Pink the Rink Hockey Raises Funds for Beloit Health System Cancer Center

Members of the Blue Line Club of Beloit recently presented Beloit Health System Foundation with a check for their largest contribution to date $521. The student hockey players raised these funds at their annual "Pink the Rink 2014" events to support breast cancer patients. In addition to homemade pink ribbon sugar cookies, teams sold pink paper ribbons to honor or memorialize cancer patients. The large ribbons were displayed around the ice rink to "Pink the Rink".

In addition, players wrapped their hockey sticks and socks with pink wrapping tape to emphasize their goal during the games. The Blue Line Club is comprised of members of the Beloit Memorial High School, Rock County FURY and Beloit Youth Hockey Association teams and their families.

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Blue Line Club hockey players recently presented Ann Sitrick, Beloit Health System Foundation Executive Director, with a check for $521 from their “Pink the Rink” efforts to raise money for CancerCare. Players include clockwise from left: Katie Maegli, Dominic Putnam, Alyx Richards and Izzabella Richards.

Explore Nature at NorthPointe and Get Involved in Prairie Stewardship

NorthPointe Health and Wellness Campus has 122 acres of quiet serenity and restored rolling prairies. Heather Hasenyager, NorthPointe prairie steward and biologist, invites the community to join the volunteer restoration group if you have an interest. This involves working onsite to keep out invasive species and nurture native plants.

This spring, the prairie is entering its sixth year since planting. As the prairie develops and changes over time, the stewardship required to maintain the habitat shifts slightly. Many tasks take various amounts of time, maybe an hour or just a few minutes to walk through. For more information about the prairie, activities, or group stewardship opportunities, please contact Heather at hhasenyager@yahoo.com or 815/641-1462. 

NorthPointe offers the public over two miles of walking trails. The NorthPointe team is focused on the transformation of this land to native prairie, also home to many species of native plants and a shelter for birds, butterflies and other animals.

Goetzen Recognized for Exam Accomplishments

Dr.Krzysztof Goetzen recently passed the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology “Neurology Maintenance” Certification exam. Dr. Goetzen, a Neurologist with Beloit Health System since 1999, passed his original Board exam in 2004. Dr. Goetzen has his practice at Beloit Clinic.

Dr. Goetzen was highly recognized for his outstanding exam results with a perfect score in the areas of pain disorders, demyelinating disease, neuro-opthalmology, neuroinfectious diseases, best practice issues and many other areas.  His total score of 86 exceeds the national average of 68.

Some of the commonly encountered conditions treated by neurologists include headaches, radiculopathy, neuropathy, stroke, dementia, seizures and epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Parkinson's Disease, Tourette's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, head trauma, sleep disorders, neuromuscular diseases, and various infections and tumors of the nervous system.