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Chamber Dates Quick Glance
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Big 400
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Big 400 Reception
May 11 | 6 - 7:30pm
Eddy Discovery Center
17030 Bush Road, Chelsea
Did you know that there are 400 square miles of state park land right in your back yard? Come discover The Big 400 during a reception and open house located in the lower peninsula's largest state park - Waterloo State Recreation Area.
Please join us on Wednesday, May 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Waterloo State Recreation Eddy Discovery Center
to learn more about how this treasured resource can benefit your community and its businesses.
In addition to light appetizers and beverages, we will also be offering Big 400 memberships at the limited price of only $4 for the first 400 members!
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St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea
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Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Hospitals in Healthgrades T
op Hospital Report for 2016
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wo hospitals of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System-St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea-have been recognized by Healthgrades for overall excellence as well as excellence in specialties including cardiac care, critical care, gastrointestinal care, orthopedic surgery, peripheral vascular bypass, pulmonary care and stroke.
"We are grateful to our physicians and staff for the work they do each day to bring the highest quality care to our patients." St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea was the only hospital in Michigan to receive both the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ and Patient Safety Excellence Award™. In addition, the hospital was recognized as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™ and Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™.
"Receiving these clinical awards illustrates our dedication to quality and safety as well as our commitment to providing compassionate care to our patients," said Nancy Graebner, president and CEO, St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. "It is very satisfying to be recognized for the top-notch care St. Joe's provides right here in Washtenaw County."The Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award recognizes hospitals that provide an overall outstanding patient experience.
Healthgrades evaluates patient experience performance by applying a scoring methodology to 10 patient experience measures, using data collected from the 32-question survey of the hospital's own patients. Hospitals in the top 15 percent with the highest overall patient experience scores are recognized as Outstanding Patient Experience Award recipients.The Patient Safety Excellence Award recognizes hospitals that have the lowest occurrences of 14 preventable patient safety events. These hospitals are in the top 10 percent in the nation for patient safety. Patient safety measures how well a hospital prevents injuries, infections, and other serious conditions based on 14 serious, potentially preventable adverse events.
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Adult Learners Institute
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Adult Learners Institute to Host
Inaugural Pam Radcliffe Memorial Lecture
Those who knew Chelsea-resident Pam Radcliffe knew these things about her: She was insatiably curious, and she cared deeply about her community. When she retired from her position as assistant director of the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, she combined those two character traits, and became a founding member of the Adult Learners Institute (ALI) in Chelsea. When she died of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in May 2015, it came as no surprise that she had left a gift to ALI to expand their programming for the Chelsea-area community.
On May 12, 2016, the Adult Learners Institute will honor Pam's commitment to them, and to her community, by hosting the Inaugural Pam Radcliffe Memorial Lecture. The topic of this Inaugural Lecture will be "The history and causes of ALS, and University of Michigan's role in unraveling this mystery", presented by Stephen Aaron Goutman, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at University of Michigan Health Systems.
Jan Carr, ALI Board Member, sees this as a fitting tribute to Pam's boundless curiosity. "The first thing she did when she received her diagnosis was begin to learn as much as she could about ALS. Many of us learned about this disease for the first time when millions participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge. But the research work goes on day after day, right here at the University of Michigan. We're excited to have Dr. Goutman talk about the causes of ALS, and potential treatment options, including the role of stem cell therapies. We know that, with or without her own experiences, Pam would have been right in the front row, asking questions and taking notes."
Inaugural Pam Radcliffe Memorial Lecture will begin at 6:30 PM on
Thursday, May 12, and will be held at Silver Maples of Chelsea, 100 Silver Maples Drive, Chelsea, MI. The lecture is FREE and open to the public. No registration is required. Refreshments will be served.
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Chelsea Underground Art Gallery
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Chelsea Community Kitchen
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Shop Whole Foods to Support
Local Group
Grab your grocery bags
May 10, 2016, and head into Ann Arbor to support Chelsea Community Kitchen. CCK is proud to have been selected to benefit from one of the Washtenaw Ave.
Whole Foods
5% Community Support Days.
Five percent of all profits from the entire day of sales go to the featured non-profit group. CCK will be at the store that day with information about programs and how the organization serves the community.
