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A year ago, local cheerleaders took on a big project and were rewarded with a sea of pink in the stands, pink shoelaces and pink armbands on athletes, and a whole lot of green money. Pratt and Skyline High Schools’ first Pink Out, combined with efforts at Pratt Regional Medical Center, raised $78,000 towards the purchase of digital mammography equipment at the hospital.
The Pink Out was so rewarding, they’re doing it again, to raise funds to go to the next stage. And they have more company in the project.
High school cheerleaders from Pratt, Skyline, Macksville, St. John and Stafford have adopted the PRMC 2011 Pink Out program to encourage women to get their annual breast examination and support the development of a Women’s Health Center at the hospital.
Pratt Health Foundation is providing each school with a Nook® (electronic book) to raffle. Director DeWayne Bryan says the program is “just in a Nook of time” for the women of south central Kansas. T-shirts will also be for sale. Shirts may be printed with the school logo, or a more generic message — “detect it, treat it, beat it” — with “it” being breast cancer, a disease for which early detection is very important.
The 2010 Pink Out resulted in more women coming in for screening, Bryan said.
A Women’s Health Center would provide some services not currently available, such as equipment for biopsies. It would also pull together services in one area for greater convenience.
When fully developed, the Center would provide screening services, specialized exams, biopsies, and weight management counseling services. In the future, the Center may be able to add massage therapy and plastic surgery.
The area has not yet been configured — that would be putting the cart before the horse, Bryan said, but it could be accommodated within the existing medical center or in a new hospital if it becomes reality. He anticipates that work could begin on the Center in 2012.
Last year, the hospital accepted the $78,000 and was able to purchase the $300,000 mammography equipment. The goal for the current campaign is to raise $80,000 towards $240,000 worth of equipment.
“The hospital is committed and we will proceed,” Bryan said.
“We feel that a Women’s Health Center will provide more services specifically designed for women in our service area,” said Susan Page, president and CEO of Pratt Regional Medical Center.
A year ago, local cheerleaders took on a big project and were rewarded with a sea of pink in the stands, pink shoelaces and pink armbands on athletes, and a whole lot of green money. Pratt and Skyline High Schools’ first Pink Out, combined with efforts at Pratt Regional Medical Center, raised $78,000 towards the purchase of digital mammography equipment at the hospital.
The Pink Out was so rewarding, they’re doing it again, to raise funds to go to the next stage. And they have more company in the project.
High school cheerleaders from Pratt, Skyline, Macksville, St. John and Stafford have adopted the PRMC 2011 Pink Out program to encourage women to get their annual breast examination and support the development of a Women’s Health Center at the hospital.
Pratt Health Foundation is providing each school with a Nook® (electronic book) to raffle. Director DeWayne Bryan says the program is “just in a Nook of time” for the women of south central Kansas. T-shirts will also be for sale. Shirts may be printed with the school logo, or a more generic message — “detect it, treat it, beat it” — with “it” being breast cancer, a disease for which early detection is very important.
The 2010 Pink Out resulted in more women coming in for screening, Bryan said.
A Women’s Health Center would provide some services not currently available, such as equipment for biopsies. It would also pull together services in one area for greater convenience.
When fully developed, the Center would provide screening services, specialized exams, biopsies, and weight management counseling services. In the future, the Center may be able to add massage therapy and plastic surgery.
The area has not yet been configured — that would be putting the cart before the horse, Bryan said, but it could be accommodated within the existing medical center or in a new hospital if it becomes reality. He anticipates that work could begin on the Center in 2012.
Last year, the hospital accepted the $78,000 and was able to purchase the $300,000 mammography equipment. The goal for the current campaign is to raise $80,000 towards $240,000 worth of equipment.
“The hospital is committed and we will proceed,” Bryan said.
“We feel that a Women’s Health Center will provide more services specifically designed for women in our service area,” said Susan Page, president and CEO of Pratt Regional Medical Center.
