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Creating Memories

Quincy University Women’s Basketball Hawks Fund & The Penny Norton Memorial Fund  In cooperation with the Blessing Foundation and Blessing Cancer Center  Nominate a Blessing Cancer Center patient to receive a special gift or…

Illini Community Hospital Golf Outing Registration

Grab your clubs and join us for a great day of fun at the 2026 Illini Community Hospital Golf Outing at Old Orchard Country Club in Pittsfield! See all the details below and register your team today!Tournament Details:Friday, June 12 | Old Orchard…

Halloween trip turns into nightmare for this husband and father

Josh Crabtree remembers he coughed one time as he drove with his wife and two children on a recent overnight Halloween trip to St. Louis. The 39-year-old believes the cough unleashed a bizarre chain of medical events.

Illini nurse saves a life and has a pin - and grateful patient - to prove it

Ashley Holland is the first Illini nurse to receive a Blessing Health System “Stroke Recognition Pin” for her role in saving the life of 78-year-old Linda Smith of Pittsfield.

Donate Life - Darshell's Story

Donate Life - Darshell McGinley's Story At a very young age, my mom was diagnosed with a rare disorder called Goodpasture Syndrome. Goodpasture Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which your body makes antibodies that attack the kidneys…

Applications being taken for Blessing Paramedic program

Applications are being taken as soon as possible for the next session of Blessing Hospital’s nationally accredited paramedic program.

Blessing Health System Earns Marketing Awards

Chaka Jordan, MHA, vice president, Marketing & Planning, Blessing Health System, was one of 10 professionals to receive a 2019 National Marketer of the Year award in the Midwest Class in the 2019 Hospital Marketing National Advertising Awards competition.

Free Mammograms Offered October 8 For Those Who Qualify

Women from a five-county area of west-central Illinois may be eligible to receive a free mammogram on Tuesday, October 8.

Air Evac Membership

An Air Evac membership offers you the security of knowing you or your loved one, in a life- or limb-threatening emergency, will have quality on-the-scene medical care, the quickest means to the hospital, and transfer from hospital to hospital when…

Grieving parents find a priceless gift at Blessing Hospital

The pain of their losses led Sara and Christina to research ways other grieving parents could have what they did not - more time with their children who are stillborn or die shortly after birth. Their research led them to the “Cuddle Cot.” Made in Europe, Cuddle Cots look like baby bassinets. The difference is that they are connected to a cooling system that creates additional time for the family to be together by slowing down the natural processes after a death.