Dear Friends and Neighbors,

CentraCare care givers have been working around the clock for more than 20 months to care for you, your families and friends during COVID. We are committed to caring for every Minnesotan who needs us, and nothing will prevent us from doing so – even during these never-seen-before times.

The challenge of providing this level of care is that our hospital beds are often full. ERs in all of our hospitals are packed. And our clinical teams are exhausted. Early in the pandemic, our community stepped up in amazing ways to help us. We ask that you again join us in fighting this pandemic together.

How can you help?

Please get your COVID vaccines and booster shots. They are proven safe and effective in reducing COVID illness, keeping people out of the hospital, and preventing death.

If your situation is not an emergency, please use other care options, including:

Visit CentraCare eClinic online,
Schedule same-day appointments with your primary care provider,
Speak with a CentraCare Connect nurse at 320-200-3200, or
Visit Urgent Care.

If this is a medical emergency, call 9-1-1, or visit the ER.

Together, we can do this. Thank you for your support.

Ken Holmen, MD
President and CEO

Melrose Harvest Celebration

The Melrose Harvest Celebration is a fun event that has raised about $375,000 over the past nine years. Proceeds from the Harvest Celebration benefit the CentraCare – Melrose Greatest Needs Funds or a specific need each year. These funds help provide equipment, materials, services that are not possible in Melrose without our support.

Thank You to Our 2021 Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

Stearns Electiric

Melrose American Legion
West Central Anesthesia

Bronze Sponsors

Central MN Diagnostic, Inc.
Coborns-Melrose
Famo Feeds
Finken Companies
Kraemer Lumber
Mahowald Insurance AgencyMarco
Regional Diagnostics Radiology

In 2021, Help Us Provide Up-To-Date Rehabilitation Care For Pediatric Patients

Having quality pediatric rehabilitation services close to home is vital. Our current Rehabilitation space is great for our adult patients, but is inappropriate, distracting and, in some areas, even dangerous for treating pediatric patients.

Additional equipment is needed to provide up-to-date, evidence-based care for athletes of all ages. Your donation to the 2021 Melrose Harvest Celebration will help us to modify our current space to meet the needs of our youngest patients. Through the purchase of age-appropriate toys, equipment and assessments, we can make treatment more like play – and play is what children do!

We also plan to purchase a squat rack, treadmill and other equipment for our adult patients.

For more information on this event, please contact:

Julie Baum
Phone: 320-256-1807
BaumJ@centracare.com

Jennifer Gully-Engen
Phone: 320-243-7938
Jennifer.Gully-Engen@centracare.com

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