Computer donation will
benefit local students
Simi Valley Hospital has combined its commitments to the
environment and the community with the donation of 45 used
computers to the Simi Valley Uni ed School District. The computers
are models that were unable to run the hospital’s newWindows 7
operating system standard and/or had exceeded their ve-year life
cycle at the hospital.
Tim Bundy, IT operations manager at Simi Valley Hospital, said
he saw an opportunity to extend the value of the computers while
bene ting local students.
“The hospital had just been having a recycling company pick
up our old computers and dispose of them, so this is a great way to
keep them in the community,” he said.
The computers have been stored and will be distributed, as
needed, to classrooms throughout the district.
Pictured with some of the computers Simi Valley Hospital recently
donated to the Simi Valley Uni ed School District are hospital
representatives Bridget Nakamura and Tim Bundy and school district
representatives Scott Romanowski, Mike Spain and Bob Tokarz.
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Heart Month at
Simi Valley Hospital
During American Heart Month in February,
Simi Valley Hospital sponsored a number
of events for the community and hospital
employees that brought to the forefront
the importance of living a heart-healthy
lifestyle—as well as raising awareness for
various aspects of heart disease prevention.
Making it o cial.
The hospital kicked
o American Heart Month with an o cial
proclamation from the Simi Valley City
Council on February 3. Simi Valley Hospital
President and CEO KimMilstien and other
hospital employees attended the event, at
which Simi Valley Mayor Bob Huber directed
citywide attention to the commemoration
of American Heart Month.
Women and heart health.
“Go Red
Girlfriends,” a communitywide event at Simi
Valley Hospital on February 5, placed an
emphasis on the topic of women and heart
disease. The event included a free heart-
healthy dinner, educational information
about heart care for women, networking
opportunities and door prizes.
The special guest was interventional
cardiologist Shahrzad Shareghi, MD, who
spoke to attendees about the potentially
life-threatening di erences in the way
the medical profession has typically
approached heart care for women and
men. She also suggested key actions for
protecting heart health.
Eat to live.
Lora Pietszak, clinical
nutrition manager at Simi Valley Hospital,
helped participants in the Simi Valley
YMCA’s Activate Simi Valley program
understand how to protect their heart
health through proper nutrition and
weight management during a lecture on
February 6. Activate Simi Valley is a free
service of the YMCA aimed at promoting a
healthy lifestyle for community residents.
Smile—and wear red.
To celebrate
National Wear Red Day on February 7—
an event to raise awareness about heart
disease in women—Simi Valley Hospital
sponsored a special event for employees,
volunteers and physicians. The event
featured a red carpet and photo booth,
where attendees could dress in colorful
and fun accessories and have their photos
taken with co-workers.
Family heart health.
Interventional
cardiologist Thanh Nguyen, DO, discussed
how families can work together for heart
health during a program at the Simi
Valley Public Library on February 24. In
his lecture, titled “The Road to a Healthy
Heart and Healthy Family,”Dr. Nguyen
o ered advice on how people can develop
heart-healthy habits for themselves and
their entire families. Library sta provided
heart-healthy snacks and children’s
activities. Afterward, Simi Valley Hospital
representatives o ered a brief training on
hands-only CPR.
Hands-on heart help.
In addition to
the hands-on CPR training at the Simi
Valley library event, sta from Simi Valley
Hospital o ered the training in other places
throughout the hospital and community
during February, including at the hospital’s
monthly leadership meeting, the Simi
Valley Hospital Foundation board meeting
and the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Go-Red babies.
There were a lot of red-
headed newborns at Simi Valley Hospital
in February, thanks to the hospital’s
participation in the American Heart
Association’s “Newborns Go Red” campaign.
Orange County cause-based clothing
company fodada and Caruso A liated
supplied red beanies for every newborn in
hospitals throughout Ventura County.
New parents could also participate in
“Picture and a Promise,” a campaign in
which they promised to adopt one healthy
habit, take a photo of their newborn in
his or her red beanie, and email the photo
to fodada. In response, the company sent
them free merchandise.
Simi Valley Hospital employees Santokh Lal,
Jermyn Salvador, Jane Tsukamoto and Rina
Malang hammed it up for heart health in
the hospital’s photo booth on February 7.
Just a few hours
after his birth at Simi
Valley Hospital, baby
Lincoln—held by
proud momVeronica
Schilder—sports a red
fodada-brand beanie.
Every newborn at Simi
Valley Hospital received
a free beanie in February
as part of the“Newborns
Go Red”campaign.
