Hoover employees held an “Ugly Sweater Day” this week with special guest Elf Schiltz on a Shelf!

Last year PCABB had their first ever cookie exchange which became a cookie contest when Site Supervisor, Laura Meents’s grandparents happened to come in that day for their Medicare Annuals. Grandpa (as he is referred to by all in the office) is a big fan of a cup of coffee and a treat in the afternoon so he agreed to taste test each cookie to pick a winner. This year the new tradition was created with the Second Annual PCABB Cookie-Bake off which was conveniently scheduled the day Grandpa would be in again. Grandma passed away in August so having this to look forward to has helped make this first holiday season a little brighter for Grandpa. The staff and providers always look forward to his visits and he is very much family to everyone at PCABB. The love shown to him is very appreciated by Laura too.

Primary Care Associates of Bourbonnais has been Celebrating the 12 (working) days of Christmas since December 7th. Today is BINGO day! We are utilizing our chat to play BINGO throughout the day to win fun holiday prizes and of course chocolate!

We have had or will be doing these activities to celebrate the holidays:
12/7: Wear your holiday socks
12/11: Hot Chocolate Bar
12/12: Traditional Christmas Breakfast potluck where staff brought in dishes that are traditional in their homes for holiday breakfasts
12/13: Ugly Sweater Day and bring in your stocking to hang; staff then bring in a $1 item to put in each stocking hung in lieu of a gift exchange
12/14: Holiday Trivia via Trillian
12/15: Holiday Appetizer Potluck
12/18: Cookie Day
12/19: Holiday Bingo, wear your holiday hat and a potluck
12/20: Dress Like a Holiday Character Day
12/21: Holiday Crosswords
12/22: Ugly Sweater/festive wear Day and Department Holiday Party

Check out how departments are celebrating the holiday season.

The Diabetes & Endocrinology team held a Christmas party!

The Riverside Cancer Institute is having a gingerbread house contest and also having patients help decorate their Christmas tree with personalized ornaments.

Congratulations to all of our Starfish Award nominees from August to October 2023!

The Starfish Award was established in 2023 by Riverside Healthcare to recognize employees who make a difference at Riverside every day. This award is intended to recognize ancillary team members who fill vital roles outside of nursing. These “difference makers” provide direct and indirect services to Riverside patients and the community.

Nominate a Riverside employee for an award here: https://www.riversidehealthcare.org/patients-and-visitors/recognize-a-riverside-employee

August: Hollie Beattie, Surgical Department Team, Madison McKee, Rachel Goodrich, Renee McCue, Diana Tighe, Chandra Seabaugh, Maria Saldivar, Tatum Reddy, Scott Nusbaum, Nancy Luca, Dawn LaBuda, Joscelyn Hernandez, Sharen Ryan, Carson Harris, Kristy Verthein, Tonya Fowler (Honoree), Nancy Garcia, Nick Chamberlain

September: Dana Hermann, Alex Kamp, Lennin Lopez, Nicole Potts, Tawana Regel, Jennifer Scheuber, Lucas Sluis, Deborah Wright, Jonathon Wheatley

October: Jen Kokos, Andrea Keith, Nicole Dufrain, Sharen Ryan, Nichole Lewis, Aaron Macgilvray, Anne Rockert, Spencer Olson, Timothy Damrow, Tammy McClellan, Jessica Carr, Elizabeth Elliot, Javonda Clincy, John Hoffman, Stephanie Sherrell