Thank You for a Successful Community Tees-n-Pins Classic

Nearly 100 golfers and 48 bowlers were out in force on Saturday, May 30, 2009 to help raise money for Community Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).  The NICU physicians and nurses provide specialized care for the babies born at CMC and throughout Montana and Idaho who start life at a low birth weight or with other serious health challenges.  

Our event raised just over $5,000.  Special thanks go out to:

• Our event committee members Kevin Schumacher, Art Streano, Mary Brock, Dawna Foote, Bev Brooks, Loretta Drean, Don Miller, and CMCF staff member Kathy McDonald, as well as our on-site volunteers Jesse Mahugh, Denise Chumrau, Glen Henkel, Ty Robinson, MaryEllen Campbell, Janell Hemsley and the rest of the CMCF staff;
• Our Hole-In-One Sponsors Riddle's Jewelry and University Motors;
• Our Hole Sponsors Montana Cancer Specialists at Community Medical Center, Mountain FM 102.5, Pierce Flooring & Design, Premier Paints and Streamline Painting;
• The donors of the raffle prizes and participant bag goodies (you made the work easy for our raffle ticket sellers and the day more fun for our participants!)
• The great people at Larchmont Golf Course and Westside Lanes;
• And our participants - what a fun-loving and lively group!

The day's winning teams included:
1st place golf team - Russ and Judy Johnston, and Larry and Sue Toder
2nd place golf team - Tom and Daniel Clucas, Saul McMeekin and Troy Wolf
3rd place golf team - Riddle's Jewelry, with Matt Bonner, Alisa Ibey, Landon Larsen and Jim Morrison

#1 bowling team - McDonalds, with Keith Albert, Don and Brandi Bruch, and Vicki McDonald
#2 bowling team - Streamline Painting, with Brodie and Erin Ellis, Erin's colleague Karen, Jean Jenkins, and Cliff and Joyce Ruble.   

If you want to be a part of next year's event team, or would like to know more about the NICU and what your support can accomplish there, please contact Kathy McDonald at 406-327-4141, ext. 7544. 

August 8th Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion

Planning is underway for the next NICU Reunion!  Save the date for August 8, 2009. If you're a NICU parent, grandparent or "graduate" and would like to help with event planning or the day's celebration, please give us a call at (406) 327-4141.  You know how much fun we had at the last one in 2004... let's make 2009 the biggest and best reunion ever!

Sun-Smart Education Available

The Steven Robinson Memorial Endowment at CMCF provides Sun-smart education programs for students of all ages. For a personal message from the parents of Steven Robinson, click here.

When you are outside, protect your skin from the sun’s ultra violet (UV) rays. Shirts, hats, sunglasses and sunscreen protect your skin from exposure to UV rays, a significant factor in skin cancer. Know the ABCDE’s of skin cancer and melanoma detection.

A Is it Asymmetrical?
B Does it have an irregular Boarder?
C Is it an unusual Color?
D Is the Diameter larger than a pencil eraser?
E Any change in Elevation?

This program has been presented to more than 800 students in Western Montana to date.  For more information or to schedule a Sun-smart presentation call the CMC Foundation at (406) 327-4141.

BioLife Teams Up with CMC Foundation for Breast Health

Plasma donors can make a difference in the fight against breast cancer. The CMC Foundation and BioLife Plasma Services have teamed up so plasma donors can designate all or a portion of their compensation to a special account at the Foundation to raise money for the Breast Center at Community Medical Center.

CMC Foundation 2008 Annual Report 

CMC Foundation Spring 2009 Newsletter

Community in the News

News coverage of Voices of Hope Summit with Elizabeth Edwards February 4, 2009 and the Ceremonial Ribbon-Cutting at the Montana Breast Health Center February 5, 2009
New West
Missoulian Montana Breast Health Center and Summit 
KPAX spot

KPAX coverage of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit January 2009 and other Community videos

Announcement of CMC's partnership with Montana Cancer Specialists

CMC Service Achievements in the Missoulian December 28, 2008 

CMC's OB Clinical Nurse Educator Joanna Lenaburg's Nurse's Notes on Pre-Term Babies in the Missoulian November 11, 2008

News about Community Physician Group

Summary of Community Benefits in the Missoulian August 17 & 25, 2008

Sasha and Community's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Missoulian August 25, 2008