Sun Health Helping People Maintain Independence With Biodex Balance System
High-tech system provided by Sun Health Foundation donors SURPRISE, ARIZ., April 9, 2015 – The Sun Health Center for Health & Wellbeing recently acquired a high-tech Biodex Balance System™ SD that can test a person’s balance and train them to improve it. The system was made possible through a donation to Sun Health Foundation from […]
Lifelong Learning Rules at La Loma University
SURPRISE, ARIZ. – March 19, 2015 – Urban coyotes can run up to 40 miles per hour and jump as high as 8 feet. These are just two of many facts that Arizona Game and Fish urban wildlife specialist Darren Julian shared in his urban wildlife class at La Loma University. The 31 students in the […]
Sun Health Foundation Donors ‘Golf it Up’ for Charity
SURPRISE, ARIZ., March 12, 2015 – A textbook Arizona spring day greeted more than 120 golfers who took to the Wigwam Arizona Patriot Golf Course in Litchfield Park on March 9 for a good cause. The “Swinging in the Sun for Charity” tournament raised an estimated $50,000-plus for community wellness programs offered by Sun Health, […]
‘Cardiac Kids’ Play Hardball Against Heart Disease
SURPRISE, ARIZ., Feb. 13, 2015 – The distinctive “ping” of an aluminum bat striking a ball. Lively chatter laced with good-natured taunts. The rich baritone of the P.A. announcer. These were sounds that filled the air at the Feb. 7, Bill Bromley Memorial Cardiac Kids Softball Tournament, played under a cloudless azure sky at Liberty Buick Field […]
Grandview Memory Support Praised for its ‘Innovative Architecture and Design’
SUN CITY WEST, ARIZ. – Jan. 27, 2015 – Grandview Memory Support (GMS) welcomed its first residents in late December and the unique home for people with memory loss has already received a national award. Senior Housing News named the residence runner-up for its 2014 Architecture and Design Awards in the Stand-Alone Memory Care category. […]
Sun Health Senior Living Expanding to Meet Growing Demand for Senior Housing
SURPRISE, ARIZ., Jan. 22, 2015 — Dirt is being turned for Sun Health’s latest expansion project: two 36-unit villas on the 40-acre campus of The Colonnade, a senior living Life Care community that is home to more than 180 residents. In late 2014, the Sun Health Board approved $25.4 million in capital funding to construct […]
Sun Health’s Community Outreach Group Brings Holiday Cheer to Homebound Adults
SURPRISE, ARIZ., Jan. 7, 2014 – The holidays can be an especially tough time for older adults living alone or without family close by. Sun Health’s SHINE (Sun Health Involvement Never Ends) group and Banner Olive Branch Senior Center (BOBSC) joined together in December to bring good cheer to 35 homebound adults living in Sun […]
Sun Health Programs Making Measurable Differences in Health of Patients and Clients
Innovative approaches helping chronically ill and those recovering after a hospitalization SURPRISE, ARIZ., Dec. 4, 2014 — Preventing hospital readmissions and managing chronic disease present complex challenges for health care providers and organizations. Sun Health, a community-based nonprofit organization, is using innovative approaches to address these challenges. The resulting Sun Health programs, the first of […]
Wulkan Foundation Grants $10k to Northwest Valley Connect
Transportation Coordination Service to Use Grant to Expand Services SURPRISE, ARIZ. – Dec. 3, 2014 – Northwest Valley Connect (NVC), a nonprofit transportation coordination service founded by Sun Health and Benevilla, recently received a $10,000 grant from the Wulkan Foundation, a like-minded organization dedicated to helping older adults find transportation options. The grant was awarded […]
Donation Will Help Keep Women ‘in the Pink’
SUN CITY, ARIZ., Nov. 19, 2014 – The Sun City Women’s Golf Association, North Division (SCWGA-ND) recently presented a check for $10,700 to Women’s Diagnostic Services at Banner Lakes Imaging Center. The donation will be used to provide 3D screening mammograms for women without insurance or the means to pay for one. The low-dose 3D […]
