Green In the News
On November 10, 2009, the Producers & Buyers Co-Op elected new board members during the group's first annual meeting, which took place at Sacred Heart Hospital. Learn more about this here.
Sacred Heart Hospital's buy local food support is featured in the November 2009 issue of Modern Healthcare. Read about it here.
As of March 2009, Sacred Heart Hospital purchased more than $200,000 in locally grown & processed food since last July. The hospital pledged 10% of its $2 million annual food budget to purchasing local food as part of project announced July 2008.
Read the full news release here.
Read the Leader-Telegram article about this initiative here:
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Over the past two years, Sacred Heart Hospital contributed more than 37,000 pounds of medical supply items valued at nearly $215,000 to the Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach Partners in Recycling Program, a medical surplus recovery and redistribution program that addresses the medical needs of people throughout the world. Click here for more information on this initiative.
Sacred Heart Hospital was featured in a story about how local food production and consumption work, in the February 9, 2009 issue of Spooner Advocate. Read the article here.
In the February 1, 2009 issue of Catholic Health World, Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital were highlighted for their pioneering methods of environmental stewardship and their upcoming Catholic Health Association session that will be presented at the national Assembly in June in New Orleans. Read the full Catholic Health World article here.
The efforts of Hospital Sisters Health System's Mission Outreach were recently recognized in the January 15-21, 2009, edition of the IllinoisTimes. Read the full IllinoisTimes article here.
In the November/December, 2008, edition of Medical Construction & Design, Sacred Heart Hospital’s green efforts gained national and regional attention for innovative methods of environmental stewardship in healthcare. Read the full article here.
Sacred Heart Hospital recently earned the national Environmental Leadership Award. The hospital is one of just six in the nation to receive this award in 2008. Click here to read more.
On Thursday, July 17, 2008, Sacred Heart Hospital was featured in Market Watch.com, an online product of the Wall Street Journal. The hospital’s Green initiatives were highlighted, as well as the recent recognition the hospital has received from Governor Jim Doyle. Read the full Market Watch article here.
Sacred Heart Hospital partners with River Country to launch local food project: Governor Jim Doyle showcases innovative partnership to support local farmers.
Read the Leader Telegram article here.
Read the full news release here.
Sacred Heart Hospital's CEO wrote an editorial explaining how local food is good medicine for our health and our community's economy. In the editorial, he committed ten percent of the hospital's $2 million food budget ($200,000) to purchasing locally produced and processed food.