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Contribute On Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024. In the spirit of the season, please consider a gift that will lift others up. The Blessing Foundation offers two meaningful ways to give – one honors our dedicated health care workers on the front lines and one honors a special person in your life. 

How a phone call changed the life of a breast cancer survivor

Most of us have a voice within.  We hear it when considering big decisions. “Good choice.” “Bad choice.” “Do it.” “Don’t do it.”  “What about…?” Sometimes we listen to the voice. Sometimes we don’t.

Neurosurgery

For people who need surgery for brain, spine and nervous system conditions, Blessing provides a full-service neurosurgery center to patients in our region. Our skilled neurosurgeon and neurosurgery team provide experienced, compassionate care for…

Orthopedics Team Members Receive "Who's Your Angel?" Recognition

Two staff members of the Office Orthopedics Department; Carrie Bennett, Nurse Practitioner and Amanda Smith, Orthopedic Tech, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from Dr. Sean and Molly Moroze. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel awards on April 16.

Blessing Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Department retains national accreditation

The Blessing Cancer Center’s Radiation Oncology Department has earned reaccreditation from The American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO), making it one of only six in the three-state region of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa to hold the accreditation.

Teamwork provides young patient and family the care they need

It is rare for a youngster to be a patient in Blessing Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). But when 3-year-old Kenadi Woodson and her family needed a higher level of care than expected, three Blessing nursing units teamed up to deliver it.

Quincy Hospitality House volunteers launch capital campaign to build new facility

The Quincy Hospitality House Board of Directors has launched a $2 million fundraising campaign to replace its 70-year-old, two-story structure at 1129 Oak Street with a modern, more customer-friendly facility.

Blessing Mt. Sterling Clinic earns national accreditation

Blessed Beginnings institutes delayed bathing of newborns

Blessed Beginnings has instituted a national “best practice” that calls for not bathing newborns for the first eight-to-48 hours of their life.

“Solution-focused mindset” earns employee an ICARE award

Job skills can be taught. Consistency, initiative, and heart for service – not so much – and those are the qualities that earned Melanie Garner the ICARE Award for Excellence.