Russellville Grand Opening April 27 – Free Lunch

Join us as we cut the ribbon on our newly remodeled Russellville clinic.

We’ll celebrate from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at the clinic location (3312 West Main St.). Stop by and get some free lunch and watch the ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Meet our provider and staff and pick up some health information and giveaways.

Thanks to Labcorp for providing the food and Arvest Bank for providing the grill and grilling staff.

And thanks to EAB of Russellville who will be doing live remote radio broadcasts with KWKK and KARV.

The clinic is open from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Call 888-710-8220 for appointments.

2023 Hunt an Egg-Celent Event

Thanks to everyone who came out for our Healthy Connections 2023 Community Easter Egg Hunt at our Mena clinic on Fiday, April 7.

The 2023 event was a huge success with double the eggs and double the fun.. Thanks to our Healthy Connections co-workers who put together and staffed the event. Thanks to community businesses who donated the many prizes we were able to give away. Thanks to Arvest Bank for providing and cooking the food. And thanks to KENA for brroadcasting live.

We were also able to promote and give Covid-19 vaccines and boosters to anyone who wanted one.

Healthy Connections was founded in Mena 25 years ago and continues to call Polk County home.

Check out the photos from the event on our Facebook page.

March Employees of the Month

Congratulations to our Healthy Connections Shining STAR Employees of the Month for March:

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WEST: DEVIN GAGE

EAST: KIM BROWN

Each month across the Healthy Connections Community Health Network, exemplary employees are nominated for this award for representing our Three Pillars: Excellence, Compassion, and Community. These pillars are considered heavily when choosing winners.

As winners of this Shining STAR award, Devin and Kim are winners of a $50 gift card to the HC Hub Company Store.

Devin is a Registered Nurse at the Mena clinic. He joined Healthy Connections in 2019. Kim is a Patient Care Coordinator at the Little Rock Midtown clinic. She joined Healthy Connections in 2022. In their nominations, this is some of what their co-workers said about them:

  • Devin is great with the patients. He also is wonderful at training others. He has a lot of patience.”
  • Kim is kindhearted, calm, and respectful. When patients come in or even call, she does anything she can to help them the best she can.”
  • Devin is very helpful and patient. He ensures that the patients are taken care of. He takes the time to speak to them and answer all the questions that they ask.”
  • “When it comes to helping patients Kim goes above and beyond. She takes her time and will not end a call until the issue has been resolved. She shows care with dealing with the patients and is very empathetic to their situations.”

Congratulations to both Devin and Kim.

Thanks again this month to everyone who nominated an employee. There were a lot of great nominations. Do you know who should be our next employees to be recognized? You can nominate them by visiting https://www.healthy-connections.org/nominate.