technology curriculum program. The senior student spent several days a
week in the Construction Services office learning and working on small projects to gain “real world” experience, under the tutelage of a Construction Services staff member.

Baptist Hope

In October 2005, Baptist Health Care launched HOPE, a Healthcare Outreach Program for Employees, impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Baptist HOPE, an
outreach program supported by Baptist Health Care employees, is designed to provide a bright future for adopted employees and to support the continuation
of health care for affected communities. Departments throughout Baptist Health Care “adopted” employees from Ochsner Clinic Foundation, in New Orleans, and provide support and assistance as needed to help the employee transition back to some normalcy. The Baptist HOPE program also provided assistance to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, Miss. Baptist Health Care employees donated $5,000 to an Employee Relief Fund established to help employees
displaced from their homes buy essential items and cover costs associated with the devastation of the storm.

FirstRehab

• Provided certified athletic trainers to all high schools in Escambia County Florida and Alabama as well as Santa Rosa County.
• Coordinated trainer coverage for a variety of community sports tournaments including flag football, soccer, basketball and tennis. Assisted with other events including the ‘Walk for Wellness,’ Pensacola Marathon, Blue Angels air show and the Special Olympics track meet.
Conducted free, annual physicals for student athletes in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Over 2400 students were examined, and 900 echocardiograms were performed.
• Offered seminars, demonstrations and trainings on topics including CPR, nutrition, exercise, disease prevention, communication styles and
sleep disorders.
• Administered ‘transfer training’ to people who staff special needs shelters in times of disaster.
• Mentored Pensacola High School and Pensacola Junior College students who are seeking allied health careers.

LifeFlight

• Administered 20 training classes.
• Provided five static displays at local community events including Dupont Family Day, Wilmar Family Day, Navarre Children’s Safety Day, LeMoyne Industrial Park Community Day and an event at the Hadji Shrine Temple.
• Participated in the official lighting of the Seville Square Christmas tree. LifeFlight hovered over the tree and provided overhead spotlight.
• Conducted LifeFlight presentations to the USA EMT class and the Lion’s Club.
• Participated in American Red Cross Blood Drive.
• Administered two Prom Promise presentations for George County High School and Navarre High School. These presentations entailed live demonstrations for high school students to illustrate what happens when you drink and drive.
• Participated in the Surviving Trauma Conference hosted at Hilton Garden Inn on Pensacola Beach. Crew was on hand to answer questions and show LifeFlight.
• Provided visits by Santa Claus to children at USA Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Baptist Medical Park—Navarre
• Sponsored and participated in the 5th annual Navarre Chamber of Commerce Health Fair.
• Sponsored baseball team for the Navarre Youth Association.

Baptist Medical Park—Navarre

• Sponsored and participated in the 5th annual Navarre Chamber of Commerce Health Fair.
• Sponsored baseball team for the Navarre Youth Association.

Strategic Advancement Group

• Assisted in obtaining grants and sponsors for
“Phase Program Community Health Fair.”
• Conducted year-round fund raising
presentations for various non-profit
organizations.
• Hosted planned giving workshop.
• SubWest Rotary boat show sponsorship ($150
value).
• Mental Health Association Operation Cheer
sponsor ($150 value).
• Mental Health Association’s Family-to-Family
program sponsorship ($250 value).
• Fund raising endeavors: $20,000 for First Family Network’s Operation Santa for abused children; secured $10,000 from Home Builders Association for children in Lakeview Residential Treatment; secured $7,500 from Debutante Cotillion for Lakeview Children’s Services.

Christian Counseling Center

• Developed an 18-month addictions treatment program for women and men in theEscambia County Jail System.
• Provided a volunteer internship program for undergraduate and graduate students as well as mental health counselor interns. Interns provide at least 600 volunteer hours per month.
• Facilitated Systematic Training for Effective Parenting classes for parents mandated by the Escambia and Santa Rosa County court systems. Expanded the program by offering classes to Escambia County Sheriff’s office employees and a local child care facility.
• Assisted Epilepsy Services of Northwest Florida and Multiple Sclerosis of North Florida with strategic planning on how to collaborate services in the community.
• Offered free Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis educational forums and support groups.
• Conducted 12 informational seminars to local organizations, professional and civic clubs, providing education surrounding free services offered by Christian Counseling Center.
• Training for the Pensacola Police Department on how to handle mentally ill citizens.
• Provided free faith-based smoking cessation program.
• Offered “Centering Prayer” to local community.
• Collaborated with the African American Heritage Society and Gulf Coast Kids House to develop and host “Voices of Women and Children on Canvas,” a program to enhance domestic violence awareness.

Diversity Office and Lakeview Special Programs

• Provided weekly family and community education on addiction and codependency.
• Conducted presentations to church groups on development of self-help programs for substance abusers and families.
• Sponsored float in the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, UWF Hispanic student awards and recognition dinner ($300), Black History Month recognition ad ($1,500), motivational speaker for seven elementary schools ($3,500), and celebration for geriatric community members put on by Christian Women Interdenominational Ministries, Inc. ($452).
• Administered presentations to college and university students on careers in mental health and substance abuse.
• Coordinated Christmas party for all of the students at C.A. Weis Elementary School.
• Participated on Community in Schools of Northwest Florida board of directors.
• Coordinated recruitment of mentors for C.A. Weis Elementary School, and staff served in mentoring capacity.

Lakeview Center

• Participated in Family and Senior Expos distributing information on behavioral health and other services available to the community.
• Provided professional development/ continuing education to 600 healthcare and other area professionals through “Mental Health Monday,” a monthly breakfast series.
• Conducted “Mental Health Thursday” quarterly meetings at Baptist Medical Park - Nine Mile, reaching 100 people.
• Participated in the Escambia County School District and Health Department Walk for Wellness.
• Access Behavioral Health and the Consumer Action Counsel hosted “Making Recovery Real” workshop--204 participants.
• Forensic Program hosted an educational program on Crisis Interventional Teams. Seventy-five participants addressed issues surrounding safer law enforcement surrounding crisis events.
• Family’s First Network hosted “Art of Adoption,” an event promoting the adoption of children.
• Lakeview employees volunteer throughout the community including the United Way Day of Caring and hurricane recovery activities.
• Provided approximately $50,000 in grants to employees for Hurricane Ivan recovery.
• A five-person team of Lakeview employees raised $120 for and participated in the American Cancer Society Mall to Mall Walk in 2005.