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March 17, 2010 Avera St. Luke’s offers new ways to ‘Discover Your Child’ Parents and caregivers will find special ways to “Discover Your Child” and learn about child development from birth to 3 years during free Avera St. Luke’s classes starting in January in Aberdeen.

March 2, 2010 Dealing with life-changing illness focus of free session North Plains Hospice, a program of Avera St. Luke’s, will offer a free session on “Grief Changes a Family: Let’s Focus on Life-Changing Illness” from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 15, in Aberdeen at Avera St. Luke’s Education Center, 709 Sixth Ave. S.E.

February 2, 2010 NSU Coach Don Meyer featured Feb. 25 at ‘heart healthy’ event A night of heart-healthy fun, dessert and information, featuring Northern State men’s basketball coach Don Meyer’s “Lessons for the Heart,” will be held Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Aberdeen Ramkota Convention Center, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W.

January 5, 2010 Still time to help Avera Eureka Health Care Center chapel become a reality The “We’re Building a Chapel” capital campaign at Avera Eureka Health Care Center is nearing the goal of $120,000. Those who would like to be part of this special mission still have time to give a gift. Plans are to break ground for the chapel in spring 2010.

December 10, 2009 HeartSmart assessments top 1,000 mark In just a year’s time, more than a thousand people have been screened through HeartSmart, a service offered by Avera St. Luke’s and Avera Cardiology Specialists in Aberdeen that helps people find out early if they’re at risk for heart disease or cardiovascular problems. For Peter Heier of Hosmer, what he found may have saved his life.

December 8, 2009 Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates joining Avera family Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates is becoming part of Avera St. Luke’s Clinic Division and Avera Medical Group, effective Jan. 1. Physicians at the specialty care clinic are Scott Berry, MD; Tage Born , MD ; Gregg Carlson, MD; and Christine Stehly, MD. All four physicians are board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.

December 3, 2009 Avera Eureka Health Care Center plans open house to celebrate facility's 20th anniversary Avera Eureka Health Care Center will celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the facility with an open house celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11.

November 18, 2009 Avera St. Luke’s nurses win Avera excellence awards Three Avera St. Luke's registered nurses were winners of Avera Nursing Excellence Awards, announced at the annual Avera Nursing Conference held recently in Sioux Falls.

November 17, 2009 Capital campaign to benefit Avera Eureka Health Care Center chapel There’s no worship space at Avera Eureka Health Care Center except for the dual purpose activity/dining room, but a $120,000 capital campaign hopes to remedy that. A proposed 40-seat, 860-square-foot addition to the southeast corner of the care center will provide a permanent spiritual setting for residents, families, staff and the community.

November 3, 2009 Avera St. Luke’s FastCare Links to Britton, Groton New evening hours are coming to Avera clinics in Groton and Britton one night a week, through a telemedicine link with Avera St. Luke’s FastCare Clinic in Aberdeen.

Media Contacts

Patty Kirkpatrick
Marketing and Public Relations Director
Phone: 605-622-5232
Fax: 605-622-5825
Email: Patty Kirkpatrick

Kellie Ecker
Marketing and Public Relations Associate
Phone: 605-622-4092
Fax: 605-622-5825
Email: Kellie Ecker

Mailing Address

Avera St. Luke's
Marketing and Public Relations
305 South State Street
Aberdeen, SD 57401

The Marketing and Public Relations Office is located on the Midland Campus of Avera St. Luke's.  Please call for directions.

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