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• Children's Therapy Unit to benefit from Northwest Corks & Crush

  Posted on Apr 24, 2013
  

  The young patients might not realize it while they're throwing a ball or pedaling a tricycle, but their treatment-disguised-as-play is truly the result of a team effort. Now you can support their team just by attending Northwest Corks & Crush.

• Gardening with the MultiCare grounds crew: choosing rose plants

  Posted on Apr 23, 2013
  

  Spring is here, and not only is it a great time to plant new shrubs, such as roses, it is also when the selection of roses at local nurseries is at its best.

• Riding through the elements

  Posted on Mar 1, 2013
  

  Every year, hundreds of cyclists suit up for the Alaska Airlines Courage Classic, a 173-mile bicycle tour over three of Western Washington’s most well-known mountain passes. With this year’s ride less than 160 days away, and with spring weather still a month away, we asked Mark Craddock, a 10-time Courage rider and top fundraiser, to share his favorite tips for training in inclement weather.

• Do something healthy: Derek Hough visits Tacoma

  Posted on Feb 7, 2013
  

  Derek Hough of Dancing with the Stars fame paid a visit to Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 6, 2013, for MultiCare Health System's 13th annual "Do Something Healthy" event. Past visitors have included Shaun White and Jillian Michaels.

• You ate what?! Top 5 worst game day foods

  Posted on Feb 1, 2013
  
  Each year, Americans consume billions of calories on game day. From nachos to pigs in a blanket, buffalo wings and more, the day is second only to Thanksgiving for food consumption. Even small treats or seemingly healthy treats can be packed with extra fat and calories, so be mindful of your consumption this Sunday.

• It's a dance party - and you're invited!

  Posted on Jan 23, 2013
  

  He's sambaed with Shannon, jived with Jennie and rumbaed with Ricki. Now Derek Hough is set to tango with Tacoma. And you can be a part of it!

  Hough, who has danced his way into the hearts of viewers nation-wide on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars(DWTS), is the featured speaker at MultiCare’s 2013 “Do Something Healthy” event.

• 500 clocks find good homes, thanks to tree designer Sheldon Arkin

  Posted on Jan 10, 2013
  

  More than 500 clocks decorated the 2012 Mary Bridge Festival of Trees entry by longtime Horticulturist and Landscape Designer Sheldon Arkin, who has designed a tree for the annual Mary Bridge Festival of Trees for more than 20 years. On Thursday, the clocks found their way to good homes. 

• Enter dance contest for MultiCare's

  Posted on Jan 8, 2013
  

  Are your dance moves good enough to impress Derek Hough from “Dancing with the Stars”? To enter, make a one-minute video of your performance. Post the audition clip to YouTube. Then send the video link to Trixy Dorn at trixy.dorn@multicare.org. The deadline is Friday, Jan. 18.

• Festival of Trees: $1.7 million raised for Mary Bridge

  Posted on Dec 11, 2012
  
  The numbers are in, and it's going to be a merry Christmas at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center.
  
  
  This year's Mary Bridge Festival of Trees raised $1.7 million to support young patients at the children's hospital and health center. 

• Young patients pick out gifts for family members at Holiday Shop

  Posted on Dec 6, 2012
  

  Some young patients at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital can’t leave the hospital to pick out Christmas gifts for family members, so on Thursday, the gifts came to them.

• Tree designers share motivation: Everyone has a Mary Bridge story

  Posted on Nov 30, 2012
  

  The 26th annual Festival of Trees in Tacoma runs through Sunday. In the past 25 years, the festival has raised more than $20 million to support young patients at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma. We asked 11 tree designers why they volunteer to put in so much work and effort for Festival of Trees. Here's what they said.

• "Rock the Foundation" raises money to support MultiCare research

  Posted on Oct 4, 2012
  

  Nearly a half-million dollars was raised for the MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, thanks to the generosity of 500 guests at MultiCare Health System's "Rock the Foundation" fundraiser that featured The Doobie Brothers at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center.

• Why we ride: Alaska Airlines Courage Classic Bicycle Tour

  Posted on Jul 31, 2012
  

  This weekend, Aug. 4-6, is the 21st Annual Alaska Airlines Courage Classic Bicycle Tour. Each year this fully supported, three-day, 173-mile event takes hundreds of cycling participants over three of Western Washington’s most well known mountain passes, Snolqualmie, Blewett and Stephens. It’s a challenging and fun event that raises money for a great cause, to support the Rotary Endowment for the Intervention and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect — which provides significant support for Mary Bridge’s Child Abuse Intervention Department (CAID).

  We asked MultiCare employees to tell us why they ride the Courage Classic.

• It's About Finishing

  Posted on Jun 26, 2012
  

  Brett Murphy, Purchasing Agent, MultiCare Materials Management, was the team leader for Waist Management #1, one of the five-person teams that participated in the Pierce County Match Up weight-loss contest. This is final blog entry about her experiences with the contest, which culminated at the Sound to Narrows on June 9, 2012.

• Register now for 40th Roman Meal Sound to Narrows run/walk June 9

  Posted on Jun 1, 2012
  

  Feeling retro? Join us this Saturday to celebrate the 40th running of the Roman Meal Sound to Narrows, a Tacoma tradition since 1973.
  
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