Affinity Health System Donates to the Lexington Homes BIG BUILD 2010 for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
08 / 04 / 2010
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Maria Heim, Media Relations
Affinity Health System
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Green Bay, Wis. - Affinity Health System is excited to announce its participation in the Lexington Homes BIG BUILD 2010 for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Affinity Health System will provide on-site medical care, as needed, during this inspiring construction project.
The Lexington Homes BIG BUILD 2010 for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will build an entire home—in just one week—for a deserving area family. This is one of the most ambitious construction projects ever to take place in northeast Wisconsin and a great opportunity for the community to come together and make a difference in the lives of a family. The project will be featured on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to air this fall.
Anyone interested in joining Affinity Health System in donating or volunteering for the Lexington Homes BIG BUILD 2010 for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition should visit www.lexingtonneighborhoods.com or contact Insight Creative, Inc.
Affinity Health System is a Catholic mission-integrated, regional health care organization. For more information, contact Maria Heim at (920) 209-2323 or visit www.affinityhealth.org.
Lexington Homes, Inc.—a premier northeast Wisconsin home builder since the early 1990s—is known for building the finest, most energy-efficient and luxurious homes. They bring the highest level of craftsmanship, superior products and expertise together to support clients throughout the home building process. Lexington Homes has been recognized with the prestigious Wisconsin Governor's Builder of the Year Award. Lexington Homes—building neighborhoods, one home at a time™! For more information on Lexington Homes contact Jeff Marlow, president, at (920) 662-1611 or visit www.lexingtonneighborhoods.com.
ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition—The Emmy award winning reality program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, now entering its 8th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It’s executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.
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Affinity Health System, a faith-based regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s second-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and has been nationally listed for two years in a row among the top 50 health systems for quality and efficiency (Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare; 2009, 2010). For nine consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI Health (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation – Affinity ranks no. 81 in the 2011 report. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It has been nationally ranked in the Top 50 Health Insurance Plans for five consecutive years in the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 26 family practice and specialty clinics – 23 of which are transforming into medical home models – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.