LFCHD staff members step up to the Urban Mountain Challenge!

LFCHD staff members completed the 6th Annual Urban Mountain Challenge on January 26 at the Big Blue Building downtown. There was staff representation from WIC, CHEE, School Health, and Administration. Jill Keys, Rebekah Shoopman, Cristina Hiten, Sarah Czarnecki, Lilia Villegas, Andrew Ralston, Cory Rutledge, Bailey Preston, Megan Preston, Tara Mason, Erin Kelley, Valerie Freeman, and Erin Perry participated in the challenge. They each went up 30 stories to complete the race! Mark your calendars for next year and help them expand the team!

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Welcome new employees!

Please take a moment to welcome the newest employee of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

Kenneth Kik
Coordinator Emergency Preparedness

LexWork rides the bus

To gain firsthand insights into Lexington’s public transportation and its riders, LexWork held their meeting on the bus! One of the highlights from the ride along was the impromptu opportunity two of our members, Cary Plummer and David Boggs took to share employment resources with those on the bus. It was a great chance to connect with our community. The bus offers reliable transportation to many. If you or anyone you know need help planning your next ride, contact Emily Elliott at (859) 244-2018 or eelliott@lextran.com (Se Habla Español).

LexWork is scheduled to meet Feb. 13. For more information or to become involved, please contact Jeanette Hart.

Step up to the Urban Mountain Challenge

Did you see this post last year and wish you have joined?  https://healthytimeslfchd.com/2018/01/29/wic-team-participates-in-the-urban-mountain-challenge/

Do you want to earn 25 Wellness points? A group of LFCHD staff is being formed to participate in the Urban Mountain Challenge at the “Big Blue Building” in downtown Lexington on Saturday, Jan. 26.  We would love to grow our team from last year. 

Sign up via this link: https://runsignup.com/Race/KY/Lexington/UrbanMountainChallenge?remMeAttempt= 

If you want more information, please contact Rebekah Shoopman at ext. 5260 or Tara Mason at ext. 2347.

Welcome new employees!

Please take a moment to welcome the newest employee of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

Andrew Farrey
Epidemiologist Surveillance

Welcome new employees!

Please take a moment to welcome the newest employees of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

Molly Busseni
Nurse Specialist, RN

Ilissa Saenz
Clinical Services Representative

Dear Santa …

HEALTHY HOLIDAYS: We hope to get everything on our wish list to keep helping Lexington be well!

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Delightful door decorations!

Some of our Community Health Equity and Education team showcased their holiday creativity by decorating their office doors! Their colleagues voted on the display to select the best one. Thanks to Nancy Hiner, Tara Mason, Tami Ross and Rebekah Shoopman for participating, and congratulations to Erin Kelley for winning with her door inspired by A Christmas Story!

Welcome new employees!

Please take a moment to welcome the newest employee of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

Alan Smith
Maintenance Technician 1

Andrew Ralston receives LFCHD’s 1st CARES Award

Andrew Ralston received our first-ever CARES Award, which is chosen by LFCHD employees and presented quarterly to someone who best exhibited one or more of our core values: Caring, Accountability, Respect, Equity and Service. Ralston, who works in IT, is “driven, self-confident, proactively helpful and smart,” an employee wrote in nominating him. “He “is accountable and takes ownership of mistakes and learns from them. (He) has respect for leadership and colleagues (and) is very honest, sometimes to a fault.” Join us in celebrating Andrew’s CARES Award and his role in helping Lexington be well!