Kare Bears launches Facebook page
Not sure what Kare Bears does or what the latest opportunities they offer to PebbleCreek residents? Like us on Facebook! It is a quick, easy way to keep updated on speakers, services offered, and events such as hearing testing, skin cancer screenings, health fair, hospital tours, blood drives, and pictures from our events. It is also a place where you can check out volunteer opportunities.
How do you do this? Simply log on to Facebook and type Kare Bears into the Search bar at the top of the page. Click on the Pebble Creek Kare Bear page and click on the like button at the top of the page. That is all. You will be updated if anything new is happening and you can always log on to the page to revisit anything that you are interested in.
If you are new to the community or have been here a long time and are not sure Kare Bears is something you are interested in, I invite you to visit our Facebook page to check us out!
Abrazo Hospital tours planned
Janis Korba
Kare Bears has scheduled tours of Abrazo West Campus Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center for the residents of PebbleCreek, which includes lunch in the board room with the CEO. In emergencies seconds count and we are fortunate to have this hospital within a few minutes’ driving time.
The tour and lunch are available for the first 14 people that sign up. Please call the Kare Bear House at 623-536-1200 to make a reservation. Your name must be on the list to attend. The next tour will be March 28, if March is full, please sign up for April 25.
This is the nearest hospital to PebbleCreek offering a Level 1 Trauma Center, an accredited chest pain center, cardiac arrest center, joint commission certified, primary stroke center with board certified physicians. Abrazo has the Robotic Surgical Services using the de Vinci Surgical Platform, outpatient wound care and Hyperbaric Medicine.
We know you’ll enjoy this tour and lunch. The hospital has undergone tremendous new construction which we feel everyone will appreciate seeing. The day of the tour we need to be in the lobby of the main entrance located at 13677 W. McDowell Road, just before 10:00 a.m.
Kare Bears updates
Joyce Van Ornam
The Kare Bears Board of Directors is a forward moving leadership group! There are eight positions: President Joyce Van Ornam, First Vice President Larry Boress, Second Vice President Susan Fallon, Corporate Secretary Veronica Stalker, Chief Financial Officer Judy Ashley, Program and Events Director Linda Jo Orinski, Communications Director Betsy Porter, Health and Wellness Co-directors Donna Blomquist and DeeDee Patrick.
Mark Pelletier is our awesome webmaster updating and re-designing www.karebears.org. Founder Rayma Scalzo is a permanent ex-officio board member.
Our monthly Kare Bears meetings, Kare Bears Presents, are on the fourth Wednesday of the month September, October, January through June at 11:00 a.m. mostly in the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. The March presentation will be at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom.
The Board of Directors has proposed updates to the by-laws that the president will present to the membership at the March Kare Bears Presents. Copies are also available at both Tuscany and Eagle’s Nest Clubhouses as well as in the Kare Bears House 15383 W. Cheery Lynn Rd. in Eagle’s Nest. The updates will be presented to the HOA Rules Committee for approval.
Another recent change is the Kare Bears Facebook page is being updated by two very special volunteers: Cheryl Brodbeck and Cindy Findley. Please “like” us at PebbleCreek Kare Bears or log on to www.karebears.org.
Remember that everyone who resides in PebbleCreek is automatically a member of Kare Bears; no joining and no dues. Stop by the Kare Bears House and talk to us!
Thank you, volunteers
Arlis Legler
Kare Bears wishes to thank our PebbleCreek community volunteers for their assistance in the delivery of the 2019 Source Books™.
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in January, veteran volunteers, Rose Ann Cleland and Pam and Ted Wallace, put their team to work. Seven men with hand trucks moved some 275 boxes of Source Books from the Kare Bears House to Robson Circle curb.
Sherry Atwater, Laura Measles and Maureen Plate, greeted 95 delivery volunteers, providing them with specific information for delivering Source Books. Then directed those volunteers down the street, where more volunteers were waiting to put Source Books into their cars. All books were delivered to every house in PebbleCreek by the end of the week.
As our community grows, this project requires more volunteers, if you are interested in assisting Kare Bears in 2020, please contact Arlis Legler [email protected] with your name, telephone number and preferred email address.
Great job volunteers!
Dr. Robert M. Cercek
Dr. Michael B. Rose
March presentations
Linda Jo Orinski
Kare Bears Presents welcomes Dr. Robert M. Cercek, MD and Dr. Michael B. Rose, MD as our March presenters. These doctors will talk about updated procedures, Robotic (MAKO) joint replacement, partial and total knee replacement, hip, knee, shoulder and elbow pain.
Dr. Michael B. Rose specializes in arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder, hip, elbow and knee. His fellowship is with Steadman Hawkins Clinic – University of Colorado. His residency is with Oregon Health and Science University. His other specialties are rotator cuff tears and repairs, fracture care, reparative medicine, featuring lipogems, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections.
Dr. Robert M. Cercek specializes in primary and revision joint replacement surgery of the hip and knee. His fellowship is at the CORE Institute, residency at Tulane University School of medicine. Medical school at Wayne State University. Dr Cercek’s other specialties are – Robotic (MAKO) joint replacement, hip replacement, joint replacement infections, hip abductor tendon repair, arthritis, bursitis and tendinitis.
Hearing about all the new technology is exciting to learn as sometimes this creates less down time and easier recovery, which is so much easier on the patient! Out of all of the industries that technology plays a crucial role in, healthcare is definitely one of the most important. This merger is responsible for improving and saving countless lives all around the world. Medical technology is a broad field where innovation plays a crucial role in sustaining health.
Mark your calendars so you do not miss this presentation on Wednesday, March 27, 11:00 a.m.-noon, Tuscany Ballroom.