Greensboro Hospital viewpoint [December, 1988]

              Greensboro Hospital
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December 1988
Executive
 NOTES	
by Jim Brexler
Executive Vice President
During this 1988 holiday
season with its joys and its
stresses, we have an opportunity to reinforce our sense of
family and community. At Greensboro Hospital we have the potential
for giving support and understanding
to each other as well as to patients,
physicians, volunteers and visitors.
Treating every individual with courtesy, dignity and respect is part of our
commitment to excellence.
We are a family of less than six
months — mine, yours and becoming
ours. It is at times difficult and at
times exciting, but certainly never
dull.   It   is  the  sense  of  working
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Treating every individual with courtesy, dignity and respect is part of our
commitment to ex- ^
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together as partners in a new enterprise that strengthens us individually
and collectively.
To each of you in your individual
work place and within your family,
from the Executive Office and from
the Brexler family, I extend wishes for
worship and for merriment; for giving
and for receiving; for loving and for
being loved; for reunions and for
memories.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Child Care Center
Site Dedication Planned
All employees are invited to the
special child care center site
dedication to be held on
Thursday, December 15 at 4:00 pm in
the area next to the picnic shelter at
Moses Cone Hospital. All kids are invited to attend, and there will be
special giveaways for all who come.
The announcement of the site
selection for the center was made on
November 17th following a careful
selection process with developers.
The center will be located in the area
south of the employee parking lot
which is currently occupied by the
Wheelchair Sports Course, picnic
shelter and volleyball courts at Moses
Cone Hospital. Plans are being made
for the relocation of these facilities.
The new child care center will include a 9,800 square foot building and
a 20,000 square foot play area. A driveway will circle in front of the center
for safe pick-up and delivery of
children. It is anticipated that the
center will be licensed for 200
children. They will be accepted to the
center on a first-come, first-serve
basis. Child care at the center will be
available to any child from infancy
through pre-kindergarten whose
parent is an employee of Moses Cone
Hospital, Greensboro Hospital, Hospice at Greensboro, Home Care of
Central Carolina, Greensboro Diagnostic Center or Health Equipment
Services of Central Carolina.
The anticipated opening of the child
care center is August 1, 1989. It will
operate from 6:00 am until 12:00 midnight, 365 days of the year. A Child
Care Center Task Force will be working with a consulting firm that specializes in "campus" child care centers
to establish detailed programming for
the center. The Task Force includes
representatives from Administration,
Human Resources, Employee Council, the Auxiliary, original employee
child care task force members, and
Dr. Dale Farran who is a child
development specialist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
"This child care center is going to
provide the opportunity to enrich a
child's development and growth during the sensitive pre-school years,"
says Peter Kariher, Vice President of
Health Services. "We want parents to
feel good about bringing their child
to the Moses Cone Hospital child care
center, where they can learn and
grow in a loving, caring environment."
The center is being designed to
achieve a "Double A" state licensing
status which will impact staffing ratios
as well as the quality of the facility.
Plans call for staffing ratios to clearly
exceed the minimum standards of
state licensing, Kariher says.
If you would like more information
about the child care center, or would
like to place your child's name on a
waiting list, please call Peter Kariher
at extension 3695.
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All kids welcome!
• refreshments served • special gifts for kids
Thursday, December 15th    4:00 p.m.