Aetna Voices of Health

The Malta House of Care has been selected as the only organization in Connecticut to compete in Aetna’s online Voices of Health contest. This makes the Malta House of Care one of only 35 organizations in the U.S. to compete for the top prize of $25,000 in the Voices of Health national campaign. The organization that receives the most online votes will be awarded the $25,000 prize.

Your vote for the Malta House of Care can help the foundation continue to provide medical care to some of the neediest members of our community. Winning the $25,000 top prize with go a long way toward providing care the foundation’s mobile clinic patients.

The Voices of Health online competition runs through Saturday, October 8, 2011. Please visit our official page at the contest site and cast your vote.

SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

The Malta House of Care’s next fundraising event will be held on Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at the Mark Twain Conference Center in Hartford. This event will be a chamber music concert and wine reception, featuring performing artists from across the United States and from around the world. One of the featured performers will be Heiichiro Ohyama, Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.

More details to come! We hope you will be able to join us for this evening of music, all of it to benefit the Malta House of Care’s mission.

We need YOUR votes!!

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Malta House of Care is participating in the CITGO 2011 Fueling Good Program which recognizes and rewards 501(c) 3 organizations that make a positive difference in their communities. Up to 24 organizations will receive $5,000 in CITGO gas cards. This also represents an effective way of spreading the word to the general public about how our efforts positively affect the lives of so many–

We need YOUR help!!! Go to http://www.fuelinggood.com/rewardinggood?id=800614 from now until August 11th and you can VOTE ONCE EVERY DAY to help us win!

Please pass this message along to your friends and colleagues…we have 626 votes as of today…so please help us to win.

VOTE EVERY DAY for MHC to win $5,000 in Fuel.

Wonder Women Honorees

 

Watch this space for news of our honorees. On Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 the MHC will be recognizing thirteen prominent women from the Greater Hartford area who are being honored by the MHC Foundation for their volunteerism at a cocktail reception and fundraiser. In addition to the ticket sales which will include a donation to help raise much needed funds, we will hold a teacup auction to increase proceeds which will support direct patient care..

For event information, please visit our event page.

Wonder Women 2011

Mark your calendars for the evening of May 10th, 2011! The Malta House of Care Foundation will be hosting an evening celebrating volunteerism and women helping women. Come and enjoy cocktails and tapas, while networking with some of Hartford’s own wonder women. Event honorees include Malta House of Care Foundation’s own Filomena Soyster. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a teacup auction and have fun with glamor photographs.

To register for this event, please visit us at our event page.

Our first YouTube video!

A brief presentation about the Malta House of Care, including interviews with patients and staff.

Website re-design

Our foundation website has a new look. We’re especially thankful for the guys at growurbiz.com, who played a major role in re-designing and launching the new site. The new site includes quick links to our pages on Facebook, Tumblr, and WordPress, as well as quick links if you are interested in donating or volunteering. Please check out our new look – www.maltahouseofcare.org – and let us know what you think!

Resolution for a healthy 2011

It’s a new year, this 2011. We often hear of people make “new year’s resolutions” around the time the year turns from old to new. We’re wondering – do you any of you have any resolutions related to health? Are you resolving to eat better? Perhaps you are resolving to exercise more? Maybe you want to improve the quality of your relationships with those close to you in your life. Whatever the resolution, we’d love to hear about it.

If you want to share your 2011 health resolutions with us, you can do so in one of several ways:

Reply to this post in the comments

Reply to this post at Tumblr, http://mhcfoundationct.tumblr.com/

Send us a message on Twitter, @mhcfoundationCT

Post to our wall on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Malta-House-of-Care/87318854663

We’d love to hear from you!

The Malta House of Care in Waterbury

The Malta House of Care is proud to be bringing its mobile clinic services to Waterbury, CT. Our current location is at the Sacred Heart-Sagrado Corazon Church at 13 Wolcott Street. Our volunteer medical staff will see patients on a first-come, first-served basis. Like our Hartford service, our Waterbury mobile clinic service will provide primary health care services to patients, as well as provide referrals to other providers as necessary.

We are planning for the following additional locations in Waterbury:

Saint Francis Xavier – 625 Baldwin Street

Saint Margaret – 289 Willow Street

Saint Stanislaus Kostka – 80 East Farms Street

Starting dates for the above locations are currently being determined.

For additional information, please call 860-524-7882.

Voting Deadline for L’Oreal Women of Worth Campaign is Approaching

Today and tomorrow are the last 2 days to vote for the L’Oreal 2010 Woman of Worth National Honoree. Please help us make our own Dr. Pauline Olsen the 2010 Woman of Worth. Please visit www.womenofworth.com to cast your vote for Dr. Olsen and the Malta House of Care!