Lunch and Learn webinar: “Generations in the Workforce”
Employees are invited to a discussion on managing generational differences in the workforce featuring Martha Rounds, APRN, an advisor with the Nursing Center of Excellence at Press Ganey: noon - 1 pm Friday, May 1. Bring your lunch and learn practical strategies for fostering collaboration, enhancing the employee experience and building stronger connections across generations. Register via the link on the YNHHS employee intranet.
Run, walk, cycle or roll to help trauma survivors
Join Yale New Haven Health’s team for the Trauma Survivors Network (TSN) “Race to Rebuild” virtual event. This run/walk/cycle/roll event (distance of your choice) benefits the American Trauma Society TSN, which helps patients and their families during recovery from serious injury. Complete your race anywhere and anytime between May 1 and 31. Registration is $40 and includes a T-shirt, race bib and other race-day materials. Trauma survivors receive 50 percent off registration; use the code SURVIVOR2026 at checkout.
On May 30, 11 am, the YNHHS team will participate in a one-mile walk/run, Foote Memorial Park, 12 Melrose Ave., Branford.
To join or donate to the YNHHS team, contact Kim Kubicza, [email protected], or 203-688-3261, or via the link on the employee intranet. When registering, sign up to “join a trauma center team” and search for “Yale New Haven Health.”
Heart walk and run May 9 in Westport
The Heart and Vascular Center (HVC) is partnering with the American Heart Association for the Fairfield County Heart Walk, Saturday, May 9, Sherwood Island State Park, Westport. Run check-in begins at 6 am; the run starts at 7 am. Check-in for the three-mile walk begins at 9 am; the walk starts at 10 am. Walkers representing the HVC at Bridgeport and Greenwich hospitals, Yale University, Yale School of Medicine and Northeast Medical Group will help raise funds to support lifesaving science related to heart disease and stroke. Yale New Haven Health HVC, a walk sponsor, has a $5,000 fundraising goal. For more information, visit fairfieldcountyheartwalk.org or contact Travis Tam, American Heart Association, [email protected].
Volunteers sought to help fight hunger
As part of Community Health Improvement Week, June 8 - 12, the YNHHS Office of Health Equity is partnering with two Connecticut food banks to support those struggling with hunger. Volunteers can sign up to sort, inspect and pack food boxes for distribution at Connecticut Foodshare in Wallingford or at Commodity Supplemental Food Program in Bridgeport. Visit the YNHHS employee intranet for volunteering dates and times.
