Women Connect
Healthy Living. Impactful Giving.
Put Yourself on the List.
Women Connect is our way of educating and empowering women to do something they don't always do: prioritize their health. Draw strength and reassurance from other women. Ask uncomfortable questions. Overcome obstacles to better health.
Thanks to everyone who attended our Caring for the Caregiver event on Saturday, October 24!
You may not have the title of caregiver, but so many of you are doing the work of caregiving every day. We appreciate everyone who joined us—and brought friends and family—for practical tips, expert advice and free experiences to boost your health.
A special thanks to our expert panelists:
- Chris Vejnovich, DNP, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CDP, CADDCT, PCCN-K, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Methodist Hospital
Tori Hudson, MS, LIMHP, Behavioral Health Therapist, Methodist Community Counseling Program
Online resources from Caring for the Caregiver
- Caregiver support: Free programs, practical advice and helpful connections
- Burnout and self-care tips: Ways to recognize stress and protect your own well-being
- Advance care planning: Tools to help start important conversations with loved ones
- Healthy recipes: Simple, nutritious options featured at our event
Ways to make a difference: Opportunities to support women's health in our community
Impactful Giving | The Power of Women Helping Women
We believe impactful giving is an important part of healthy living – a powerful way to support our well-being and develop into our best selves by doing good for others.
Since launching Women Connect, our community has:
- Eliminated barriers to care by providing medical equipment and transportation for patients in need
- Increased access to mental health care by supporting Methodist Community Counseling Program
- Helped to bring confidence and hope to cancer survivors in our communities through your support of Inner Beauty Salon at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center
- Fought period poverty by purchasing and packing 150 menstrual product kits for Methodist patients and students in need
- Connected more than a dozen uninsured women to potentially life-saving screenings by sponsoring a Methodist Mobile 3D Mammography visit to the Latino Center of the Midlands
- Provided heart monitoring equipment to dozens of Methodist patients in need
It’s not too late to donate. Visit SupportMethodist.org
Learn more about Methodist Hospital Foundation and our key purpose areas: Cancer Care, Charitable Care, Community Services and Education.
A special thank you to our sponsors for their commitment to women's health:
Join us in making a difference for women throughout our communities. Become a women's health sponsor.
Visit MethodistHospitalFoundation.org/SupportWomensHealth for sponsorship opportunities and benefits. Contact Courtney Gatzemeyer at (402) 354-4918 for more information.