July 2021
Riverview/Apollo Beach Edition
HOPE FOR HER IS THERE WHEN WOMEN ARE IN CRISIS
By Kathy L. Collins
Hope for Her is a families during local nonprofit that the busy summers. provides a safe place We built a new for women who have 10,000-squareexperienced crisis foot facility where and trauma to find we can accommothe strength, skills date 400 families a and support they month, offer classes need to rebuild their and provide a comlives. The organizaputer lab for womtion was founded in en in need of GED, September 2003 by ESOL and Microsoft Cheryl Hickman, the training.” executive director. The new building Hickman said, “Hope was made possible for Her is based on Hope for Her is a local nonprofit that helps women thanks to the memmy own experience in need. From housing and childcare to employ- bership and leadof being a single ment, Hope for Her helps women who are experi- ership of Bay Life encing trauma or crisis find the strength they need. parent and my life Church as well as hitting rock bottom.” the broader community. The new building During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hope was dedicated on June 25. The communifor Her was completely shut down from ty was invited to attend. March 2020 to June 2020. HowevHickman said, “We are expanding into er, thanks to a supportive community, classes starting in September. We will Hope for Her was able to resume ser- offer Wellness Wednesdays from 6:30 to vices and more in a brand-new building. 8 p.m. Each week we will offer a differHickman explained, “We had been in a ent class. One week will be nutrition, then 1,500-square-foot modular building for Zumba, then emotional health and then the last 15 years. Bay Life Church pro- yoga. On months with five Wednesdays, vided it to us as an in-kind donation. We we will offer a self-care class.” started building a new facility three years Hope for Her is in need of both donaago. Construction was completed on June tions and volunteers. In you can, please 22, 2020. We were able to move into our consider giving gas cards, bedding, small expanded facility and start offering ser- appliances, housewares, clothing, towels, vices to the community.” shoes and new underwear, including bras. Hope for Her gets busy over the sumIf you would like to volunteer, please mer months. Hickman said, “At our peek stop by its location at 140 Yarbrough Rd. during the summer, we typically receive in Brandon and fill out an application. If about 400 calls for services. In our old you are in need of help, please call 309building, we only had the capacity to 3357. serve 100 families a month. We were For more information, please visit turning away three out of every four www.hopeforherfl.org.
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ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL-SOUTH NAMED AMONG NATION’S TOP 100 HOSPITALS
Staff Report
providing to this region of Southern Hillsborough and Northern Manatee Counties,” said Phil Minden, St. Joseph’s Hospital-South president. “I thank our staff and congratulate our team and medical staff,” he said. “All have contributed to this achievement. We did this together. 2021 has been exciting for us as we finished our expansion St. Joseph’s Hospital-South in Riverview was recently named and final project, the new NICU. These additions help us to meet among the nation’s top 100 hospitals by Fortune/IBM the needs of our growing area Watson Health®. and show the commitment BayThe group of five St. Joseph’s Hospitals, including St. Joseph’s Hospital-South in Care has made. It’s an honor to make this Riverview, was named among the nation’s prestigious list and significant that this is top 100 hospitals by Fortune/IBM Watson the fourth consecutive year, a true mark of consistent excellence.” Health®. The hospitals included on the Fortune/ This is the fourth consecutive year that St. Joseph’s Hospitals has earned the hon- IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list or and the fifth time overall. The four other had better results on key clinical and operahospitals included in the recognition with tional performance indicators compared to St. Joseph’s Hospital-South are St. Joseph’s similar hospitals, according to IBM Watson Hospital, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, St. Health. These include survival rates, patient Joseph’s Women’s Hospital—all in Tampa— complications, health care-associated infections, 30-day mortality and 30-day hospiand St. Joseph’s Hospital-North in Lutz. Fortune/IBM Watson Health identifies tal-wide readmission rates, length of stay, the top hospitals from a rigorous evalua- emergency department analysis and ratings tion of 2,675 short-term, acute care, non- from patients. St. Joseph’s Hospital- South is located at federal hospitals in the U.S. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, 6901 Simmons Loop, Riverview. For more operational efficiency, patient experience informaiton, visit www.baycare.org or call and financial health. IBM Watson Health 302-8000. For more information on the Fortune/IBM established the list to help identify the best practices that may help other health care Watson Health Top 100 hospitals list, visit organizations achieve consistent, balanced http://www.100tophospitals.com/. Organizations do not apply or pay for this honor and sustainable high performance. “This recognition is great news and sub- or pay to promote their award. Award-winstantial evidence of the quality care and ning hospitals and health systems serve as a exemplary patient experience that we are model of excellence for the industry.
