Valparaiso Magazine - Winter 2021
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AROUND<br />
The Indiana Hospital Association (IHA)<br />
has presented the Family Birthing Centers of Community<br />
Healthcare System, which includes St. Mary Medical<br />
Center, with the INspire Hospital of Distinction 2020<br />
award in October 2020. The award recognizes staff<br />
for their commitment to doing everything possible to<br />
ensure the health of new moms and their babies from<br />
conception through postpartum care. “We are proud to<br />
be able to lead the way in creating effective solutions to<br />
help women and their babies have a healthy successful<br />
first year in life,” says Brittany Pankiewicz, Family Birthing<br />
Center nurse manager. Some of those creative solutions<br />
have led St. Mary Medical Center to be designated as<br />
a Baby-Friendly Hospital by Baby-Friendly USA. The<br />
nursery also has received Level II OB and Level II nursery<br />
from the Indiana State Board of Health. For more about<br />
the Family Birthing Centers of Community Healthcare<br />
System, visit COMHS.org/baby.<br />
Alissa and Mike<br />
Johns of The<br />
Johns Group<br />
are pleased to<br />
announce their<br />
recent affiliation<br />
with @properties.<br />
@properties is<br />
the #1 brokerage<br />
firm in Chicago<br />
AROUND TOWN is an important element to the local business coverage of <strong>Valparaiso</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>. Submissions are permitted by chamber member businesses only. Articles are<br />
business announcements - i.e. awards, new additions to staff or promotion of title, and<br />
change of business location. Sales promotions, advertisements, or coupon ads may not<br />
be accepted. Submissions must be 130 words or less, are subject to approval, and may<br />
be edited. Send to info@valpochamber.org<br />
and has recently expanded into Northwest Indiana. The<br />
Johns Group understands the importance of marketing,<br />
technology, and exposure which is why they decided to<br />
align their business with a firm that offers cutting-edge<br />
sales and marketing programs and a culture that values<br />
innovation, relationships, and a strong local focus. Alissa<br />
and Mike know that the connection to Chicago that @<br />
properties provides, paired with unparalleled marketing<br />
resources, will indoubtedly allow their buyers and sellers<br />
to dominate in Northwest Indiana as well. Contact The<br />
Johns Group at 219-928-3688.<br />
Corbey Dukes has<br />
been appointed as<br />
the new President<br />
of the <strong>Valparaiso</strong>headquartered<br />
international nonprofit,<br />
Kids Alive<br />
International.<br />
Dukes has served as<br />
Kids Alive’s Country<br />
Director in Guatemala since 2009, where he established<br />
and led the development of a program that rescues girls<br />
and young women survivors of sexual violence, walking<br />
with them to wholeness and seeking justice for their<br />
abusers. Dukes has held various leadership positions in<br />
the corporate world as well as serving as administrative<br />
and missions pastor in Pawley’s Island Community<br />
Church, South Carolina. Dukes is married to Janie and<br />
they have two adult daughters. Kids Alive International<br />
is a Christian organization that rescues, redeems, and<br />
restores young lives to wholeness and freedom by<br />
providing physical and spiritual care for orphans and<br />
at-risk children. It currently has offices in 12 countries in<br />
Africa, Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and<br />
the Middle East. Kids Alive International is located at<br />
2507 Cumberland Dr. Contact them at 219-464-9035.<br />
30 VALPARAISO MAGAZINE | WINTER <strong>2021</strong>
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