"Get Your Rear in Gear-Elgin" helps fund colon cancer screenings, education
Elgin, Ill. - The Colon Cancer Coalition recently awarded the Advocate Charitable Foundation at Advocate Sherman Hospital with $25,000 from funds raised during the "Get Your Rear in Gear - Elgin" race held in August.
Inspired by the treatment she received at Sherman Hospital's Cancer Care Center, colon cancer survivor Sharon Wells and her husband Devin Wells established the local race to raise awareness and funds for colon cancer education and screenings.
More than 200 race participants and local sponsors raised more than $25,000 during the event.
The money will go toward colon cancer screenings at Sherman Hospital and education for the local at-risk population.
Sharon and Devin Wells presented the $25,000 check to Sherman Hospital administrators on Wednesday.
About Advocate Sherman Hospital
Named the fifth most beautiful hospital in the U.S. by Soliant Health and built in 2009, the 255-bed Advocate Sherman Hospital features all private patient rooms, a 15-acre geothermal lake to heat and cool the facility, an advanced Emergency Department with a level II trauma center, a spacious Family Birthing Center and Special Care Nursery, a Heart & Vascular Center, a Cancer Care Center and a bright, open design to contribute to the healing process. Advocate Sherman is a certified Primary Stroke Center, Breast Center and Chest Pain Center, and also received a 2011 Silver Award from Illinois Performance Excellence (ILPEX). In 2012, it achieved Magnet nursing status - the highest national standard for nursing excellence. Advocate Sherman provides services across the whole continuum of care, including three immediate care/outpatient centers, an imaging center and a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. Advocate Sherman employs more than 2,200 individuals, has more than 600 dedicated physicians on its medical staff and is part of the Advocate Health Care network. For more information, visit AdvocateHealth.com/Sherman or call (800) 3-Advocate.
About Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 5 largest health systems by Truven Analytics in 2013, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 10 acute care hospitals and the state's largest integrated children's network. As a nonprofit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $571 million in charitable care and services to communities across the Chicago area and Central Illinois in 2011.