The store, located at 3135 Washtenaw Ave in Ann Arbor is open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
"We're excited to be included," said Debi Weiker, Development Coordinator of the CCK Board of Directors. "As a small but growing organization, this will allow us to fund new programs supporting healthy food and local producers."
CCK offers unique cooking programs for all, healthy eating and nutrition programs for seniors and youth, and food safety and technique courses for food business owners, often featuring local food businesses. Expanding youth cooking and nutrition programming has been a priority, along with finding ways to provide support to local food entrepreneurs.
Chelsea Community Kitchen is an active participant in the Chelsea Friends and Family Wellness Coalition (part of 5 Healthy Towns Foundation) and partners with many groups in the area to offer programming. Recent collaborations have been with the Michigan Friends Center and work is underway for summer programs in conjunction with the Chelsea Senior Center and Faith in Action. CCK also supports the Chelsea Farmers Market and Bushel Basket Farmer Market.
Chelsea Community Kitchen is a Michigan public benefit organization offering nutrition education and support to local residents, as well as kitchen rentals and other resources for budding food entrepreneurs. Chelsea Community Kitchen is devoted to creating a healthy, local, and sustainable food culture through classroom and real-world education. Check out the event calendar on
www.chelseacommunitykitchen.org for future classes and food-related events.
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Chelsea Farmers Market
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Chelsea Farmers Market
For 25 years the Chelsea Farmers Market has brought high-quality food and artisan products to the Chelsea community. This season promises several new vendors along with the return of musical entertainment and new events to engage the visitor, both young and old.
The Market offers seasonal vegetables and fruits of all types, meat and poultry, eggs, honey, maple syrup, coffee, a wide variety of breads and bakery items, herbs, nuts, along with prepared artisan foods such as hummus, cheese, soup and barbeque and spaghetti sauces. Organic and naturally-grown offerings available. Hand-crafted artisan products include jewelry, soaps and lotions, wood crafts, birdhouses, garden art, and more.
The market will be offering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which allows Bridge Cards to be used at the market information table in exchange for Bridge Card Tokens to purchase food items. We are also thrilled to participate in the Double Up Food Bucks program.
"This program doubles the number of tokens for purchasing Michigan grown produce for Bridge Card customers, doubling their purchasing power and increasing vendor sales! We're proud to office this service to the community!" says formaer market manager, Miller Helmholdt.
The market also participates in WIC Project Fresh, Senior Project Fresh, and Prescription for Health. See our
Assistance page for more details.
Chelsea and Bushel Basket Farmers Markets are hosting their annual farm to table dinner fundraiser this
May 9, 5:00 - 8:00 pm, at the
Chelsea Alehouse in downtown Chelsea. Drop in anytime during these hours for a delicious meal made with fresh local produce from our farmers. Meal created by Alchemy (
facebook.com/a2alchemy). We will have live music and drawings for prizes from our vendors. All proceeds go toward funding the farmers markets.
Make a reservation ahead of time or pay at the door. Tickets are $20, but we welcome donations beyond the ticket price. Children 10 and under are free.
Please join us and help our markets grow!
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Chelsea Area Garden Club
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Chelsea Area Garden Club member Trin Pifer helps organize plants by type so customers can easily find the ones that will work best in their gardens.
A growing number of Chelsea area gardeners find the Chelsea Area Garden Club's annual plant sale, held the Saturday before Mother's Day, is a terrific way to kick off the gardening season and stock up on high quality locally grown perennials, ornamental grasses, daylilies, shrubs and herbs.
The club will hold its 18th annual sale 8 a.m.-noon May 7 at the Chelsea Community Fairgrounds, 20501 W. Old U.S. Highway 12, Chelsea.
"Plants are organized by type, including whether they thrive in shade or sun, to make shopping easier for novice and experienced gardeners find what they want," says Mary Randolph. She and Cathy Gillem, the other plant sale co-chair, lead fall and spring digs, where members collect and pot plants from members' and friends' gardens for the sale, which is held, rain or shine.
"We are proud of the quality of our plants and that we sell most for $5 or less," Randolph says. "Some rarer plants such as trillium and larger shrubs cost more."
Proceeds from the plant sale are used for civic beautification and scholarships and grants for horticulture-related community projects.
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And as always, thanks for being part of what makes this a great place to live, work, and recreate!
Amythyst Romero
Events Coordinator & Newsletter Editor
Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce
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