Blessing Hospital

Recently, the Adams County Ambulance received word from Blessing Hospital that they will need to vacate their main location at Blessing 14th Street facility. This comes as no surprise since Blessing has little by little phased out its operations from that facility over the past several months.

The Adams County Health Department, working in collaboration with the United Way of Adams County and the 5-2-1-0 Get Up and Move Initiative, will be holding Friday Night Family Play Nights to challenge Adams County children and their families to be active and promote healthy eating habits.

The 27th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic will be held this Sunday afternoon from noon to 3 p.m. at Blessing Hospital's main entrance. As the founder of this event 27 years ago, the staff at Blessing Riemann College of Nursing was kind enough to name one of two new gigantic Teddy Bears after me last year.  He is known as the "Dorsey Bear" and the other is known as "Flo" after Florence

Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing’s 27th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic will be held on Sunday, October 4, from noon to 3 p.m. Children, their favorite Teddy bear,doll or stuffed animal, parents and grandparents are all invited to attend.

Yet another shooting has occurred in Quincy with one man being taken to Blessing Hospital with an apparent gunshot wound. The Quincy Police Department has confirmed, according to a Herald-Whig report, that it is investigating a shooting near Eighth and York this morning.

Quincy Police are investigating an armed robbery report.

Whether you agree with the new budget cuts or not, the City of Quincy is between a rock and a hard place. The $2-Million revenue stream from the State of Illinois is all but gone and the city needs to find ways to offset that loss. That is not an easy task. So it is time to come up with some creative thinking.

Some 1,230 pounds of food was distributed Saturday during the Madonna House Mobile Food Pantry held in Quincy.

The Madonna House's Mobile Food Pantry will be held this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, at Blessing Hospital on Lot 21 which is located between 10th & 11th on College in Quincy. You are asked to please bring an empty laundry basket or an empty box to fill.

If you are looking for employment at Blessing Hospital, then mark your calendar for Thursday, April 30. That's the day that Blessing Health System will be holding their Connect with Blessing Career Fair in the Blessing Hospital Auditorium.