From Swedish dishcloths to resealable silicone food bags and reusable coffee pods, there is no shortage of ways to transform your kitchen into a green utopia. However, one element that often flies under the consciousness radar is the footprint of our cookware.
In honor of Earth Month, ceramic cookware company Caraway is launching a recycling initiative called Re-Store Your Kitchen to help keep older but still usable cookery out of landfills.
The initiative is powered by Earth911, a recycling database, and the premise is simple: Customers who purchase new cookery from Caraway are provided with information about where they can donate or recycle their old pots and pans. Shoppers enter their zip code on the Caraway recycling page and the site aggregates all the centers within a few dozen miles that would take the old kitchenware, along with their address, hours, and phone number.
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The Board of Directors of the Olney Hamilton Hospital Foundation met Monday, April 12, 2021, at 5 p.m. at the Olney Hamilton Hospital Education Building located at 901 W. Hamilton Street. The following members were present: Dr. Steve Atchley, Lewis Farmer, Marilyn Ickert, Trina Johnson, Don Matthews, Mark McClelland, Kendall Montgomery and Carla Perry. Members absent: Bill Price and Carl Craig. Also present: Mike Huff, Dale Lovett and Olney Enterprise Staff, Will Sadler and Ronni Walker.
President Lewis Farmer called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m., welcomed the guests and board members and asked the members to review the minutes of the annual meeting June 1, 2020. Mark McClelland made a motion to accept the minutes as read, Kendall Montgomery seconded and the motion caried with unanimous approval.
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Trinity Health, a 92-hospital nonprofit health system based in Michigan, has acquired a majority ownership stake in Premier Health, an urgent care clinic operator.
Premier Health is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and specializes in health system-urgent care joint ventures. It currently manages more than 70 clinics across nine states on behalf of its health system partners.
Through the partnership with Trinity, it will run approximately 20 preexisting urgent care clinics affiliated with the health system. Premier plans to double the number of clinics it operates in connection with Trinity and other local health systems over the next few years, according to the announcement.
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center of Chicago files for bankruptcy after months of losses During the first six months of FY 2021, Mercy lost an average of $5 million a month.
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Chicago s Mercy Hospital and Medical Center filed for bankruptcy this week after it incurred more than $30 million in losses since last July.
The hospital, which is owned by Trinity Health, will discontinue its inpatient acute care services while it winds down as a full-service acute care hospital.
Until its expected final closure date of May 31, 2021, Mercy will continue to offer basic emergency treatment services, diagnostic imaging and care coordination services.
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The owners of Mercy Hospital Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (Google Maps)
CHICAGO The historic Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago s Bronzeville neighborhood filed for bankruptcy Wednesday. Chicago s oldest hospital, now owned by Michigan-based Trinity Health, plans to shutter most operations at the end of May.
The Chapter 11 filing follows Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board rulings that rejected Trinity s plans to close Mercy s 412-bed hospital at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. and open an outpatient Mercy Care Center about two miles away at 3753 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
Trinity s board authorized the filing in a Feb. 5 resolution that said Mercy s leadership had tried to put in place a planned clinical transformation plan but has been unable to and does not anticipate being able to do so in the future, Bloomberg reported.