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• 'The girl who lived is the girl who gives'

  Posted on Nov 30, 2011
  

  "Blitzed by glitz at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Festival of Trees Designer Day, you might not have noticed Cameron Wyman. Tall, slim and quiet, the 12-year-old Gig Harbor girl was on task Tuesday as a member of her mom's tree-design team. ... Cameron was the artists' apprentice, and their inspiration. She is the girl who lived."-- By Kathleen Merryman in The News Tribune

• AMR gives ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Explorers Post 905

  Posted on Nov 30, 2011
  

  MultiCare Good Samaritan Medical Explorers Post 905 received a donated ambulance from American Medical Response air medical division CEO Randy Strozyck, who himself was a medical explorer with Post 905 from 1972 until 1975. 

• Festival of Trees: Designer honors law enforcement

  Posted on Nov 30, 2011
  

  Theresa Wolland lost a neighbor and a friend -­ and the community lost a protector ­- two years ago when Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy Kent Mundell was killed in the line of duty. In his honor and in honor of the thousands of other law enforcement workers in Washington, Wolland designed a Christmas tree called "A Thin Blue Line" for the Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Festival of Trees.

• All decked out for a good cause

  Posted on Nov 30, 2011
  

  KOMO 4 TV reported Wednesday that the 25th annual Mary Bridge Festival of Trees is under way at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center. More than 70 decorated trees are on display through Sunday.
  

• Help fulfill 4-year-old's wish to bring Christmas to Mary Bridge

  Posted on Nov 28, 2011
  

  Some special friends have teamed up to help 4-year-old Iley Puloka fulfill her wish to bring Christmas to children at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, where Iley spent last Christmas.
  

• Stroke survivor who walked across America talks at Good Samaritan

  Posted on Nov 21, 2011
  

  Four-time stroke survivor Mycle Brandy walked across America last year. On Monday, he walked into MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, a quick stop on this year's stroll from San Diego to Seattle to raise stroke awareness.

• Puyallup Tribe of Indians delivers generous $1 million donation

  Posted on Nov 15, 2011
  

  The Puyallup Tribe of Indians Tribal Council delivered a $1 million donation to the Emergency Departments of MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and Mary Bridge Children's Hospital.

• At 11 A.M. on 11-11-11, lucky newborn arrives at Tacoma General

  Posted on Nov 11, 2011
  

  At exactly 11 a.m. on 11-11-11, a lucky baby girl was born in the Family Birth Center at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital.

• For Gig Harbor mom, cancer care close to home 'saved my life'

  Posted on Oct 31, 2011
  

  Cancer survivor Jennifer Taylor stayed near her young kids for treatment, while her doctors stayed connected to the latest and best medicine. "They saved my life," she said. "They made it possible for me to be here for my kids."

• October construction update for Covington Emergency Department

  Posted on Oct 28, 2011
  

  In Covington, construction continues on MultiCare's freestanding, 24,000-square-foot Emergency Department, which is expected to open in early 2012. 

• Dispose of unused medicine at prescription drug take-back day

  Posted on Oct 27, 2011
  

  To prevent prescription drug abuse, take advantage of this opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet and disposed of expired or unused medication. In the past 12 months in Pierce County, MultiCare Health System hospitals have treated 1,278 poisonings due to drugs, medicinal agents and biological agents.

• NFL Hall-of-Famer raises awareness about prostate cancer

  Posted on Oct 27, 2011
  

  An NFL Hall-of-Famer and a MultiCare doctor teamed up to encourage men to "Know Your Stats about Prostate Cancer," the second-leading cause of cancer death for American men.

• Award honors CEO's vision, leadership, dedication

  Posted on Oct 25, 2011
  

  The Washington State Hospital Association presented this year's Joe Hopkins Memorial Award to MultiCare Health System President and CEO Diane Cecchettini, RN.

• Mary Bridge, Good Samaritan win WSHA 'Best Hands on Care Award'

  Posted on Oct 18, 2011
  

  Two MultiCare hospitals have earned the 2011 "Best Hands on Care Award" from the Washington State Hospital Association. Above, Olympic snowboarder Shaun White demonstrates the "gel in, gel out" hand-sanitizing technique while visiting patients in February at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma.

• MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital wins Consumer Choice Award

  Posted on Oct 17, 2011
  

  Consumers in Pierce County have once again chosen MultiCare Tacoma General as a top destination for receiving health care, according to the largest and most comprehensive consumer study of U.S. health care.
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