RVNAhealth News
Who’s the Baby?
The hallways of the RVNAhealth building in Ridgefield are graced with awards, press stories, posters, and photographs commemorating our 100+ years of service. Among our favorites is the image at left: RVNAhealth nurse, Claire Kirby, RN, now 93 years old, tending to a darling newborn and sharing a tip or two with the baby’s mom. After passing this poster for the 1000th time, someone had the presence of mind to ask …. Who’s the baby? Excellent question. Claire Kirby, who is no long working for RVNAhealth but remains a close friend, can’t quite remember the name, but does recall that it was a Ridgefield family. We’re guessing the photo was taken in the 1980’s/early 90s, but our detective skills are rusty. Thus, we invite you, our friends and readers, to help us figure it out. Share the image, ask your friends, employ your favorite forensics wallpaper experts … surely somebody
[Healthy] Happy Days are Here Again!
Last week, April 24 – 30, RVNAhealth held Healthy Happy Days, our first-ever peer fundraising initiative. We are happy to report that we exceeded our goal by more than $10,000!
Meet RVNAhealth’s Kate Campbell, DPT
The flip of a light switch may have determined Kate Campbell’s career trajectory. At sixteen, Campbell was a competitive gymnast and was severely injured, requiring physical therapy, a vocation she
No Task Too Small, No Mountain Too High
Both with his volunteer work at RVNAhealth, where he currently serves a member of the development committee, and in his personal life, in which he hiked Mount Kilimanjaro to the summit of 19,341 feet at age 65.
These Volunteers are CERTainly Exceptional!
Today, in celebration of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we’d like to recognize a special part of the Yanity team — the Town of Ridgefield CERT volunteers, aka the Ridgefield CT Community Emergency Response Team.
Ellen Lennon is Definitely Doing Her Part
Ellen Lennon RN, has been volunteering at RVNAhealth COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics at Yanity Gym several days a week since the rollout began.
Hospice Family Support Volunteers
RVNAhealth family support volunteers offer assistance that enhance quality of life. And not just our patients' lives, but their own as well.
Meet RVNAhealth Volunteer, Tiffany Lee
According to Tiffany Lee, if you have heart, anything is possible. Lee, a RVNAhealth music therapy hospice volunteer, would know. She is all heart. A Hong Kong native and second-year
Meet RVNAhealth Volunteer, Elise Kohler
There is nothing sad about the hospice experience; it’s actually quite joyful. So says Elise Kohler, hospice music therapy volunteer and junior-year undergraduate at Montclair State University where she is
And Today Makes 10,000!
April 7 marks a notable number at Yanity Gym as we celebrate the 10,000th vaccine administered by our phenomenal team.
The COVID-19 Vaccine While Breastfeeding: How to Decide?
For many, choosing to get the COVID-19 vaccine is a simple one. They have neither undue risks nor conditions, no severe allergies; are not pregnant and have no personal convictions
Taking Care of your COVID-19 Vaccination Card
In the increasingly paperless world in which we live in, the importance of one’s little white vaccination card is a little alarming. Here we offer a compilation of tips for
Ridgefield Thrift Shop Awards Grant to RVNAhealth ComfortWELL program
RVNAhealth and the Ridgefield Thrift Shop have been partners, friends, and neighbors for over 80 years. The collegiality continues today through the Ridgefield Thrift Shop Hospice Fund at RVNAhealth.
Hope is in the Air!
For those fortunate enough to have received their COVID-19 vaccination, you know that the vaccine comes with a refrain of reminders. On March 8, offering a glimpse of optimism, the CDC also released 'Interim Guidance for the Fully Vaccinated' -- outlining long-missed behaviors that can slowly return to your repertoire ..
RVNAhealth Employee Appreciation Day 2021
It was Employee Appreciation Day at RVNAhealth on Friday March 5, 2021 and all team members were invited to the Ridgefield and New Milford offices for lunch at a midday food truck featuring all-time favorites, pizza and grilled cheese.
Sherrye Platt and the Power of Music
RVNAhealth music therapist, Sherrye Platt leverages the power of music to improve people's lives.