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                About / News / 2020 / October

                Posts in October, 2020

                • Keeping Your Stress in Check During the Holidays

                  October 29, 2020

                  The holiday season brings with it a sense of togetherness, joy, and gratitude—but it can elevate your stress levels. From shopping for gifts to planning social events and dinners, this time of year can be overwhelming to say the least. Having such a spike in these distressing emotions can be harmful to your physical and mental health, too. Thankfully, there are a multitude of ways that you can keep your stress ...

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                • How You Can Fend off the Flu this Fall

                  October 28, 2020

                  Tips to Help You Stay Healthy During Flu Season With flu season in full swing, it is important that you take the proper precautions when it comes to keeping yourself and your family healthy. The health experts at Kirby Medical Center outline some tips and tricks you can keep in your arsenal to fight off the flu and help you to have a happy and healthy fall. Get Vaccinated When it comes to protecting you and your ...

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                  Kirby Auxiliary Quilt Show Success

                  October 27, 2020
                  Posted By Kirby Medical Center

                  With a chance for an unusual setting, Marthaan Riegel shared an i dea to Auxiliary members to sponsor a Quilt Show fundraiser called "Piece by Piece." The fundraiser constisted of 100 quilts owned by Auxiliary members and made by their grandmothers, mothers, and themselves. They displayed the quilts throughout Leiper’s Furniture store. Unlike other quilt shows, these quilts were not hung or placed on ...

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                  Flashback Friday-The Beanie Baby Craze

                  October 27, 2020
                  Posted By Kirby Medical Center

                  In October of 1997, the Beanie Baby craze began and the Kirby Auxiliary Gift Shop profits sky rocketed! The Story Behind the Success Bev Heitman, who ran the gift shop at the time, took a trip to Florida and noticed how much people seemed to love Beanies. When she returned, she made some phone calls to see if the gift shop could sell them too. "I had to fill out two applications and send pictures of the gift ...

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                  Get to Know Michele Hillard, Kirby Auxiliary Member

                  October 5, 2020
                  Posted By Kirby Medical Center

                  Learn a little bit about Michele Hillard, Kirby Auxiliary Member. Michele Hillard grew up in the Chicago-land area where she met her husband, Ed, in college at St. Ambrose University. After attending college, she got married and lived in Rockford, IL before she moved to Central Illinois where she has raised their 4 children, Zach, Lexie, Elizabeth, and Emily in White Heath and Monticello. She happily taught art and ...

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                  Kirby Medical Center and The Kirby Foundation to Offer Free Expedited COVID Testing for School Students and Faculty

                  October 2, 2020
                  Posted By Kirby Medical Center

                  Kirby Medical Center and The Kirby Foundation to Offer Free Expedited COVID Testing for School Students and Faculty Kirby Medical Center and The Kirby Foundation are partnering with Monticello, Bement, Deland-Weldon, Cerro Gordo, Argenta-Oreana, and Atwood-Hammond-Arthur-Lovington schools to provide free and expedited COVID-19 testing for students or faculty that have symptoms triggering a quarantine. The goal is to ...

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                • Simple Ways to Stop the Spread of the Flu

                  October 2, 2020

                  How You Can Fight of the Flu this Fall The fall season brings with it cooler temperatures, changing leaves, bonfires, as well as the increased risk of getting sick with the flu. While the cases of this common respiratory illness ramp up during this time of year, there are plenty of ways you can help to keep yourself and the members of your community flu-free. Get Vaccinated Getting the seasonal flu vaccine is the ...

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                  Why Flu Vaccines Are Important

                  October 1, 2020

                  How the Seasonal Flu Vaccine Helps You Stay Healthy With flu season in full swing, it’s important that you follow the right steps to stay healthy and prevent the spread of this viral respiratory illness by getting vaccinated. But, you may find yourself wondering how this shot helps your body to ward off the seasonal flu. The experts at Kirby Medical Center are here to share how getting the seasonal flu vaccine ...

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