Parkridge Celebrates Wear Red Day With Decorations And Employee Photo Challenge

Thursday, January 31, 2013

 Parkridge Health System will celebrate Friday’s Wear Red Day in a unique way, kicking off Heart Month with decorations along the Parkridge Medical Center fence on McCallie Avenue and a Wear Red Day Photo Challenge for employees.

This is the first year for Parkridge’s Wear Red Day Photo Challenge, which involves staff across all Parkridge Health System campuses competing to see who can put together the best red ensembles. The marketing department will be rounding across all campuses and taking photos throughout the day which will be uploaded to the hospital system’s Facebook page.

The department with the most likes on their photo by next Friday, Feb. 8, will win a prize.

For more information, visit the Parkridge Facebook page at facebook.com/ParkridgeHealthSystem.

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