Events

Pettis County Baby Café is hosting a Mother’s Day Tea for mothers of babies from 4-6 pm May 7. The spring-themed event will feature a photo backdrop for moms to take photos with their babies, flowers and breastfeeding resources and advice. Tea and other refreshments will be available. Baby Café is a free breastfeeding support…

Bothwell Medical Equipment will hold a public open house and ribbon cutting at 4 pm April 24 at its new location. In late January, the clinic moved to a larger location in the Thompson Hills Shopping Center to accommodate an increased demand for services. Bothwell Medical Equipment provides medical equipment and supplies, including a full…

The Bothwell Foundation’s Community Relations committee will host a “What Your Mama Never Told You” event just for women at 7 pm May 16 at RiOak Market Loft in Cole Camp. The free evening is an opportunity for women to hear information and ask questions about health topics important to them. The panel includes Dr.…

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a childcare education course for pre-teens on Saturday, April 20. Bothwell’s Safe Sitter class is for students in grades 6 through 8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings or babysitting. Students will learn indoor, outdoor, online and personal safety skills; child development and childcare routines,…

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a Stop the Bleed class free to the community on Friday, April 19. According to the National Trauma Institute, hemorrhaging is responsible for almost 35% of pre-hospital deaths and 40% of deaths in the first 24 hours after a traumatic event. The national Stop the Bleed initiative, launched in…

Rachelle Simon, United Way of Pettis County executive director, will give a “Reading to Your Baby” presentation at Pettis County Baby Café on April 2. Baby Café is a free breastfeeding support group that meets each Tuesday from 4-6 pm inside Women’s Health and Newborn Care on the first floor of Bothwell Hospital. The group…

Bothwell Regional Health Center will host a blood drive from 10:30 am to 3 pm Friday, March 8 in the Bothwell Education Center at 600 E. 14th St. in conjunction with Community Blood Center. Appointments are preferred, and walk-ins will be accepted as capacity allows. To make an appointment, visit https://donate.savealifenow.org/donor/schedules/sponsor_code and enter Group Code…

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, March 16 in the Bothwell Education Center at 600 E. 14th St. The CPR/AED class is from 8 am to 12:30 pm. The course teaches participants how to provide CPR to an adult, child or infant and how to use an…

Dr. Jennifer Dickinson, a physical therapist and pelvic health specialist at Mid-Missouri Pelvic Health, will speak at Pettis County Baby Café on March 5 for a “Talk with the Doc” session. Dickinson will speak and answer questions from 4 to 6 pm on pelvic floor health and physical therapy, highlighting how therapy can help improve…

The Bothwell Foundation’s Community Relations committee will host a free Stretching Your Health Care Dollars seminar for Medicare recipients at 11:30 am March 7 at Bothwell Education Center. Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older as well as disabled enrollees who meet specific criteria. The seminar is for those receiving…