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St. John’s kicks off October with Quilt Dedication and Lighting Ceremony
9/29/2008
Joplin, Mo. – St. John’s Regional Medical Center will be kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities with a quilt dedication and lighting ceremony. The event will take place on October 1 at 7 p.m. in the St. John’s Courtyard. A reception will follow in the Mercy Conference Center.
Kathy Blood made and donated a pink ribbon quilt to St. John’s in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. The quilt will be on display in the Main Lobby during the month of October, before it is placed in its permanent home at St. John’s Medical Equipment Company.
St. John’s will also honor breast cancer survivors with a candle-lighting ceremony, which will be led by Dr. Irving LaFrancis, Dr. Duane Myers and Kathy Blood.
The activities will close with the lighting of the St. John’s campus in pink lights for in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The campus will glow pink for the entire month of October. Special guest Piper White will sing as the campus lights come on.
**We would like to invite media to attend this event. There will be refreshments immediately following.
St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been leading the way in healthcare throughout the four-state area for more than 100 years. We are a 367-bed facility, serving 19 counties in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. We provide state-of-the-art healthcare services, specializing in cardiology, orthopedics, neurosciences, and oncology. St. John’s has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission. Additionally, we have been recognized by Thomson Healthcare with three 100 Top Hospital Awards (2006) and rated in the top 5% nationally by HealthGrades for joint replacement and patient safety (2008).