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2012 Community Highlights
Hundreds of community members hit the ground running
in Methodist Mansfield's second annual Run with Heart
event, a Heart of the Community initiative.
4 C m nity
Highlights
The difference starts
here
These initiatives are making a
healthier community:
Medical support for local athletes.
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
provides echocardiograms, sports
physicals, health education, and team
physicians for school athletes in the
Mansfield and Midlothian ISDs.
First-aid medical teams.
In partnership
with Tarrant County’s Susan G. Komen®
for the Cure, Methodist provides
physicians and nurses for the medical
team at the annual Race for the Cure.
Saturday Mammos.
These events
create a comfortable, spalike atmo-
sphere for women to get their
annual mammograms.
Mansfield ISD Wellness Clinic.
Methodist Mansfield partnered with
Mansfield ISD to offer a dedicated clinic
for district employees.
We support these and other community endeavors:
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Arlington British
Women's Club
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Arlington YMCA
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Big League Dreams
Sports Park
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Health and sciences
program at Ben
Barber Career and
Technology High
School
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Local Rotary, Kiwanis,
and Lions clubs
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Mansfield Cares
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Mansfield,
Midlothian, and
Grand Prairie ISDs
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Mansfield
Women’s Club
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March of Dimes
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Meredith Hatch
Foundation
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Mission Arlington
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National Night Out
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Nursing programs at
University of Texas
at Arlington, Texas
Christian University,
and Tarrant County
College
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Shattered Dreams
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Tarrant County
American Heart
Association
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Tarrant County
Medical Society
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United Way.
Methodist Mansfield was the first hospital in North Texas
to implant a new MRI-safe pacemaker. Patient Barbara
Hanson (left), who received the implant, is now able
to continue her work with visually impaired students
without fear for her heart.
Methodist Mansfield President John Phillips, FACHE, surprises
fifth- and sixth-graders at Asa E. Low Jr. Intermediate
School with a $2,000 grant for a lap tracker program. The
online tool allows students to track how many laps they run
and how quickly they complete the laps.
To your
health
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center is
committed to creating and supporting
events that improve our communities
by inspiring people to make changes
toward a healthier lifestyle, including:
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Run with Heart half marathon, 5K,
and one-mile fun run
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MeTime women’s health event
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Multiple community run/walk events
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City health fairs and lunch and
learn events
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City of Midlothian Heart-Healthy
Chili Cook-Off
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Methodist Mansfield ISD 5K Dash
For Cash.
Methodist Mansfield, with the
help of medical professionals
such as Jeff McDaniel, MD (left),
offered sports physicals and
echocardiograms to Mansfield and
Midlothian ISD student athletes.