Join parents from across North Carolina as we kick off plans for Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play! Tuesday, September 13 10 am to Noon Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education 224 Sunnybrook Rd., Raleigh For more details, visit WakeMed Voices.
Category Archives: Opportunities
Voice Your Opinion on Offer to Purchase Rex
June 30, 2011 – 9:15 am
A committee appointed by the UNC Board of Governors is meeting to discuss WakeMed’s offer to purchase Rex Healthcare from UNC Health Care. Below are the top 3 reasons we believe the sale of Rex to WakeMed would be positive for our community: 1. Keep Resources Local WakeMed is the only hospital system in the Triangle based [...]
Love Light & Trim the Tree with Twinkle
December 1, 2010 – 5:25 pm
On Thursday, December 9, starting at 6 pm, join us for a special candlelighting ceremony to rededicate the WakeMed Love Light Tree. Lights and Stars on the tree represent donations in honor or in memory of loved ones. This free event will also feature a dedication of the new Ronald McDonald Family Room and live [...]
Extra Inning for Ken Burns
September 22, 2010 – 8:34 am
Ken Burns, guest speaker at the 2010 WakeMed Foundation’s Society of 1961 Gala, is launching a new film this month on PBS, Baseball: The Tenth Inning, a sequel to Burns’ original and highly acclaimed documentary, Baseball, which has been viewed by over 45 million people. The new two-night, four-hour film covers the period from 1994 [...]
Supper Club Dinner Series
September 18, 2010 – 11:27 am
Raleigh’s first ever Supper Club, an exclusive dinner series featuring some of downtown Raleigh’s best locally owned restaurants, begins on October 4. Participating restaurants - Solas, Cafe Helios, Market Restaurant, Sushi Blues Cafe, and Zely & Ritz – are offering a wide range of menus and environments to choose from. Throughout the month of October, select [...]
Vic Braden Tennis Experience Weekend
September 17, 2010 – 10:14 am
Want to spend a weekend with some tennis pros learning how to improve your game? During the weekend of September 24-26, you can have the chance to do just that! Raleigh Racquet Club, host of the annual Winter Chill Tennis Challenge to benefit WakeMed Children’s Hospital, has announced that Vic Braden - licensed psychologist, author, [...]
Battling the Bad Guys
August 11, 2010 – 9:24 am
Battling the Bad Guys - Bumps Bruises & Bacteria! WakeMed Injury Prevention is teaming up with Safe Kids Wake County to bring you Battling the Bad Guys, a safety event just for kids. On Thursday, August 19 at Koka Booth Amphitheatre, fight back with a vengeance against bumps, bruises and bacteria at this free event the [...]
Safe Sitter Classes Offered
June 28, 2010 – 1:23 pm
Two-day babysitting classes are being held at the WakeMed Cary Hospital and the WakeMed Raleigh Campus today and tomorrow, for future babysitters between ages 11 – 13. Training includes how to handle crisis situations – administering CPR, handling a fire or intrusion, basic first aid and how to get help and who to call in emergency [...]
High School Seniors Earn College Degrees
June 25, 2010 – 9:00 am
Have you heard about Wake Early College of Health and Sciences? The program was formed as a way to help students get a head start on college while they are still in high school – for free. This collaborative effort of the Wake County Public School System, Wake Technical Community College and WakeMed Health & [...]
Parenting Classes for Multiple Births
June 18, 2010 – 1:07 pm
Because of the recent rise in number of multiple births, WakeMed Cary has started a class specifically for parents expecting twins to help address some of the unique situations that are not usually covered in standard parenting classes. During pregnancy, the risk of pre-term labor and C-section deliveries increases. After birth, managing care for the infants at [...]
